We all know that Windows 8 contains sidebar quick access menu which contains handy features. This sidebar includes search panel, control panel, start button, sharing panel etc. and collectively known as “
Charms Bar”.
Charms Bar helps the users a lot for their instant access to various places of computer. Now the issue is that what to do to get Charms Bar on previous OS versions???
Don’t worry! In this we’ll tell you how to get transparent Charms Bar on Windows XP, Vista and obviously on Windows 7. Follow the simple steps given below:
1.
Download the RocketDock software. If you don’ t know what is RocketDock, please
refer to this page. Install RocketDock and exit for it now. It is obvious that RocketDock is installed in root directory of OS (most probably
C:\Program Files\RocketDock in 32-bit and
C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketDock in 64-bit systems respectively).
2. Now download the
Windows 8 Charms Bar skin for RocketDock.
When you extract this RAR archive using unzip software, you’ll have three folders named
Charmbar transparent,
Icons and
Rocketdocksettings along with
StartMenu.exe.
3. Further copy the extracted
Charmbar transparent,
Icons,
StartMenu.exe to
RocketDock folder (i.e.
C:\Program Files\RocketDock). From the extracted
Rocketdocksettings folder, copy
Settingstransparent.ini to same place after
renaming it as
Settings.ini.
4. That’s it. Now open
RocketDock and hover the cursor in the extreme right of desktop screen. The
Charms Bar is now welcoming you!
For your added convenience here are those download links again[/center
