ah themes aren't working --- i have uxtheme patch

[the_music_man]

Ok my themes somewhat aren't working. They use to work before. I have SP1 and I have uxtheme patch thing installed. And whenever i try to do a theme it changes everything except for the taskbar and the top window bar.
It still changes icons and desktop.

And i know its not the theme's fault b/c i've tried a lot and I use to have Foreverblue and corona working but not they won't. 🙁

 

[~bk]

Use Style XP. It's pretty good. I don't use UX Theme Patcher.

 

[the_music_man]

style xp is crappy, it uses up so much RAM and UX theme patcher dosn't.

 

[Grandmaster]

You are right, StyleXP is crap. Try the UXTheme patcher from here: http://www.lightstar1.com/install.htm

 

[~bk]

It works perfectly for me.

 

[the_music_man]

yeah it works fine for any1 but it hogs up resources and no1 would want that! 🙂

 

[Dublex]

Everyone to his own likes is what I say.

I like StyleXP, and anyway, since NIS 04 is busy hoovering up resources on my computer, it makes StyleXP look minimal so I don't mind it 😀

 

[Teddy]

style xp is crappy, it uses up so much RAM and UX theme patcher dosn't.

It aint crappy at all! And 456k of memory...too much? Hmm.

 

[NetRyder]

Well, it doesn't matter if StyleXP is crap or not. Just a matter of personal preference. I use the UXtheme patched because it's free, and does the job.

Anyways, let's get back to solving the problem at hand. prodj: Try going to your themes folder (usually, C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\<themename>) and double click the .msstyle file. That should bring up Display Properties with the theme loaded in the Appearance tab.
There's a difference between .theme and .msstyle files. The first is a whole set, usually with icons, wallpapers etc...the .msstyle file is just the taskbar and titlebar/widget skin. From what I gathered, it looks like you're trying to apply the .theme files. Try it with the .msstyle files instead.

 

[the_music_man]

ok well i uinstalled theme patcher then i installed it again and now it works! 🙂 lol

 

[DeeBeeS]

Watch for spyware on StyleXP when it takes you to ThemeXP the themes with the small red star brings other things with it. They call it wrapping