# Windows Visual Styles in Julia.exe

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-visual-styles-in-julia-exe/4563>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Created:** [June 30, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-visual-styles-in-julia-exe/4563 "2017-06-30T13:33:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![joa-quim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/joa-quim/32/227_2.png) [@joa-quim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/joa-quim)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-visual-styles-in-julia-exe/4563/1 "2017-06-30T13:33:40Z")

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Probably this should be in issue but I think bring it up here first is not a bad idea. What happens is that the Julia exe on Windows lacks the right manifest resources to provide _Visual Styles_ to windows. This issue was brought to me in the [Red Gitter](https://gitter.im/red/red?at=59476c906462d8493c27c6b8) where more details can be found, namely that the issue is solved if this manifest is inserted in the Julia.exe, which definitively gives a windows a nicer look.  
`<dependency> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*' /> </dependentAssembly> </dependency>`  
Likely this not a `Red` only related issue.

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**Author:** ![ihnorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ihnorton/32/26_2.png) [@ihnorton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ihnorton)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-visual-styles-in-julia-exe/4563/2 "2017-06-30T14:19:23Z")

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Seems reasonable. Please make a PR to the [manifest](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/30bf89f3d8e564b588b8e48993e92a551b384f2c/contrib/windows/julia-manifest.xml).