PatchXP, our official uxtheme.dll patcher

[Grandmaster]

np, Hipster

 

[G-Lizard86]

/me sleep.....

 

[juutje]

Great utility, Thanks

 

[Evil Marge]

Just found this,tried it and it works..........So simple

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Good stuff andyp. Just got around to trying this today on my oem home version. So simple to use. Excellent.

 

[NotBold_Fortune]

I was wondering about this patch. If this patch renames the original uxtheme dlls to uxtheme.bak, then when you run a temp file cleaner it would be deleted, as most temp file cleaners are set by default to delete .bak file extentions.

Maybe it would be a good idea to backup your original uxtheme.dll just in case. Wouldn't you say?

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Indubitably.

 

[deej0tt]

this patchXP is r0xx0r

way to go andyp

 

[Sojourner]

Windows File Protection continually reports of replaced files and requests the service pack 1 files to correct the issue. How do I stop it from asking to replace the files? Do I have to hack the registry to turn WFP off or is there a simpler way?

Cheers
Ben

 

[Hipster Doofus]

When that happens can't you just cancel out if it. I think that's what I did.

 

[Sojourner]

That's what I do. About half a dozen times a week. It's annoying!

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Don't know how to get it to stop. It has not been a problem for me.

 

[surge]

how do i know if the patcher has worked, i dont know what files to replace in the c:\windows\recorces\themes folder

 

[Hipster Doofus]

You don't replace any files. Have you downloaded a theme from theme.org? That's the first place to start. You want a 'visual style'. When you get that let us know. btw Make sure you have no other theme manager installed before applying the patch.

 

[surge]

yeah i have a theme file , i have the one called 10.28.02 plex xp v0.7 from this site its the longhorn theme i installed the patcher from this site and i got the WFP error so i jsut clicked reboot from the program , i dont know if its worked or not , and i dont have anyother theme programs on the pc.

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Don't know what the WFP error is. If it is a self install theme, click on it. If it is a manual load double clcik the mss file & it should install.

Just had a look. It works OK but there is no wallpaper with it & for the icons I think you will have to swap shell files over. I've never done it.

Double click the msstyles & it should bring up display properties. From there you will have to select your own wallpaper.

 

[surge]

the WFP error came from installing the patcher program,
iam not worried about the icons at the moment as iam sure a new theme like this one will inclued them so ppl dont have to play hunt the icon in the shell files.
thanks for the help i now have that longhorn look to my pc.

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Good stuff. You'll get the hang of it soon enough.

 

[tones10]

Hi, Just wondering, do you have to have SP1 installed in order for
this patch to work.

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Going from feed back here it seems to be OK.