As of I downloaded the file named 'NiceVS.0.8.1.1 '.Ħ) Download and install VS2012 Color Theme Editor - The next time you start VS2012 select the 'Blue' theme from the color select window. (as of the current version is 1.5.2)ģ) Open up a command prompt with 'Run as administrator'Ĥ) Go to the temp directory and run VSIP.exe - This will run an interactive program that accepts commands.Ĥa) Type ' backup -version=2012' - This will backup all of your VS2012 UI dlls, just in case something gets messed up and you want to uninstall VSIP.Ĥb) Type ' extract' - This will extract all of the old icons from your installation of VS2010 (per VS2010 license VSIP can not distribute those icons so we have to have a local install to pull them from).Ĥc) Type ' inject' - This will inject all of the old 2010 icons from the previous step into the VS2012 DLLs.Ĥd) Type ' menus -n' - This will change the menus so they are NOT ALL CAPITALIZED!ĥ) Download and install NiceVS - do not download the one dated 10/14 or you will be missing icons. Here is exactly how I did this, step-by-step:Ģ) Download vsip and extract it to a temp directory.

Here is a shot of my VS2012 install that almost looks like the familiar 2010 we are all used to.

Visual studio 2012 update