How do you Use themes on Windows 8.1?


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I have looked about and it doesnt seem to be the usual support for patching of files in order to use 3rd party themes on 8.1, unless I am just not looking in the right places, can anyone help shed some light on this subject as I really would like to change how 8.1 looks, plus any themes you can suggest would be appreciated too :p

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yes i came across that one, but the fact it says poss bugged in its link has me concerned

 

 

UxStyle_sep23_x86_x64_possibly_bugged.zip

 

Are you using it? Have you had any issue(s) with it?

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i personally haven't used it since 8 came out and it definitely had a few bugs on 8 back then

haven't tried it again as i've currently lost interest in themeing that pc for now

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I've been using it for about a month on 8.1 now without any issues.

Having used it for a year or so on 7, the most catastrophic fault I've encountered with Uxstyle was that you'd lose the custom theme and revert to something like Aero Basic. I don't think it can render the system unusable.

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If you have problems with UXStyle, use this instead: http://www.syssel.net/hoefs/software_uxtheme.php?lang=en

 

Windows 8.1 has made some changes to the theme structure from Windows 8, so not all windows 8 themes will work on Windows 8.1. You can find Windows 8 themes here, but note that not all of them will work (look for the ones that clearly states they'll work on Windows 8.1): http://www.deviantart.com/customization/skins/windows8/visualstyles8/

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I've been using it for about a month on 8.1 now without any issues.

Having used it for a year or so on 7, the most catastrophic fault I've encountered with Uxstyle was that you'd lose the custom theme and revert to something like Aero Basic. I don't think it can render the system unusable.

they probably fixed the bug from the first windows 8 beta version then

it would break the system and cause a boot loop when windows updates were installed requiring to perform a system restore. that's why i stopped using it awhile back

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