How Windows uses theme Packs

I believe a lot of friends are having this problem.

Download the theme but no way to install is to extract to C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes is not helpful

There is no response back to the desktop right click or no reaction see figure one

The reason is simple because it's dedicated to Microsoft, and we use a third party, and if you use Microsoft, you can unzip it right there.

It can be used directly, but the problem is that Microsoft has some things we don't necessarily like.

I quote a description of the use and do specific picture description:

"First your system must support third-party themes, first use please download third-party Theme support patches at the following URL

Download Uxthemexp system support third party Theme hack

There are a variety of desktop themes that you can download from the Internet, with only hundreds of KB or dozens of MB, because they contain different content. There is only one. Msstyles style files, some with a few color profiles, some with the. theme files, some with mouse pointer, wallpaper, sound events, etc., I even saw a full of content compression has hundreds of MB of giant desktop theme. Very exaggerated ~ ~

Here's how to install the various topics.

Give everyone a little hint, under normal circumstances. theme files and. msstyles files are associated with system default files, which means double-clicking the two file systems will automatically open in the display properties, and you can use this to preview the theme or style before installing, of course, If the subject also expands the other files, it is important to note that the other file path is correct, otherwise it is not normal preview.

First case: There is a. Theme theme file

This is the easiest to install, as long as you keep the directory structure of the original theme, copy the. theme files and folders to the X:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\ directory to complete the installation. For the simplest example, you download a theme on the web, assuming that the theme is "Naco", then it should be the directory structure after installation:

X:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Naco.theme (not available)

X:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Naco\Naco.msstyles

X:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Naco\Shell\xxxx\shellstyle.dll (not available)

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After copying and then right-clicking on the Desktop, select "Properties" to open the Display Properties window. Because there is a. theme theme file, you can see the theme in the topic list, select the theme name, click Apply, and Windows will automatically switch to the display of that theme. If the theme has more than one color scheme, open "appearance", in the "color scheme" list can see the optional color scheme, select each item will show the actual effect in the preview box above.

Second case: No. Theme Theme Files

Or This example, assuming that the theme is called "Naco", this theme has only one naco.msstyles style file and a shell folder, there are several sets of color schemes under the Shell folder, or even the shell folder is not, then first of all, in the X:\WINDOWS\ Resources\themes directory to build a subdirectory, the name must be called "Naco", said before, the name of this directory must be the same as the style file name, and then copy the Naco.msstyles file and Shell directory into this subdirectory, directory structure is like this:

X:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Naco\Naco.msstyles

X:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Naco\Shell\xxxx\shellstyle.dll (not available)

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Open the Display Properties window. Because there is no. theme file, so in the topic list is not see "Naco" theme, so to go to the "appearance" page, normal you should be in the "Windows and buttons" list can find "Naco" This item, here is actually a list of styles. Select "Naco", if this style has more than one color scheme, then there will be more than one item in the color scheme list below, select each item will show the actual effect in the preview box above. Click on the app at the bottom right to apply the style and color scheme to your current windows.

I've already talked about it. Theme is the total definition file and its structure, so you can create a. theme file yourself to target a topic that does not have a. theme file.

In the Appearance window and button select the style without theme file, click Apply, at this time, Windows will switch to the newly specified style, switch to the theme page, the topic list will appear as XXX (change), click "Save as" to save the new. theme file to X:\ Windows\resources\themes\ directory, of course, you can also save to any location, just save to the system directory will be more manageable. Once you've saved it, you've set up a new theme, and you can use that style when you choose the new theme.

Here's a trick to see in the second verse that there are a lot of definitions in the. theme file, so when you save the. theme file, the current system's wallpaper, mouse pointers, icons, screensavers, sounds, and other definitions are all saved in the middle of the new theme file, so You can simply use this technique to build your own personalized theme without having to manually edit the definitions of the. theme file. For example, you can set the desktop wallpaper as your favorite picture, bring up your favorite mouse pointer, use your favorite sound events and screen protection and so on, and so on, the various parts adjusted well, "Save as" a new theme file, so that as long as the use of this theme file will be able to one step. Of course, it is important to note that the various resources will use absolute paths when saving the theme files, such as the mouse pointer and the location where the sound file is referenced from another topic, so that once the actual location of a file has changed, Then when you use this theme, Windows will not be able to find the files in the topic to prompt an error, so the best way is to create a non-volatile directory to put these needed files, and then create a theme file, it is not easy to error. "

Software: http://www.crsky.com/soft/3989.html

Using the specific method, download down is compressed package, directly decompression double-click installation, after loading, will change your current theme style, will ask you to restart, restart will come back, and then you casually download a theme package

I recommend you a theme package website: http://dlc2.pconline.com.cn/list.jsp?chnid=598

Then everyone can download it directly.

I give an example, I have a Disney, hehe O (∩_∩) o ...

Then unzip the theme package, directly double-click "Disney.msstyles" will be able to appear on the interface of the drawings

I have a lot of good-looking theme packs on my website, and I don't need that many negative steps.

Install the UXTHEMEXP and you're ready.

Hope to be useful to everyone

How Windows uses theme Packs