Changin Xp Themes (silver, Olive, And Blue)

[Dalegas]

I was wondering if there was any way to change xp's themes without having to isntall style xp or something like that.. ..

Maybe regedit?


Thx. :unsure:

[skelley521]

You can use themes without installing style xp, just download the theme that you want and open it. There should be a 'shell' folder and a 'X.msstyles' file, just click on the style file and xp will load the theme as your current theme.
Atleast this works on my XP Pro system.

Or are you just wanting to use the themes that come with XP???

Hope this helps,
Steve

[muchspl2]

you don't need any program to change it like that
just right click your desktop and choose properties
then click the appearance tab
then change the scheme to whatever you like

[Dalegas]

Originally posted by skelley521@23 December 2003 - 15:46
You can use themes without installing style xp, just download the theme that you want and open it. There should be a 'shell' folder and a 'X.msstyles' file, just click on the style file and xp will load the theme as your current theme.
Atleast this works on my XP Pro system.

Or are you just wanting to use the themes that come with XP???

Hope this helps,
Steve
Just want to use A black theme..like silver, but black..

can u tell me where I can d/l those themes from?

[skelley521]

ThemeXP (http://www.themexp.org/)
My way works with the Visual Styles (VS)
Visual Styles (1097) you will see it on the left side of the screen, just pick the one you like and do the method that I mentioned.

Edit: There is a black xp sytle (VS) further down in the 'Most Popular' section also.

[LTJBukem]

You need the uxtheme patch.

INFO (http://www.lightstar1.com/install.htm).

Black Luna (http://www.themexp.org/view_info.php?id=32986)

Another black VS. (http://www.themexp.org/view_info.php?id=20425)

And another. (http://www.themexp.org/view_info.php?id=14880)

[Dalegas]

Do I need to install them?

[skelley521]

Originally posted by Dalegas@23 December 2003 - 16:06
Do I need to install them?
read my instructions again.

[skelley521]

Originally posted by skelley521@23 December 2003 - 10:46
You can use themes without installing style xp, just download the theme that you want and open it. There should be a 'shell' folder and a 'X.msstyles' file, just click on the style file and xp will load the theme as your current theme.
Atleast this works on my XP Pro system.

Or are you just wanting to use the themes that come with XP???

Hope this helps,
Steve
:rolleyes:

[Dalegas]

I had to reboot before applying the sheet.
Thx 4 the tip.... It's astonishing.- B)

[skelley521]

Originally posted by Dalegas@23 December 2003 - 17:27
I had to reboot before applying the sheet.
Thx 4 the tip.... It's astonishing.- B)
Glad to hear you got things sorted :D ;)

[sparsely]

if you want to add themes without installing crap software (themexp, etc) use the lightstar uxtheme.dll patch.

[skelley521]

Originally posted by Sparsely@23 December 2003 - 20:25
if you want to add themes without installing crap software (themexp, etc) use the lightstar uxtheme.dll patch.
No need to install or patch anything if you only want to use the Virtual Styles.

edit: At least with XP Pro.

[sparsely]

most user-created themes, however, do not come with a *.msstyle file