How to Install 3rd Party Windows 7 Themes ?
If you ever downloaded windows 7 theme directly from Microsoft, you must be knowing that the theme’s file extension is .themepack. But 3rd party windows 7 themes has the file extension .theme and usually comes with a whole folder of files.
For installing 3rd party or unsigned themes windows7 themes you will have to patch three dll files – uxtheme.dll, themeui.dll and themeservice.dll. so lets see how you can patch these files.
Its always a good to take a Backup, before editing or modifying any thing. To take backup goto “system32″ folder (C:\Windows\system32\) and backup the following 3 dll files:-
If you ever downloaded windows 7 theme directly from Microsoft, you must be knowing that the theme’s file extension is .themepack. But 3rd party windows 7 themes has the file extension .theme and usually comes with a whole folder of files.
For installing 3rd party or unsigned themes windows7 themes you will have to patch three dll files – uxtheme.dll, themeui.dll and themeservice.dll. so lets see how you can patch these files.
Its always a good to take a Backup, before editing or modifying any thing. To take backup goto “system32″ folder (C:\Windows\system32\) and backup the following 3 dll files:-
- uxtheme.dll
- themeui.dll
- themeservice.dll
Once you backup all the above files, follow the steps given below:-
# 1. Download ‘UXStyle Core‘
and install it. This software will create a new process called
“UnsignedThemesSvc.exe” that will be running in the background and will
allow you to run 3rd-party themes.
# 2. Download and Install ‘Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package’.
Download for: Windows x64 | Windows7 x86.
Download for: Windows x64 | Windows7 x86.
# 3. After Installing both the files, reboot your PC.
# 4. Changing Windows Explorer: You can also change the Start Button, to do so you need to download start button changer.
# 5. Now to
install 3rd party themes, you have to copy the complete folder of the
theme that you downloaded to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes.
Given are the list of websites which provide 3rd party themes (i found them when i googled):
1)http://www.merawindows.com
2)http://desktopthemes.com
3)http://windows7theme.tumblr.com/
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