UX Theme Patcher

[~bk]

I know there are many threads on this but some the links don't work. I downloaded it from a site but it's just not working.

Any other sites where I can download it?

 

[Petros]

Take a look here

 

[~bk]

That's the one I downloaded but it didn't work.

 

[Hipster Doofus]

See how this one goes. I've still got one more to try if this one doesn't work.

Not sure if you need the dll but I put it in just un case.

 

[~bk]

I will check that out in a bit.

 

[Beginning]

I use PatchXP.exe all the time... Works flawlessly..

 

[Petros]

If your're running a later SP2 beta than 2082, you're out of luck with UXTheme patcher. If not, your computer may have a case of the gay. Maybe you could resort to StyleXP?

 

[~bk]

I'm using trial version StyleXP right now so I'll check those patches when the trial version is finished.

 

[Lee]

I know there are many threads on this but some the links don't work. I downloaded it from a site but it's just not working.

Any other sites where I can download it?

http://filez.tcmagazine.net/microsoft/winxp/uxtheme6.0.2900.2120.rar

Where I downloaded it from.

 

[~bk]

Thanks, i'll check those out.

 

[Lee]

The easiest way i find to use this .dll file is to drag the original from windows folder to a blank folder on desktop, then drop this into windows folder and delete blank (containing old file) folder on desktop and just reboot when i have finished using PC for day.

 

[Hipster Doofus]

The file attached up there^^^^^^^^does it for you.

 

[~bk]

None of the patches are working for me.

 

[NetRyder]

You could do it manually...that's how I've always done it, and it never fails. Just be careful and don't delete anything you're not supposed to.

-First search the entire drive for any instances of uxtheme.dll (search within subfolders, and include hidden files as well).
-Delete all instances of it, except the one in \WINDOWS\system32 (you can move them to a temporary location instead of deleting them, to be on the safe side).
-Rename the one in the system32 folder to uxtheme_old.dll and extract the one from the attached ZIP file into the same folder.
- Reboot and enjoy themes.

EDIT: This uxtheme file is version 6.0.2800.1106 for XP SP1 with all Windows Update patches installed (aka latest, fully updated version of Windows).

 

[~bk]

Didn't work.

 

[~bk]

Should I delete the one I renamed? (uxtheme_old.dll)

 

[NetRyder]

Should I delete the one I renamed? (uxtheme_old.dll)

No, you don't need to. No idea why it isn't working...seems like the file is getting replaced by the original one somehow.

 

[~bk]

No, you don't need to. No idea why it isn't working...seems like the file is getting replaced by the original one somehow.

When I rename the uxtheme.dll to uxtheme_old.dll, then suddenly the original file appeared.

 

[NetRyder]

When I rename the uxtheme.dll to uxtheme_old.dll, then suddenly the original file appeared.

Did you make sure the only remaining uxtheme.dll file on your entire drive was the one in \WINDOWS\system32 before renaming it?

 

[~bk]

Yes but there is one that returns everytime I remove. It's in the folder called "system32/dllcache."