i hope this is not a repost
What u need to do is, save the following text to "yourapps.exe.manifest"
remember file extension must be .manifest ,else the windows UI will not change to native xp style UI.



then put it to any programs thats dun have native xp style UI, eg virtualdub.
the manifest file name must same as ur program eg virtualdub.exe.manifest
restart the program and done
what is manifest file?

here is the example on ffdshow:
before add manifest file, right one is added manifest file.

see the difference? the buttons and progress bar look much better now

newer msvc compiler like msvc 2005 and greater will have manifest file embedded into executable,
so there is no need to add manifest file, unless it was specified dont embeding manifest file when compiling the source code.

while all program compiled by gcc and some other compilers, will dont have native visual style, so its require external manifest file, although its still possible to embedding it automatically.

This post has been edited by 1024kbps: Mar 31 2008, 12:38 AM