Windows 7: How Do I use custom themes in Windows 7?

Evilhugbear · 28 Nov 2009

Hello, I just wanted to know how to use custom themes in windows 7. I have the retail version (not beta) if that matters.

And also, where can I get themes?

Thanks!

Brink · 28 Nov 2009

Hello EvilHugbear,

This may help.

Theme - How to Apply Custom Themes

Evilhugbear · 28 Nov 2009

Thank you! What is the chance of this breaking anything? And if it breaks is it easy to fix?

Sorry for so many questions.

Brink · 28 Nov 2009

You're welcome. There's always a chance for something to go wrong an mess things up. I would recommend that you at least create a restore point before doing this in case you need to do a system restore using that restore point later. This way you can easily undo it if needed.

Evilhugbear · 28 Nov 2009

Thanks, gonna try this before I go to sleep tonight

Brink · 28 Nov 2009

I hope it goes smoothly for you.

Evilhugbear · 28 Nov 2009

I see in some themes that I need to take ownership of explorer.exe. How do I do this? In vista I had something where I could right click and do that, is there something similar for windows 7?

Brink · 28 Nov 2009

You should use the tutorial in my first post above for how to use those type of themes.

The tutorial below for Vista for taking ownership of a file is still the same method used for Windows 7 if needed.

Take Ownership of file - Vista Forums

Evilhugbear · 29 Nov 2009

Hello, I downloaded this theme (Gaia09), and the theme works great, but when I try to replace the explorer.exe in C:\Windows it says destination folder access denied ( I have a picture ) even though I added the right click ownership registry file and taken ownership for the file and folder.

Does this registry file not work for Windows 7?

rsvr85 · 29 Nov 2009

Take ownership of the C:\Windows folder (%windir%).

Windows 7: How Do I use custom themes in Windows 7?

How Do I use custom themes in Windows 7? problems?