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Dodgy Themes by Chris4 on 09-09-2006 at 07:26 PM

Why when I download themes and open the .msstyles (Windows Visual Style File) it always appears like this:

[Image: dodgythemexp7.png]

I've tried extracting it to C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes but it still happens.

I download themes and all you get is the .msstyles file, I thought you have the have a folder with a folder in it called 'Shell' and some other files, like you have with Luna (Win XP Theme), etc. :huh:

RE: Dodgy Themes by boston on 09-09-2006 at 07:27 PM

try system restore

RE: Dodgy Themes by boston on 09-09-2006 at 07:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dazmatic
quote:
Originally posted by boston
try system restore
no..... ^o)

chris, just set the theme and it should be ok, i get that sometimes  but they still work :P

well i had that problem and it mucked up my themes i couldnt see the teskbar because it was a black space so i tried system restore and it worked
RE: RE: Dodgy Themes by Chris4 on 09-09-2006 at 07:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dazmatic
chris, just set the theme and it should be ok, i get that sometimes  but they still work :P
Sorry, forgot to mention, it goes to Windows Classic. :-\

Boston: I can change the theme back easily, so there is no need for system restore.
RE: Dodgy Themes by Chris4 on 09-09-2006 at 07:46 PM

Yeah, it's running.

I'll unpatch it, reboot, then patch it again. :)
Edit: Still happening :sad:

RE: Dodgy Themes by Nathan on 09-09-2006 at 09:31 PM

Is it set on automatic? If not set it on it.

RE: Dodgy Themes by Chris4 on 09-09-2006 at 09:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Nathan
Is it set on automatic? If not set it on it.
[Image: themesdu5.png]

It is. :)
RE: Dodgy Themes by ShawnZ on 09-09-2006 at 09:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dazmatic
quote:
Originally posted by Chris4
Sorry, forgot to mention, it goes to Windows Classic. :-\

hmm, have you patched it, if you have, unpatch it by running the uxteme patch then reboot, then patch it again.

also

go to

control panel > administrative tools > services. then look for themes and make shure it is running.

EDIT: old screen shot was slightly wrong :$.

[Image: themesdt6.th.png]
quote:
Originally posted by Nathan
Is it set on automatic? If not set it on it.

themes aren't supposed to show up when the service isn't running.