insanekiwi Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 thanks for the link. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazebee_ Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 i installed the theme 2 min. ago, works flawlessly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan000 Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 When you right-click the .exe file you download FROM MICROSOFT, you can just select "extract here as..." and it creates an archive with whatever name. Then you right-click that archive and select "extract to..." and select C:\Windows\Resources\Themes". THAT'S IT. It doesn't replace the old Luna files, it makes its own folder called "royaltheme".I have WinRAR, when I right-click it I can extract it to a folder but not an archive as you describe. Also how the heck are you getting a folder called "royaltheme" there is no such folder inside the .EXE! Can you please clarify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickFinlay2 Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 thanks for the update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staneck Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 hey people ! ive got something ! go to my page and download the royale theme autoinstaller ! http://www.stantown.de/index2.html in menu klick downloads ! one is with white explorer the other with blue background ! PS: wei? means white blau means blue use at your own risk ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varsity Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 A little bulky but cool nevertheless. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuayw2000 Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 This looks pretty good to me At least something new from microsoft. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcdShdw Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 if they had a compact/thin taskbar one id be happier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerm Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Slightly off-topic: Whats the best way to set this theme to default for XP? So when XP boots this theme is already applied? I did use StyleXP but it didn't always start, and takes up resource etc, any other ways? Is there a direct way to do it through XP ? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldaccount1 Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Slightly off-topic: Whats the best way to set this theme to default for XP? So when XP boots this theme is already applied?I did use StyleXP but it didn't always start, and takes up resource etc, any other ways? Is there a direct way to do it through XP ? Thanks. 584718960[/snapback] Hmm yes. Just go to c:\windows\resources\themes and place the .MSSTYLES file in there. then go to your APPEARANCE options and you can set it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerm Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 It doesn't work, i can still only see Windows XP and Windows Classic when i do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekx Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 I prefer the communities-created styles over this one. But the wallpaper is nice. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCheese Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Is there any difference between this version and the leaked version? Because the leaked versions say they have been created more recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staneck Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 you can download both at my site and choose your favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted October 12, 2004 Veteran Share Posted October 12, 2004 I already posted this as a comment in the news section but I figured I'd post it here as well. All of these other workarounds are totally unnecessary! All you need to do is have WinRAR (or WinZip will probably do the same thing). When you right-click the .exe file you download FROM MICROSOFT, you can just select "extract here as..." and it creates an archive with whatever name. Then you right-click that archive and select "extract to..." and select C:\Windows\Resources\Themes". THAT'S IT. It doesn't replace the old Luna files, it makes its own folder called "royaltheme". Now, when you do exactly what I just said, you have the original Luna theme as the "Windows XP" theme, and the NEW one is called "Energy Blue" in Themes. When you go to the Appearance tab (and have Energy Blue as the theme), you have the choice of the three original Luna variations and the new one is called Royale. There's no reason to do anything other than what I just said, because you don't need to REPLACE Luna, there's no point really, and the way I just explained is pretty darn easy. If you're having problems with this method, you did something wrong, because all it's doing is creating a new folder and putting the Royale theme's files in it just like any other theme, including the original Luna theme. And just to be totally clear on this, I was using the Silver Luna theme when I did all of this, so you don't have to have it set to Windows Classic first (because it isn't replacing the original files). 584717177[/snapback] Except doing it that way makes "Windows XP style" appear in the "Appearences" tab twice. Using the .theme files makes the menus Windows Classic style as opposed to the flat XP style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vignesh Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Thanks 4 the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 this is totally copied of royale inspirant by stefanka... damn..... microsoft steals from individual work... now is stefanka going to report ms :p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted October 12, 2004 Veteran Share Posted October 12, 2004 Sarcasm doesn't really work on message boards ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cep_head Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 anyway to install this on xp pro without the theme patcher? i tried the extracting with winrar but the theme still won't use the shellstyle that came with it. i downloaded dazzla's version but the royale won't show up unless the theme patch is applied. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean W Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Pretty Cool Theme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 I ran the installer and when it overwrites the luna.msstyles file, XP file protection kicks in and puts the old one back in!! Right clicking and "choosing extract to..." does the same thing because it extracts it to the Luna folder, not a "RoyaleTheme" folder that was stated here earlier, and overwrites older files, altho the older files are replaced via XP file protection. Inside the .exe is a Luna folder, containing a wallpaper folder, shellstyle folder (with 4 sub-folders instead of 3, one for the Royale theme), luna.msstyles file and Energy Blue.theme file. I extracted them to a different directory, added the Royale shellstyle folder to the original Luna shellstyle folder and had to replace luna.msstyles with Replacer. Don't know why I even bothered since I have to original Royale theme and my modded version of it, guess I was just curious. :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night.Hawk Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Sarcasm doesn't really work on message boards ;) 584720509[/snapback] You noticed too? :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadian397 Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 hey, what was the fix for using this theme and Office 2003? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staneck Posted October 13, 2004 Author Share Posted October 13, 2004 the clue is renaming the msstyles file to luna.msstyles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyre Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 Just when I thought Luna couldn't get any uglier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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