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"Luna", "Royale", "Zune", and "Embedded" are codenames of the official visual styles designed for Windows XP by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-US7752631B2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US7752631B2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since Windows XP, <a href="/wiki/Theme_(computing)" title="Theme (computing)">themes</a> include the choice of visual styles as well.<sup id="cite_ref-VSOverview_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VSOverview-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By default, "Luna" is preinstalled on Windows XP Home and Professional editions, "Royale" is preinstalled on <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition" title="Windows XP Media Center Edition">Windows XP Media Center Edition</a> and "Embedded" is preinstalled on <a href="/wiki/Windows_Embedded_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Embedded Standard">Windows Embedded Standard</a> 2009 and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Embedded_POSReady_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Embedded POSReady 2009">Windows Embedded POSReady 2009</a>. In addition to the preinstalled visual styles, Microsoft has released additional ones for download. There were also some placeholder visual styles that Microsoft had used in beta versions of Windows before unveiling the official visual styles, such as "Watercolor" and "Mallard". Third parties have also released visual styles, though these require modification of core Windows components to work. Visual styles are compatible with all <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_editions" title="Windows XP editions">Windows XP editions</a> except Starter Edition. </p><p>Compared to Desktop Themes in previous versions of Windows such as <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Plus!#Microsoft_Plus!_for_Windows_95" title="Microsoft Plus!">Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_98" title="Windows 98">Windows 98</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Me" title="Windows Me">Windows Me</a>, the new visual styles have a greater emphasis on the graphical appeal of the operating system, using <a href="/wiki/Colorfulness" title="Colorfulness">saturated colors</a><sup id="cite_ref-Kumar2010_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kumar2010-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Raster_graphics" title="Raster graphics">bitmaps</a><sup id="cite_ref-Sinchak2013_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sinchak2013-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> throughout the interface, with rounded corners for windows.<sup id="cite_ref-PCMag2001_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCMag2001-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NS2010_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS2010-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The visual styles API was substantially expanded in Windows Vista and later. Nevertheless, the API remained heavily under documented.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Luna">Luna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Luna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:672px;max-width:672px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_XP_Luna.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Windows_XP_Luna.png/220px-Windows_XP_Luna.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Windows_XP_Luna.png/330px-Windows_XP_Luna.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Windows_XP_Luna.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Luna, blue (default)</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_XP_Olive_Green.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Windows_XP_Olive_Green.png/220px-Windows_XP_Olive_Green.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Windows_XP_Olive_Green.png/330px-Windows_XP_Olive_Green.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Windows_XP_Olive_Green.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Luna, olive green</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_XP_Silver.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/Windows_XP_Silver.png/220px-Windows_XP_Silver.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/Windows_XP_Silver.png/330px-Windows_XP_Silver.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Windows_XP_Silver.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Luna, silver</div></div></div></div></div> <p>"Luna" (<i>the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a></i> in Latin and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luna" class="extiw" title="wikt:luna">various other languages</a>) is the codename for the default visual style of Windows XP. Officially known as "Windows XP style", it is available in three color schemes: blue (default), olive green, and silver.<sup id="cite_ref-NS2010_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS2010-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TCEnum_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCEnum-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics who did not like the theme characterized it as a "<a href="/wiki/Fisher-Price" title="Fisher-Price">Fisher-Price</a> interface" among other names, due to its perceived childish nature and design.<sup id="cite_ref-Manes2004_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manes2004-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bright2014_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bright2014-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Luna was also present as a placeholder theme in all pre-reset Windows Vista (Longhorn) builds alongside the Plex, Slate and Jade themes, as well as the very early "Omega-13" post-reset builds 3790, 5000, 5001, and early Beta 1 builds 5048 and 5059. It was absent from all post-reset builds starting with build 5098 after the unveiling of <a href="/wiki/Windows_Aero" title="Windows Aero">Aero</a> in build 5048. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Luna_Beta">Luna Beta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Luna Beta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:448px;max-width:448px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_XP_Early_Luna_theme.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6d/Windows_XP_Early_Luna_theme.jpg/220px-Windows_XP_Early_Luna_theme.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6d/Windows_XP_Early_Luna_theme.jpg/330px-Windows_XP_Early_Luna_theme.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Windows_XP_Early_Luna_theme.jpg 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">An early version of Luna Beta, as shown in <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show" title="Consumer Electronics Show">CES</a> 2001</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows-XP-Beta-2-Luna.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/10/Windows-XP-Beta-2-Luna.png/220px-Windows-XP-Beta-2-Luna.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/10/Windows-XP-Beta-2-Luna.png/330px-Windows-XP-Beta-2-Luna.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Windows-XP-Beta-2-Luna.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Luna Beta</div></div></div></div></div><p> Luna Beta is an earlier version of the Luna theme that was first previewed at <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show" title="Consumer Electronics Show">CES</a> 2001 and included in beta builds from builds 2428 to 2465. It later appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Internet_leak#Source_code_leaks" title="Internet leak">leaked source code</a> of Windows XP in September 2020. Officially known as "Whistler style", it is mostly similar to the final Luna theme, with some slight differences (such as the <a href="/wiki/Scrollbar" title="Scrollbar">scrollbar</a> being brighter, the taskbar buttons having a different shape, as well as a shinier start button). This theme is unofficially available as a separate theme made by enthusiasts.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Windows_Classic">Windows Classic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Windows Classic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_XP_Classic.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/Windows_XP_Classic.png/220px-Windows_XP_Classic.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/Windows_XP_Classic.png/330px-Windows_XP_Classic.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Windows_XP_Classic.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a><figcaption>Classic</figcaption></figure> <p>Officially titled "Windows Classic style", this is the built-in look and feel of Windows that was used in previous versions of Windows prior to Windows XP. It is used when the theme service is disabled and in certain other scenarios, such as <a href="/wiki/Win32_console" class="mw-redirect" title="Win32 console">Win32 console</a> windows or booting the system in <a href="/wiki/Safe_mode" title="Safe mode">Safe mode</a>. Classic style <a href="/wiki/Graphical_widget" title="Graphical widget">widgets</a> are also used for applications that are not theming-aware even though theming is enabled. It is less CPU-intensive and offers better performance,<sup id="cite_ref-TR2012_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TR2012-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to which it is also used by default on <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2003" title="Windows Server 2003">Windows Server 2003</a> through <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2" title="Windows Server 2008 R2">2008 R2</a>. </p><p>Compared to other visual styles, it supports greater color and <a href="/wiki/Font_(typography)" class="mw-redirect" title="Font (typography)">font</a> customization options. Windows XP includes 22 preset color schemes for the classic style, with four of them<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> being optimized for the visually impaired. "Windows Standard" was the default color scheme of <a href="/wiki/Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">Windows 2000</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Me" title="Windows Me">Windows Me</a> and later appeared on <a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a>, although in the latter it was renamed "Windows Classic". A slightly darker variant of the Standard scheme, called "Windows Classic", was the default color scheme of <a href="/wiki/Windows_98" title="Windows 98">Windows 98</a> (albeit with a dark blue desktop background instead of green, much like the pre-release versions of Windows 2000) and appeared on Windows Vista but not Windows 7.<sup id="cite_ref-Thurrott2008_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thurrott2008-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NS2010_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS2010-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other schemes appeared in previous versions of Windows. </p><p> The style was mostly removed from <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2012" title="Windows Server 2012">Windows Server 2012</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a>; it still exists internally for <a href="/wiki/Backward_compatibility" title="Backward compatibility">backward compatibility</a> purposes.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Royale">Royale</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Royale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_XP_Royale.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/Windows_XP_Royale.png/220px-Windows_XP_Royale.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/Windows_XP_Royale.png/330px-Windows_XP_Royale.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/Windows_XP_Royale.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a><figcaption>Royale (Energy Blue)</figcaption></figure> <p>Royale (also known as <b>Energy Blue</b> and Media Center style) was originally designed for <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition" title="Windows XP Media Center Edition">Windows XP Media Center Edition</a> 2005, and was ported to <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_Tablet_PC_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows XP Tablet PC Edition">Windows XP Tablet PC Edition</a> 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-Thurrott2005_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thurrott2005-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is accompanied by a new <a href="/wiki/Wallpaper" title="Wallpaper">wallpaper</a> (inspired by <a href="/wiki/Bliss_(image)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bliss (image)">Windows XP Bliss</a>). It presents a relucent, vivid, and faux-reflective <a href="/wiki/Color" title="Color">color</a> scheme with intense blue and green colors. </p><p>Royale was originally made available in December 2004. On April 7, 2005, Microsoft New Zealand<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had made the Royale theme and the wallpapers for the New Zealand theme available for download<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for all editions of XP through <a href="/wiki/Windows_Genuine_Advantage" title="Windows Genuine Advantage">Windows Genuine Advantage</a> on its website but no longer exists in 2019. Because of the <a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">freeware</a> nature of this package, it had also been available on software download websites, such as <a href="/wiki/Softpedia" title="Softpedia">Softpedia</a> at one time.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Microsoft did also release a <a href="/wiki/Windows_Media_Player" title="Windows Media Player">Windows Media Player</a> <a href="/wiki/Music_visualization" title="Music visualization">visualization</a> and <a href="/wiki/Skin_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skin (computing)">skin</a> at one time<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (November 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup>. The skin was released in <i>Experience Pack for Tablet PC</i> and was available for free,<sup id="cite_ref-Kendrick2005_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kendrick2005-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the installer only installed it on <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_Tablet_PC_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows XP Tablet PC Edition">Windows XP Tablet PC Edition</a> devices, for which it was licensed.</p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Royale_Noir">Royale Noir</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Royale Noir"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_XP_Royale_Noir.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Windows_XP_Royale_Noir.png/220px-Windows_XP_Royale_Noir.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Windows_XP_Royale_Noir.png/330px-Windows_XP_Royale_Noir.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Windows_XP_Royale_Noir.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a><figcaption>Royale Noir</figcaption></figure><p> Royale Noir looks like a darkened version of Royale, having a blackish and bluish to purple tint. Royale Noir has a black <a href="/wiki/Start_button" class="mw-redirect" title="Start button">Start button</a>, which changes to green when the mouse hovers over it. As Royale Noir was <a href="/wiki/Internet_leak" title="Internet leak">leaked</a> and not finalized by Microsoft, it has been noted for some imperfections,<sup id="cite_ref-iss2006_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iss2006-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as the title bar becoming too dark when the window is inactive.</p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Zune">Zune</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Zune"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_XP_Zune.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Windows_XP_Zune.png/220px-Windows_XP_Zune.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Windows_XP_Zune.png/330px-Windows_XP_Zune.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Windows_XP_Zune.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a><figcaption>Zune</figcaption></figure><p> A few weeks after Royale Noir was leaked, Zune was officially released in a <a href="/wiki/Theme_(computing)" title="Theme (computing)">theme package</a> to accompany the release of Microsoft's new <a href="/wiki/Zune" title="Zune">Zune</a> media player. In terms of style, Zune resembles Royale and Royale Noir, particularly the latter. It displays a brown to light shadow style and is the first publicly released visual style for Windows XP to include a differently colored Start button from the green XP,<sup id="cite_ref-Katta2006_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Katta2006-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Carter2006_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter2006-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is colored orange in the Zune theme.</p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Embedded">Embedded</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Embedded"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_XP_Embedded.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Windows_XP_Embedded.png/220px-Windows_XP_Embedded.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Windows_XP_Embedded.png/330px-Windows_XP_Embedded.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/Windows_XP_Embedded.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a><figcaption>Embedded</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Windows_Embedded_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Embedded Standard">Windows Embedded Standard</a> 2009 and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Embedded_POSReady_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Embedded POSReady 2009">Windows Embedded POSReady 2009</a> came with a dedicated visual style called Embedded. It is similar to Royale and Royale Noir, featuring a mix of dark blue colors. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Watercolor">Watercolor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Watercolor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows-XP-build-2419-Watercolor.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Windows-XP-build-2419-Watercolor.png/220px-Windows-XP-build-2419-Watercolor.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Windows-XP-build-2419-Watercolor.png/330px-Windows-XP-build-2419-Watercolor.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Windows-XP-build-2419-Watercolor.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a><figcaption>Watercolor</figcaption></figure> <p>Watercolor (internally named "Business" and codenamed "Professional") is a placeholder theme present in pre-release builds prior to <a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Beta" title="Software release life cycle">Beta</a> 2, and later appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Internet_leak#Source_code_leaks" title="Internet leak">leaked source code</a> of Windows XP in September 2020. Officially known as "Watercolor button style", the theme more closely resembles Windows Classic, featuring sharp edges and similar window proportions. It features a primarily blue and white style with mostly flat shading and retains certain UI elements from the Classic theme style. This theme is unofficially available as a separate theme made by enthusiasts.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mallard">Mallard</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Mallard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:448px;max-width:448px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows-XP-build-2419-Blue-Lagoon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Windows-XP-build-2419-Blue-Lagoon.png/220px-Windows-XP-build-2419-Blue-Lagoon.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/Windows-XP-build-2419-Blue-Lagoon.png/330px-Windows-XP-build-2419-Blue-Lagoon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/Windows-XP-build-2419-Blue-Lagoon.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Blue Lagoon</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows-XP-build-2419-Chartreuse-Mongoose.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/Windows-XP-build-2419-Chartreuse-Mongoose.png/220px-Windows-XP-build-2419-Chartreuse-Mongoose.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/Windows-XP-build-2419-Chartreuse-Mongoose.png/330px-Windows-XP-build-2419-Chartreuse-Mongoose.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/Windows-XP-build-2419-Chartreuse-Mongoose.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="274" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Chartreuse Mongoose</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Mallard is an internal name of a placeholder theme that was designed as a <a href="/wiki/Decoy" title="Decoy">decoy</a> to show to the public during Beta 2's development while designers privately worked on Luna.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was present in certain builds given out to testers, all of which eventually <a href="/wiki/Internet_leak" title="Internet leak">leaked onto the internet</a>, and later appeared in the leaked source code of Windows XP in September 2020. Officially known as "Sample Test Visual Style", It features two color schemes, Chartreuse Mongoose, which features a primarily green and orange style, and Blue Lagoon (internally named as <i>Paler</i>), which uses a teal and purple style, though both themes feature an orange start button with a green <a href="/wiki/Taskbar" title="Taskbar">notification area</a> as well as a slight curve on the left-hand side of the title bar. This theme is unofficially available as a separate theme made by enthusiasts. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candy">Candy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Candy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Candy is an unannounced and unreleased theme which was found in the <a href="/wiki/Internet_leak#Source_code_leaks" title="Internet leak">leaked source code</a> of Windows XP in September 2020. According to the date found within the metadata of the files in the theme, it was made between builds 2250 and 2257. Candy seems to be an imitation of the <a href="/wiki/Aqua_(user_interface)" title="Aqua (user interface)">Aqua</a> theme found in earlier versions of <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">Mac OS X</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_X_10.0" title="Mac OS X 10.0">10.0</a> to <a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard" title="Mac OS X Snow Leopard">10.6</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Not much is known about its purpose, however it was likely meant as a way to test the theming engine that was first available in build 2250. According to some publicly available screenshots, only some UI elements, such as buttons, scroll bars, and the <a href="/wiki/Start_menu" title="Start menu">Start menu</a>, had been redesigned to look like Mac OS X's Aqua theme style; others still used the Classic theme style. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Third-party_visual_styles">Third-party visual styles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Third-party visual styles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Windows only loads a visual style that bears a valid Microsoft <a href="/wiki/Digital_certificate" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital certificate">digital certificate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elreg2001_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elreg2001-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, third-party visual styles can only be used if one of the Windows files called uxtheme.dll is altered to allow unsigned visual styles.<sup id="cite_ref-sp2007_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sp2007-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lh2008_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lh2008-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft is aware of such a practice and suggests obtaining a newer revision of the patched uxtheme.dll file in case problems occur after Microsoft's own updates to the file have been applied (typically through an OS service pack).<sup id="cite_ref-kb950258_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kb950258-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Application_support">Application support</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Application support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Third-party applications can be configured to work with visual styles. By default, the title bar and the window borders of <a href="/wiki/Windows_Forms" title="Windows Forms">Windows Forms</a>-based applications are rendered using the user's preferred visual style, while the rest of the application's <a href="/wiki/Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">graphical user interface</a> (GUI) is rendered in the Classic style.<sup id="cite_ref-Prabhu2003_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prabhu2003-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is because these two different parts of the GUI are rendered using two different <a href="/wiki/Software_library" class="mw-redirect" title="Software library">software libraries</a>: the title bar and the window borders ("non-client area" or "user controls") use <a href="/wiki/Windows_USER" title="Windows USER">Windows USER</a>, and the remaining controls ("client area" or "common controls") use version 5.8 of the <a href="/wiki/Common_Controls_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Common Controls Library">Common Controls Library</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MSDN289524_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSDN289524-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Version 6.0 of the Common Controls Library contains both the user controls and the common controls, and developers may configure the application's user interface to be displayed in the user's currently-selected visual style by forcing it to be rendered using version 6.0 of the library.<sup id="cite_ref-MSDN773175_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSDN773175-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MacDonald2002_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacDonald2002-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Aero" title="Windows Aero">Windows Aero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WinCustomize" title="WinCustomize">WinCustomize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WindowBlinds" title="WindowBlinds">WindowBlinds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/StyleXP" title="StyleXP">StyleXP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_XP" title="Features new to Windows XP">Features new to Windows XP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theme_(computing)" title="Theme (computing)">Theme (computing)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Windows_XP_visual_styles&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-US7752631B2-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-US7752631B2_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation patent" id="CITEREFDorn,_Karlheinz;_Plendl,_Mario;_Scharf,_Christian;_von_Stockhausen,_Hans-Martin2010"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US7752631">US patent 7752631</a>, Dorn, Karlheinz; 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