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[Xahid]

Does themes also requred to be 64bit ?
sorry, after applying patch, all themes just show black n white, except Windows default theme!

[L3thal]

No, all themes done for XP SP2 work for me.

[jackc1990]

cant download it?

corrupt file.. any ideas.. need a new download link

[cyraxeon]

i tried uxpatcher 5.0, neowin uxpatcher 4.0, and everything else i could find, i didnt want to run stylexp because i like to keep unneccesary software to a minimum (and its interface is just plain ugly). after nothing worked i installed stylexp, copied the uxtheme.dll from the system32 and syswow64 folders, uninstalled it and replaced the files with the ones i had copied.

Seems to be working for now.

heres my version of x64


feel free to try the files i have and let me know if it works:
x64uxTheme.zip

[cyraxeon]

cyraxeon, on Apr 18 2006, 20:01, said:

i tried uxpatcher 5.0, neowin uxpatcher 4.0, and everything else i could find, i didnt want to run stylexp because i like to keep unneccesary software to a minimum (and its interface is just plain ugly). after nothing worked i installed stylexp, copied the uxtheme.dll from the system32 and syswow64 folders, uninstalled it and replaced the files with the ones i had copied.

Seems to be working for now.

heres my version of x64


feel free to try the files i have and let me know if it works:
x64uxTheme.zip

ok so that didnt work after i restarted...

but i did get it to work eventually, i replaced the file on my webserver with the new one x64uxTheme.zip
YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN SAFE MODE!!! or it wont work... theres also a utility to disable file protection (not sure if its required... but i turned it off anyway)

[Fry.]

Hey i have a question, how do you get to that "about windows" window, i've been searching for it but can't find it.

[r5a]

go to start > run.

type winver. hit okay.

[fiziks]

I gather that this installer doesn't quite work.. to install uxtheme (modified, for x64):

1. reboot in safe mode
2. rename C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll to C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.old
3. copy modified uxtheme.dll (just extract the dll from this archive, ditch the installer) to system32 (there's also a uxtheme.dll in C:\WINDOWS\syswow64\, I don't think it's a good idea to touch this one)
4. restart normally and viola, navigate to deviantart.com visual styles and hack that shell

(one should know already but, to add visual styles; one must copy a .msstyles/.theme file to C:\WINDOWS\resources\themes\ and double click the .msstyle or .theme to activate it after files are placed in ...\themes\ ..don't forget to install the required fonts and such also)

cyraxeon, on Apr 19 2006, 04:33, said:

theres also a utility to disable file protection (not sure if its required... but i turned it off anyway)

I left the file protection utility untouched, in safe mode it appears windows won't complain

Edited by fiziks, 09 March 2007 - 14:17.

[Slimy]

Since this is only for XP, anyone have a Vista one?

[TinFoil]

It looks like XP x64 Service Pack 2 broke this one. Right now I'm stuck with Luna

[LVirus]

I would like to know if there is patch for X64 SP2 OS .. please?

[saivert]

Please update the batch script to reflect this:

@echo Installing patched uxtheme.dll 
ren %windir%\system32\uxtheme.dll uxtheme.old
del %windir%\ServicePackFiles\i386\uxtheme.dll
copy /b /y uxtheme.dll %windir%\system32\uxtheme.dll
copy /b /y uxtheme.dll %windir%\system32\dllcache\uxtheme.dll
pause

This works on all systems, even systems where windows is not installed in c:\windows.
Try to write proper batch scripts and clean them of all your personal **** like "rem deltree..." etc..
I know the /b option for copy isn't really necessary but it's the proper way to do it when you are handling binary files.

Tip: For far better installers try NSIS

Another tip: If you just want something else that looks more decent than the standard **** of a theme Microsoft bundles with their fat OS, fetch Royale Noir theme and unpack in %windir%\resources\themes (see the %windir% thing I just did there? I think you get it). Oh and you need something that can unpack 7z archives. 7-zip will do that just fine (and bonus: It's a really nice and fast archive program).

Edited by saivert, 12 August 2007 - 01:18.

[NiceCarpet]

Thanks : D

Just moved to 64bit XP
(It feels really sad when shutting down your 32bit OS from the last time its like moving day : < )

[swarfega]

Is this just for XP?

[InsaneDP]

Has anybody found a working patch for XP x64 SP2?

Right now Im stuck using Zune.