Right, well first off, here's a piccie:


Well, I decided I wanted to change the start menu button...so I found a guide and downloaded resource editor etc, and replaced the bitmap with that one etc etc.
Now I appear to have the sidebar in Windows Explorer in "classic mode" and I have no idea what went wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated
(I had no idea what section to put this in )

-Rich-

When you go to Appearance in the Display Settings what theme are you using and what is the colour scheme set to?

Windows XP Style
Colour Scheme Silver

-Rich-

I have a similar problem with changing XP themes, now my computer just can't restore the original XP theme, as well as use any new XP themes, and my whole theme is stuck on classic mode.  Now the odd thing is, my classic mode is in baby blue, instead of gray, so when i went to change that, it wouldn't let me....

anyone else having this problem? >.<

One problem at a time people

-Rich-

shh.. jus stating a related problem =P dont wanna start a new thread

Looks like a reformat is in order for you

-Rich-

-.- but like i tried programs where they install xp themes or wateva, and it still doesnt work oh n i found the theme files in random places of my comp *cough*like dat mesed up sp2.. anyways, back on topic, i have tried to move those files into the theme folder, and it still tells me they cant find them T_T how gay is dat... ~_~

Y not try to get a copy of the theme file. I'm not sure if that would help.

I think it can be solved if you get a new explorer.exe file.. why didnt you backup the default one before editing it in resource hacker??..

I had this problem. I downloaded a theme and set it to that. Then I tried going back to default windows theme and my pc crashed. I tried like everyday for a week, still kept crashing.

About 2 weeks later, I decided to try it again, and it worked.
Very weird. Not sure what I did.

isn't the UXTHEME patcher required for modifying windows themes?

who's problem are we solving here?!

-Rich-

Erm, yours... ?

Well, on neowin they said something about the shellstyle.dll file

-Rich-

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Originally posted by richardsim7
Well, on neowin they said something about the shellstyle.dll file

-Rich-

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Lol, yeah, so I think I'll stay away from that...

-Rich-

Try, changing the theme to say... Windows XP blue. See if the sidebar is windows classic. Then change the theme back to Windows XP silver and see what happeens.

Start Bar went green, and sidebar was still classic

-Rich-