Has anyone managed to fix the themes on the Express version of Visual Studio 2012 for Windows Desktop? I have tried the solutions that work on the paid version, as described in another Stackoverflow question. I managed to change colors, but the Menus remain as MENU's, and the small, colorless icons still crouch in the task bar.
EDIT: Please note that what hope to see as an answer is, "Yes, I did it for the Express version, and here's how." Failing that, I could accept, "Sorry, you lose, and here's why."
EDIT 2: Microsoft says the "Blue" theme is the same as VS 2010. Perhaps I did not make it clear that we already have a partial answer. The "change colors" link shows how to perform that task without the plugin that only works with the paid version.