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WinTango Patcher 548 871 147K (2 Today)

BY heebijeebi | WATC H Published: October 21, 2009

brave elementary human humanity noble tangerine wine wise adwaita

Icons BY fr3z3r

© 2009 - 2020 heebijeebi

NOTE: This is for Windows 7/8.1/10 (x86/x64)! It has been successfully tested by myself in a VirtualBox
and on my own Computer(s).

YO U M I G H T L I K E . . .
The WinTango Patcher is a mostly self-explanatory graphical wizard designed to make simple the
process of modifying your system files with resources developed by the Gnome-Colors Project, which is
mostly inspired/based on Tango, GNOME, Elementary, Tango-Generator and many other open-source
projects. It currently includes implementations of the basic Gnome icon set and the Gnome-Colors icon
sets, rounded out with various pieces of artwork created by myself and others. Additionally, it includes a
Reloader module to re-modify your files if they are overwritten, allowing system updates to be
performed without breaking the theme.

Before applying the Patcher the first time, make sure your system is up to date. This reduces errors and
the need for the reloader to re-patch your files.

Download via GitHub

For further information and Help please visit the Wiki

F E AT U R E D I N G RO U PS

Last Words - End of Project

Sorry for the lack of updates and responses in the last months. I have been busy with work and my
growing family. My interests (and amount of freetime) have shifted, which is why I sadly can't keep up
working on this project. I had a lot of fun maintaining it and helping you guys to make your windows look
a lot nicer . Thanks for all the input and support! windows-7-users TangoDesktop

Anyone willing to pick up the project is welcome to head over to GitHub and modify/update the Patcher.
If you do so and release a new Patcher please give me a note. I might want to try it, too .

Thank you for all your interest in this project and I hope it still works in this version for a while! OSCustomize Light-X-
Customizers

Cheers!

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COMMENTS 871

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alexsupra
The latest version of WinTango-Patcher (16.12.24) doesn't patch system icons in Windows
10 1909 (64 bit), but patches icons of third-party applications.

Reply Apr 2, 2020

niivu ` Hobbyist Interface Designer

Thanks for your work!  I updated the icons to work on 1903 using 7tsp.

You can find the project here!

Reply Oct 18, 2019

mhoude
I just wanted to thank you for the joy and breath of fresh air you provided when you worked
on this great project. Farewell to a great man...

Reply Aug 18, 2019

DragonTrainer Hobbyist Digital Artist

Its sad to see the project go, but it was awesome while it lasted. 
Thank you very much for the job you did with this patcher! It made my days using Windows
XP, 7 and 8 way nicer. 

Reply Nov 27, 2018

ARCHII-I
Is it possible to revert windows back to using the defaults?

Reply Oct 26, 2018

twinkler
Thanks for everything! Good luck!

Reply Sep 29, 2018

CO M M E N T H I D D E N

vicing

   all grow up my friend, the family is the main thing!

Reply Sep 5, 2018

BlakByte
Shouldn't you take over, vicing?

Reply Dec 2, 2018

vicing
No, I have long been studying for a master

Reply Dec 3, 2018

charliehd4
So, this doesn't patch Windows 8.1 tray icons?

Reply May 9, 2018

mhoude
Well.. I guess this project is dead now
So sad.
Wish you luck mate.
Cheers.

Reply Mar 25, 2018

mhoude
Hey mate, still working on this great project ?

Reply Feb 16, 2018

blckb3ard Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Does it work with Windows 10 1709?

Reply Feb 1, 2018

TheGamerZ
Yes, and it works on 1803 as well.

Reply Mar 29, 2018

evebon Student Photographer

heebijeebi,
i'm on win 7 X64 and i face this error:

Line 16831 (file "C:\program files (x86)\wintango patcher\patcher.exe")

errror: Variable used without being declared

how to solve it?

Reply Jan 29, 2018

askfriends
its awesome but i would love to see more icon themes.

Reply Jan 10, 2018

mhoude
Hello again,

I have the reloader enabled on startup but when I install something after (ie: vlc), the
reloader doesn't patch the icon.

Is this expected behavior ?

Thanks in advance

Reply Oct 5, 2017

heebijeebi
Hi! Sorry for the delays the last weeks.

Yes it is expected behavior. The Reloader can only keep track of files that were
already present when the patcher was installed. To patch newly installed apps you
have to re-install the patcher.

Reply Oct 11, 2017

PacPancake Hobbyist General Artist

Hi, is there a reason why the visual style option is greyed out on my computer?

Reply Sep 2, 2017

heebijeebi
I guess you are using Win 8.1 / 10? It's because there is no Visual Style included for
these OS.

Reply Sep 7, 2017

CHROMAX
Is there a way to disable pinned-icons at the quickstart-pins in explorer? They kill my theme-
style.

I already made the "pin_16_20_24_32.ico" in "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinTango

Patcher\Resources\icons\actions" completely transparent and repatched, but nothing.

Reply Aug 4, 2017

BlakByte
2'nd.. they're too obvious. Removing the icon all together would be nice

Reply Aug 23, 2017

Customs-n-Randomness Hobbyist Interface Designer

Does this use iPack Builder? or is it it's own icon package?

Reply Jul 5, 2017

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