| legace Profil: Moderator | > Installing Visual-styles
[color=red]WARNING! THIS TUTORIAL IS FOR WINDOWS XP ONLY![/color]
1. Download a visual style to your desktop (SuperVista Visual Style is just an example).
2. The visual-styles are usually zipped, so unzip the pack. To do this, right click on the file and select Extract here.
After the extraction process, you should have a new file on your desktop.
3. Now, open the new folder created on your desktop. You should have something like this:
In the folder, you should have a folder called Shell and a Windows Theme File.
If you have the Shell folder and the theme file you are fine.
4. Then open My Computer, and write the following address in the address bar:
%systemroot%/Resources/Themes
5. Go back to your desktop and copy the folder which contains the Shell folder and the theme file:
Then, paste it into the Themes-folder (Make sure you have administrator rights, or you can't copy).
6. Then, go to your desktop and right-click on a blank space. Then select Properties. A window similar to this should come:
Select the Appearance tab, and you should have a window like this:
In the list of styles, select the style you have just copied and enjoy your new theme. Remember to press OK.
> ADDITIONAL INFO
Visual-styles can be found from websites such as www.deviantart.com
In order to use these Visual-styles, you need to patch a file called UxTheme.dll.
To patch the UxTheme, download and run the Patcher (for Windows XP) from:
 for Windows XP SP2: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Deskt [...] inal.shtml
for Windows XP SP3: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Syste [...] -SP3.shtml
 If you have a Bricopack installed, you do not need to download and patch your UxTheme.dll as the Bricopack installation alrealy patches the UxTheme.
If you have recently installed Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), your visual styles may not appear even if you have patched the UxTheme.dll. If this problem occurs, repatch the UxTheme.dll with the SP3 patcher mentioned above.
Tutorial created by Legace. | |
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Breakfastclub Profil: Penguin Pro | Thanks alot Legace, I`m sure this will help many people  Maybe we should "pin" it  | |
legace Profil: Moderator | That would be nice  Thanks for the positive comments BFC and Dark_RAIDEN_. | |
Dark_RAIDEN_ Profil: Big Penguin | what does "pin" mean. putting it on the top of the forum??? | |
legace Profil: Moderator | When a topic is pinned, it is put to beginning of the topics. In Software Aid and Support, the topics pinned are: How to: "Change your Icons" , Get the Vista look to XP, etc. | |
Dark_RAIDEN_ Profil: Big Penguin | and does it just stay there forever then legace??? | |
legace Profil: Moderator | It will stay there until the mods unpin it (which means they take the pin away)  | |
Dark_RAIDEN_ Profil: Big Penguin | yeah, the mods have the power to do that don't they? i wish that i was a crystalXP mod... hey! i've just realized that you asked for the VistaGS theme from me because ur using it for the tutorial. oh well, i don't really mind and i think its a good idea. lots of people will get VistaGS theme then. | |
XXPhantomPhreakXX Profil: Penguin | This was really good to learn....Thank You | |
Krat0s_ Profil: Big Penguin | Useful tutorial, Legace | |
Dark_RAIDEN_ Profil: Big Penguin | hey how come this topic is still not pinned yet? | |
Breakfastclub Profil: Penguin Pro | It`s pinned here  | |
Dark_RAIDEN_ Profil: Big Penguin | hey how come it is moved to here? | |
legace Profil: Moderator | The previous thread about Visualstyles was here too.. | |
-dbm- Profil: New Penguin | Very very very usefull! thumb up! | |
sonicks Profil: New Penguin | Hola a todos...!!!  Muy buen tutorial... y eso que yo me estaba pasando las horas a ver cómo rayos podía instalar el tema... jejeje
a good tutorial!!!! great!!!
See you ... everybody... Greetings from Mexico. Aurevoir. | |
legace Profil: Moderator | Thanks for the comments -dbm- and sonicks
And welcome to CrystalXP! | |
legace Profil: Moderator | I updated the guide today, adding the SP3 UxTheme patcher, and an other guide for Windows Vista UxTheme patching.. | |
Dark_RAIDEN_ Profil: Big Penguin | legace wrote :
I updated the guide today, adding the SP3 UxTheme patcher, and an other guide for Windows Vista UxTheme patching..
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hey what happens if bricopack doesnt patch up uxtheme.dll??? | |
Breakfastclub Profil: Penguin Pro | You can`t load any other Visual-Styles, you can only use Classic-Look or Luna, nothing more (with a program). I found a description: Quote :
Universal UXTheme Patcher description Universal UXTheme Patcher patches uxtheme.dll allowing you to use 3rd party visual styles in Windows XP. The Universal UXTheme Patcher patches the uxtheme.dll file, which will allow you to use 3rd party (non-Microsoft created) visual styles in Windows. Universal UXTheme Patcher is very small, takes about 1 second to patch the system, avoids Windows File Protection and only requires a restart for the patched file to go into effect.
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Dark_RAIDEN_ Profil: Big Penguin | hey so if i install sp3 now, and then Inspirat. will my uxtheme.dll be patched or unpatched for sp3??? | |
legace Profil: Moderator | Dark_RAIDEN_ wrote :
hey so if i install sp3 now, and then Inspirat. will my uxtheme.dll be patched or unpatched for sp3???
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Yes, your UxTheme will be patched if you install Inspirat after the installation of SP3. | |
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`kiz Profil: New Penguin | Well I downloaded your visual style and followed your tutorial but..
heres what I get this is the file I put in:
 end result:
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