Daoluong,

The reason I'm not updating to Windows 8.1 is the drop in 3D performance in most games, on my home PC I am a major gamer and losing 5-6 frames does bother me (be it small). I will eventually when they properly patch it and I don't have to worry about losing performance.

Alreadybanned,
I have my visual style customized to appear as windows 8.1 using custom windows 8.1 visual themes and a theme patcher. Everything (folders, startbar, command buttons) looks like it is part of windows 8, yet opera seems to check something else when deciding what skin to use. I am writing this reply from my laptop with the sexy sleek windows 8 skin that opera sports by default and it's just making me more annoyed.

Thanks for the replies guys.

There is no manual way to change this skin? It is only deeply rooted and controlled only by Opera?

No, opera itself looks different if you open it on windows 8 (the same installation) simply because it detects windows 8 instead of 7.

What are you talking about.... how is windows 8 not part of the Opera for Windows forum?

Edit;

The visual style already exists within OPERA, it AUTOMATICALLY activates when opera is used on a windows 8 installation. All I want is the ability to activate it on windows 7. This shouldn't be hard at all.

I love the way windows 8 looks, the square edges really turn me on. I have completely skinned my windows 7 on this home PC to look like windows 8 with clear aero like bars and I love it. I installed OPERA on my windows 8.1 laptop and on this PC at home and noticed that the ENTIRE BROWSER on this pc looks like CRAP! It's all rounded edges, including the address bar! All I want it to change this to the windows 8.1 look I have on my laptop... and it's proving difficult for me alone.

Does anyone know how I should go about doing this?