Notes

• There are 2 variants of Plex visual styles
  • demoplex is the original visual styles from upstream repo
  • plex7 is my customized version that includes bug fixes and improvements
• This theme is currently in Work in Progress (WIP) state. Bugs and issues are expected

Requirements

• Windows 10 1903-22H2 (1903 before Edge search bar update / Windows 10 22H2 after Edge search bar removal (build 42XX and higher) are recommended)
• UltraUXThemePatcher or SecureUXTheme
• OldNewExplorer
• Windhawk with following mods installed for basic experiences
  • Hide Search Bar
  • Eradicate Immersive Menus
  • UIFILE Override
• Aero Window Manager (AWM) for resizing title bar buttons
• StartIsBack++ or RetroBar for taskbar skinning
• Libre Franklin font
• Franklin Gothic Book font
• Custom OldNewExplorer with alternate navigation buttons option enabled (Paste the link in any Discord chat and download it from there)

Installing

• Patch your system with UltraUXThemePatcher or SecureUXTheme
• Copy 7 DLLs in extras/system32 folder to your System32 folder. No need to register/regsvr32 or anything
• Copy demoplex folder, demoplex.theme and plex7.theme to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes
• Merge 8 registry files in extras/Registry Files folder. Always make your backup first

Credits

• valkalyne and notzetkin for original visual styles
• Olive6841 for shellstyle (before I rework it)
• ThePhantom6314 their longhorn plex vector resources saving our time a lot
• ojask for various msstyles and shellstyles resources from his MSX-02 project