Why do my forms look like 'Windows Classic'?

Question

Is there any free tool to style my C# Windows Forms, to make them look like Windows 7 Windows.

**EDIT**

In the designer mode, I have this :

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But when I run I get this :

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I don't know why I get that. (Old style)

Thanks

I don't care for your -1 sir, so if you have something to say, just say it. — Wassim AZIRAR, Jun 24 '11 at 10:05
There is one [non-free tool](http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/what-is) around. (-1 isn't mine) — Vlad, Jun 24 '11 at 10:05
aren't they (WinForms) being "skinned" by default depending on user's Windows Version? Or do you want them to look like Win7 in, for example, WinXP? — Ruslan, Jun 24 '11 at 10:07
I'm so confused, because I'm running the APP in Win 7, but I get the old windows style — Wassim AZIRAR, Jun 24 '11 at 10:15
nice screenshots, i gave you +1, you deserve it for not letting WinForms die ( : — Ruslan, Jun 24 '11 at 10:15
This doesn't deserve down votes, but the question should be rephrased to be something like: Why do my forms look like 'Windows Classic'? — Jacob Stanley, Jun 24 '11 at 10:24

Navid Rahmani · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-24T10:20:01.030

40

You should enable visual styles

Call this method before creating any controls

[STAThread]
static void Main() 
{
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
    Application.Run(new YourMainForm());
}

edited Jun 24 '11 at 10:20

answered Jun 24 '11 at 10:14

Navid Rahmani

4

God knows why this isn't the default! :) – Jacob Stanley Jun 24 '11 at 10:34
2

@Jacob... I thought that was the default for a winforms app... I could be wrong though :) – Richard B Jun 24 '11 at 19:01
Maybe it is default when building stuff in Visual Studio, but I was building with WinForms using Python for .NET and couldn't figure this out! Thank you :) – Will Daniels Nov 30 '12 at 07:04

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