Windows 7: Custom Themes in Win7 x64/x86 SP1

Hello everybody, installed a couple of days ago SP1 on both my Win 7 machines, notebook x86 , desktop x64. SP1 looks like it overwrites uxtheme.dll or something with new versions. Does anybody know if there already is a patcher to be able to use custom themes on 7 SP1 ? Thanks.

When you install SP! it re-writes your system files. Just use whatever you used in the first place to re-patch them.

Yes I do....!

Download and execute this file... "UniversalThemePatcher_20090409". Pick 32-bit or 64-bit, according to what your Windows-7 is. It has three patch buttons that have to be presed. Then it will ask you to re-boot.

After that, install whatever theme you like.

This is the theme I'm runing right now... "Nightfall_for_Windows_7_by_oliver182", it is really cool !!!

Just for your info... the Nightfall folder, and Nightfall.theme... (or, any theme you install) have to be copied to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes folder.

Then right-click on your desktop, go to Personalize, then scroll down to Nightfall, and click on it.

You can further tweak the theme while in Windows Color>Advanced appearance settings. There are settings as to font colors, sizes, and more...

sam2fish please post the link for "UniversalThemePatcher_20090409"?, it´s not clickeable. tw33k: nope core uxtheme patcher from july 13 that runs as service recognizes the files it intends to patch as different and aborts. I am nearly sure we need a patcher that works on SP1 versions, will try (previous backup) sam2fish suggestion (If I find the link) and Ill be back

ElQuia, here is the link...

http://deepxw.blogspot.com/2008/11/u...e-patcher.html

sam2fish, will try previous doing a full acronis backup. Nobody over there seems to have tried on SP1. BTW SP1 is 6.1.7601 build.

on x64, you HAVE to run the x86 patch too.

also, right click and click run as admin.