Setting environment variables in vista

I realize that certain aspects of Aero can not be done on XP such as the fonts, but probably much of it could be. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Wednesday, March 28, PM. Windows XP has no knowledge of Vista, and thus cannot natively replicate the Vista interface.

It's not an environment variable. This is done via themes. You can import the Vista theme, or any other theme, quite easily. Note Administrator privileges are required to modify the path and environment variables.

Windows Windows 8. Windows Vista and Windows 7. Windows and Windows XP. Note You can edit other environment variables by highlighting the variable in the System variables section and clicking Edit.

Lower down seleect Windows 8. See screenshot below. Choose full install, it is 2 GB. When it says finished, click "Finish" button. I tried to install it, but it failed saying the program wasn't the correct version. Then configure the following when it prompts you:. Also choose "Light" color theme. Find" to the better "Edit. FindinFiles" it will default to "search entire solution" so you will change that to "Only Current Document" on your first search. This turns off the Microsoft Banner Ads and unnecessary network traffic.

The feature is now called "Automatic Outlining" - right click on the editable area of a 'CPP' file on go to "Outlining" and select "Stop Automatic Outlining" for one text file.