insanekiwi Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 (edited) alright fellow neowinians...i post this guide about once a week for new peeps on neowin so i decided to make a guide for you all :) 1) hop over to http://www.vortex-scratchpad.info/reposit...atches/Uxtheme/ and get the uxtheme.dll for your windows built (note: open cmd, type "winver" without the quotes and you'll see what version/built you have) 2) then jump over to http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer and get replacer (it comes with a readme/guide so it's pretty easy to use) 3) execute it, drag'n'drop c:\windows\system32\uxtheme.dll on it, it will create a backup for you automatically aswell. 4) then drag the NEW uxtheme.dll file on replacer so it gets replaced with the new one. 5) reboot. 6) put the visual style files in C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes now your themes should be visible in the appereance tab. apply. done. i hope this guide is easy to understand. i made it for those who tried the neowin uxtheme patcher (https://www.neowin.net/downloads/uxtheme_v101.zip for xp gold and sp1)and it didn't work (doesn't work on sp2, thanks frease for telling me hehe) or for people who just don't know (yet) howto handle this little task or don't wanna use 3rd party software like tgtsofts' stylexp. -insanekiwi UPDATE: Neowin UXTheme Multi-Patcher 2.5.1 is out (http://files.tcmagazine.net/themes/thememul251.zip) UPDATE: Larneys Guide: 1) Rename uxtheme.dll to uxtheme.dll.old 2) Put the new uxtheme.dll into C:\Windows\System32 3) Reboot and delete uxtheme.dll.old also updated the links to vortexs' new domain. edit: added a mirror and put up all needed files on my site aswell http://www.is-pimp.com/insanekiwi/neowin/uxtheme/ ***UPDATE*** http://vortex-scratchpad.info/ is back up and running. :) Edited April 5, 2005 by insanekiwi Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Pimp Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Nice guide, where did you get that background Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2362971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted June 26, 2004 Author Share Posted June 26, 2004 Nice guide, where did you get that background i uploaded it for you: http://www.blaise.us/storage/files/broken_dtp.jpg Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2362997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Pimp Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Thanks very much Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2363006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banzai Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 lol good guide, if your making an unattended cd you can replace the uxtheme on your cd so you will never need to replace a uxtheme again. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2363168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elior Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 thanks, a quick question... where do I put the vs then ? I mean while using StyleXP, I just did "Add A New VS". thanks again, great tut :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2363955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted June 26, 2004 Author Share Posted June 26, 2004 thanks, a quick question...where do I put the vs then ? I mean while using StyleXP, I just did "Add A New VS". thanks again, great tut :p see...i knew i forgot something..oh wel lthis is my first guide ever :) 6) put the visual style files in C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2364008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chode Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure that Vortex's site does not contain the UXTheme.dll for a pre-sp1 windows build 2600 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2365531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted June 27, 2004 Author Share Posted June 27, 2004 (edited) Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure that Vortex's site does not contain the UXTheme.dll for a pre-sp1 windows build 2600 i have everything from 2096 and onwards. the neowin uxtheme patcher works fine for sp1 and earlier versions.. you can get it here: https://www.neowin.net/downloads/uxtheme_v101.zip Edited June 27, 2004 by insanekiwi Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2367419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elior Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 see...i knew i forgot something..oh wel lthis is my first guide ever :)6) put the visual style files in C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes oh, cool, thanks for the fast reply ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2367812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banzai Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 images are down ill pm insanekiwi Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2367946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted June 27, 2004 Author Share Posted June 27, 2004 images are down ill pm insanekiwi those were just two screenshots of replacer, no biggie. it's all very well explained in the readme.txt that comes with it. i'll put up the images nevertheless when my personalsite is back up again. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2367957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 thanks :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2392090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchenutensils Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 whoa! thanks! multipatcher didnt work... this little beauty sorted me out fine! thanks :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2393310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted July 1, 2004 Author Share Posted July 1, 2004 hrm, i need to talk to my website guy. my access is borked so i still can't host the images (yet). but i think this guide is easy to understand and doesn't really need screenshots :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2400669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DsnBehind Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 Nice guide, where did you get that background https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=179227 ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2403280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 i hope people are able to find this thread via thew search function because i keep posting links to my thread for people who ask howto enable visual styles under windows but nobody tells me if it worked out for him/her or not. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2436156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 good guide. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2436180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 good guide. :) thanks :happy: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2436199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
null_ Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Awesome guide :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2436253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 i'd like to host the files on a mirror (in case vortex is down some time). so if you can mirror about 2mb just email or pm me. thank you. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2436284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
liar2 Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Interseting... I ran this the other day. It worked for a couple of days, then it just stopped. Ran the neowin patcher and it worked like a charm. However, this has worked on every other system I've tried it on. Good guide though. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2436309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 i have everything from 2096 and onwards. the neowin uxtheme patcher works fine for sp1 and earlier versions..you can get it here: https://www.neowin.net/downloads/uxtheme_v101.zip damm 2096 is a really old version, one of the leaks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2436332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 damm 2096 is a really old version, one of the leaks well, i just saved the ones vortex put up. it's a 4mb download for all dll files for xp/2003 incl. replacer. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2436350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted July 22, 2004 Author Share Posted July 22, 2004 update: added xp sp2 rc2 6.0.2900.2162_DE.rar and 6.0.2900.2162_EN.rar. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/182900-uxtheme-installation-under-windows-xp2003/#findComment-2536624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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