Saturday, September 8, 2012

Color Theme Editor in Visual Studio 2012

Visual Studio 2012 provides one default gray color and also all the Menu items are in CAPS.
There is color theme editor which can change the default theme of Visual Studio 2012 and you can select and even modify the color theme.
Ok let get started...





  • To execute this file open the .vsix in Visual Studio. I had both Visual Studio 2010 and 2012 on my laptop so i selected 'Microsoft Visual Studio Version Selector'






  • Once the file is installed, open the Visual Studio 2012 and you would view new menu item named as 'THEME'



  • You can select different themes listed and change the default gray color of Visual Studio 2012.


Hope you liked this short article.

Till time enjoy the life and coding !!

1 comment:

  1. Looks promising, but doesn't work for me:
    16-2-2013 13:43:02 - Microsoft VSIX Installer
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - -------------------------------------------
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Initializing Install...
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Extension Details...
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Identifier : 4df54bca-f28d-429e-8f72-1946d928bac9
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Name : Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Author : Microsoft
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Version : 2.2
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Description : Allows users to create and edit Visual Studio themes. Themes can customize colors used for menus, toolbars, tabs, titlebars, the text editor, and other environment colors.
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Locale : en-US
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - MoreInfoURL :
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - InstalledByMSI : False
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - SupportedFrameworkVersionRange : 4.5
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 -
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - SignedBy : Microsoft Corporation
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Certificate Info : [Subject]
    CN=Microsoft Corporation, OU=MOPR, OU=OPC, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

    [Issuer]
    CN=Microsoft Code Signing PCA, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

    [Serial Number]
    6115FE48000100000072

    [Not Before]
    26-3-2012 23:19:05

    [Not After]
    26-6-2013 23:19:05

    [Thumbprint]
    81D284D9445B97F949262CF8535FED68A63CE4C1

    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Supported Products :
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Version : 11.0
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 -
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - References :
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - -------------------------------------------------------
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Identifier : Microsoft.VisualStudio.MPF.11.0
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Name : Visual Studio MPF 11.0
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Version : 11.0
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - MoreInfoURL :
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Nested : No
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 -
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 -
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Searching for applicable products...
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Found installed product - Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Found installed product - Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - Found installed product - Global Location
    16-2-2013 13:43:03 - VSIXInstaller.NoApplicableSKUsException: This extension is not installable on any currently installed products.
    bij VSIXInstaller.App.InitializeInstall()
    bij System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvoke()
    bij System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()

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