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Windows 7 - Nothing happens with "only black" theme. why? |
09-22-2011
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#1 | | Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3 |
Nothing happens with "only black" theme. why? I have among others the "only black" theme. I have the folder, and the .theme file in the default user/..../themes folder.
but when I click on it, nothing happens.
why?
also, does it actually matter where the particular theme folder lives? seems to not, as it was in XP..
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP DC7600, HP DC7600[2], HP DC7100, Samsung NC10 OS Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3 CPU Pentium 4 3.2GHz, Pentium 4 3.4GHz 64bit, Atom, Motherboard Dunno Memory 4GB matched, 1GB, 2.5GB, 4.0 GB Graphics Card Geforce 8400 GS and others Sound Card RealteK ALC260 and others Monitor(s) Displays Asus HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Cooling We Be Cool Hard Drives WD Caviar 640gb SATA |
09-22-2011
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#2 | | Acer laptop W 7 Pro SP1 64 bit & Dell Desktop W 7 Pro SP1 32 bit |
The theme folder and the .theme file go in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes folder.
Jerry | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer 4530 Laptop OS Acer laptop W 7 Pro SP1 64 bit & Dell Desktop W 7 Pro SP1 32 bit CPU ADM Athlon X2 64 Dual-core QL-60 Motherboard Acer-Grasmoor Memory 4 GB Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce 9100m G Sound Card Built in Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays 14.1 Screen Resolution 1280 x 800 Hard Drives 320 GB WDC WD32 00BEKT-75PVM SCSI Disk Device Other Info Dell Dimension 4700 - Windows 7 Pro - P4 HT 3.20 - 3 GB Ram - Nvidia Geforce 6200 - 160 GB HDD |
09-23-2011
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#3 | | Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3 |
i see what's up now.. I had tweaked some parameters for performance that nixed the visual styles... interesting that in Windows 7 "themes" are still referred to as 'themes' but in the advanced properties there is no checkbox for themes as before... just individual components of themes, and no error message to say why your theme does not activate!
a novice would be quite confused about all this.
no wonder some of my customers get hopping mad at their shiny new Windows 7 laptops, then I find out that its mostly about appearance/visual/personalization issues... | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP DC7600, HP DC7600[2], HP DC7100, Samsung NC10 OS Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3 CPU Pentium 4 3.2GHz, Pentium 4 3.4GHz 64bit, Atom, Motherboard Dunno Memory 4GB matched, 1GB, 2.5GB, 4.0 GB Graphics Card Geforce 8400 GS and others Sound Card RealteK ALC260 and others Monitor(s) Displays Asus HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Cooling We Be Cool Hard Drives WD Caviar 640gb SATA |
09-23-2011
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#4 | | Acer laptop W 7 Pro SP1 64 bit & Dell Desktop W 7 Pro SP1 32 bit |
Good to hear you got it figured out.
Jerry | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer 4530 Laptop OS Acer laptop W 7 Pro SP1 64 bit & Dell Desktop W 7 Pro SP1 32 bit CPU ADM Athlon X2 64 Dual-core QL-60 Motherboard Acer-Grasmoor Memory 4 GB Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce 9100m G Sound Card Built in Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays 14.1 Screen Resolution 1280 x 800 Hard Drives 320 GB WDC WD32 00BEKT-75PVM SCSI Disk Device Other Info Dell Dimension 4700 - Windows 7 Pro - P4 HT 3.20 - 3 GB Ram - Nvidia Geforce 6200 - 160 GB HDD Nothing happens with "only black" theme. why? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:11 AM. |  |