jimmyt302 Posted January 22, 2002 Share Posted January 22, 2002 (edited) --- Edited May 27, 2009 by jimmyt302 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babis Posted January 22, 2002 Share Posted January 22, 2002 Tgtsoft has a freeware version of thier patch.. check thier site http://www.tgtsoft.com/Download.html and follow thier instructions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCrowley Esq Posted January 22, 2002 Share Posted January 22, 2002 Windows XP doesn't have DOS, and if you boot by a win9x floppy, you won't be able to see your drives unless for some reason you're still using the god forsaken FAT32 system. If you boot into safe mode, you can rename uxtheme.dll to something else, then simply rename the hacked one as uxtheme.dll. Worked fine for me. AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comet Posted January 22, 2002 Share Posted January 22, 2002 can someone post a link for the hacked dll thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted January 22, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 22, 2002 Originally posted by babis Tgtsoft has a freeware version of their patch.. check thier site http://www.tgtsoft.com/Download.html and follow thier instructions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comet Posted January 22, 2002 Share Posted January 22, 2002 thank you dazzla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dclanz Posted January 22, 2002 Share Posted January 22, 2002 Lol.....this was much simpler...here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comet Posted January 22, 2002 Share Posted January 22, 2002 which one is better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dclanz Posted January 22, 2002 Share Posted January 22, 2002 Patcher for UXTHEME.DLL. WARNING: User assumes all responsibility for running the patch program and patching the uxtheme.dll file. User agress to hold harmless TGT Soft LLC. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not patch the file. To patch UXTHEME.DLL you must follow these directions. If it does not work, please do not email us. We tried. First, you must have administrator privileges. Second, you must understand how to rename and copy files. Third, you must understand where your system directory is and how to navigate there (although the patcher will tell you where it is). If you update your Windows® XP operating system, the patch may become invalid. Ready? Here are the instructions. 1) Run the uxthemepatcher.exe. This program will produce a "uxtheme.pat" file in your system32 directory. If this program fails, DO NOT CONTINUE. 2) After you have successfully run uxthemepatcher.exe, a message box will tell you where the uxtheme.pat file is. If your system directory is c:windowssystem32 -- the uxtheme.pat file will be there. If it is c:winntsystem32 -- the uxtheme.pat file will be there. And so on. Make a mental note of where the .pat file is. 3) Assuming your system directory is c:windowssystem32 go into the directory c:windowssystem32dllcache. This directory may be hidden. If it is, you need to unhide it to see it, or use the command prompt. 4) Rename the uxtheme.dll file in dllcache to uxtheme.bak (or some other name). 5) Rename any uxtheme.dl_ or uxtheme.dll that might be found in other locations on your system such as c:i386 or the place where you installed Windows® XP from. 6) Make sure you have NO CDs in your system (especially the Windows® XP install CD!). 7) Assuming your system directory is c:windowssystem32 go into the directory c:windowssystem32. Rename uxtheme.dll to uxtheme.bak or some other name. Copy uxtheme.pat to uxtheme.dll. 8) You might get a warning from Windows System File Protection. You need to answer the two questions properly, and on your own volition to ensure that the uxtheme.dll file is not replaced with the original. 9) If all goes well, the uxtheme.dll will be the same DATE and TIME as the uxtheme.pat. If this is the case, REBOOT. Do not logoff, you need a full reboot. Hope this works. If it does not, you can always try the Style XP trial for 30 days. http://www.tgtsoft.com Lmao...too many if's in here for me, but the choice is all yours.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCrowley Esq Posted January 22, 2002 Share Posted January 22, 2002 Odd how the earlier betas of stylexp were nothing more than this patched UXTheme.dll, and it did all this for you, only requiring a reboot. Looks to me like they're just trying to make it look as complicated as possible (in reality it's extremely simple) to convince people to buy the non-free version. I also like where it implies that this may cause problems if you update windows. If uxtheme.dll was changed in any future version of windows, the file would simply be replaced, and if you really made a pig's ear of it, you could quite easily fix it with a quick sfc /scannow. I'd be much more worried about the implications of a program which patches something in memory, and if the dll changes, chances are that so will the memory address that needs to be patched. Of course, StyleXP will continue trying to patch the same address, and could lead to all manner of randomness from windows simply refusing to work with their program loaded, to swarms of angry monkies flying out of your case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babis Posted January 22, 2002 Share Posted January 22, 2002 The tgtsoft instructions seem a bit misleading. I just copied dclanz suggestions, too lazy to type: Grab the uxtheme.dll from vinh's website Once in the CommandPrompt Module type the following: cd C:WindowsSystem32 ren C:WindowsSystem32uxtheme.dll uxtheme.bak copy C:WindowsTempuxtheme.dll C:WindowsSystem32 More info from this thread Only for the curious minds: Anyhow in an earlier thread here I found a few poeple talking about inuse.exe, very interesting file. download file http://download.microsoft.com/download/win...EN-US/inuse.exe Info on file http://support.osisoft.com/SupportFiles&He.../NTinuseexe.htm MS Info on the file http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techi...ing/inuse-o.asp Basically, it offers the power to overwrite a file in use .... I'll give it a go in a 2-3days I'm flying overseas going to usa .. passing thru uk ;-) .... If I do manage to get it to work.. I might even try to automate it. If anyone else wants to give it a try, please feel free to, and make sure to post your file here for future reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comet Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 still no one anwsers, which is better hacked or tgt's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCrowley Esq Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 My prefence is for the hacked DLL, which was what TGT's was before they changed it so they'd have something a little more justifiable to sell. The fact is that with StyleXP, you'll always have a process running in the background, it may be extremely small on resource usage, but it's still there, I already have enough crap in my systray. As to how they work functionally, there is no difference, they are both a way to allow Microsoft's Visual Styles Engine to load themes which are not digitally signed by Microsoft, nothing more. AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dclanz Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 In my opinion the hacked version is better than the patch and it's really quite simple to do. I may sound a bit biased, but I'd rather screw up my system myself than to let Tgt do it for me.:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arhra Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Originally posted by comet still no one anwsers, which is better hacked or tgt's If you're comparing to tgt's uxtheme.dll patcher, they're exactly the same, but for fairly obvious legal reasons tgt can't distribute a modified version of an MS dll, so they supply a program that applies the appropriate changes to the dll for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCrowley Esq Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Agreed, especially at $20 a pop for the priveledge of using software they didn't write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dclanz Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 LOL...that's right they both do the same thing, that is....enable XP to use other visual styles. Some may prefer the hacked version and some may prefer the patch. It's totally up to the user. It would be nice if M$ would implement a feature in future versions of XP to let people create/use their own visualstyles. That would be really cool.:bandit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comet Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 thanks for clearning up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l77Il7H Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Originally posted by AJCrowley Esq Windows XP doesn't have DOS, and if you boot by a win9x floppy, you won't be able to see your drives unless for some reason you're still using the god forsaken FAT32 system. If you boot into safe mode, you can rename uxtheme.dll to something else, then simply rename the hacked one as uxtheme.dll. Worked fine for me. AJ Windows XP does have DOS, lol! Press F8 before boot screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Originally posted by l77Il7H Windows XP does have DOS, lol! Press F8 before boot screen. The funny thing about this is, THAT'S NOT DOS. That's a command prompt, and part of the recovery system built into XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCrowley Esq Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Yes, I think you'll find that if it was DOS, you'd not be able to access your NTFS drives. There is a huge difference between an NT Recovery Console and DOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk2000 Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 You understan french ???? Read This! http://www.enter-net.com/~andreag/stylexp.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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