Windows 7 Ultimate with NO SP-1?

[Bongo]

OK Chuck
1st switch to the default Aero theme and then log off and log on, download and extract the zip folder at the bottom of this post, inside will be a CBW.msstyles
Now go to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\CWB folder and delete or move the CBW.msstyles in that folder and replace it with the one from the new zip folder.
Let me know how it turns out.
Jerry

 

[CWBillow]

OK Chuck
1st switch to the default Aero theme and then log off and log on, download and extract the zip folder at the bottom of this post, inside will be a CBW.msstyles
Now go to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\CWB folder and delete or move the CBW.msstyles in that folder and replace it with the one from the new zip folder.
Let me know how it turns out.
Jerry
View attachment 223253

Slowly but surely!

 

[Bongo]

Did you switch to Windows classic theme? That's what it looks like.
Jerry

 

[CWBillow]

Did you switch to Windows classic theme? That's what it looks like.
Jerry

I just double-checked. The "CWB" theme does look like standard / basic, and gives the red / blue selected items.

 

[Bongo]

Which 1 did you use 1 or 2?
#1
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/34579-enabling-custom-themes-windows-7-a.html
Or
#2
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/28377-theme-how-apply-custom-themes.html?filter

Jerry

 

[CWBillow]

#1 I do believe

 

[CWBillow]

Jerry;

OK, I restored a bare activated Windows 7 install. I then ran the Universal theme patcher.

I rebooted.

I picked the theme you had sent me.

The "elected..." bar is white on red -- except for -- ta-da -- the explorer windows. And then, it's only, just like the picture I sent before, the item on the menu bar itself. The menu as I scroll down goes white on red...but that top item is black on red.

In Internet Explorer it's even good...just in the "plain" explorer does there seem to be issues.

All else seems OK...so far at least!

Chuck

 

[Bongo]

OK Chuck
You need to slow down and wait for my responses, you may not have needed to the reinstalling and using the Universal Theme Patcher but that's okay for now.
Here is a new .msstyles in a zip folder at the bottom of this post, looked back up at Post #41 a for instructions on how to change it out.
Here is a screenshot of what I am getting.

Let me know if it works.
Jerry

 

[CWBillow]

OK Chuck
You need to slow down and wait for my responses, you may not have needed to the reinstalling and using the Universal Theme Patcher but that's okay for now.
Here is a new .msstyles in a zip folder at the bottom of this post, looked back up at Post #41 a for instructions on how to change it out.
Here is a screenshot of what I am getting.
View attachment 223350
Let me know if it works.
Jerry

Jerry;

I apologize...I did get a little "ahead of myself"...Okay, so here's where " am at:

After I didn't see any noticeable advantage -- and in fact was looking at a good deal of added work -- setting up everything again, I restored my backup -- kinda to where it was yesterday, but:

I have the one file you just sent me, so do I need also the folder from the one you sent before? And, I may need to re-path the three files again. When I run the Universal theme patched, it is showing as having nothing patched. Should I? I have run the UX_Style_Core program already.

Also, I have a
"C:\Windows\Resources\Themes" folder, but not a "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\CWB" folder.

Does that change things?

Chuck

 

[Bongo]

Let start over.
Here you go try this download and extract the zip folder to your desktop, put both 1 CWB theme folder and 1 CWB.theme file in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes


If you have UxStyle Core running Do Not Patch with Universal theme patcher Do not use both at the same time.

When using the theme and it looks like it changed to Classic theme then UxStyle Core has stop running you need to go to services and restart it here is how.
Click on the Start Buttonrb: type in Services In the search box and then click on Services


Scroll down until you see unsigned themes select it in click on the Stop text and let it stop after that click on Start text and see if that works. Your screen may blink when you do this.



Jerry

 

[CWBillow]

Jerry, the universal theme patcher shows me as unpatched...but I'm not certain as to whether I am or did run the UxStyle_Core.

Do those two matter to what I am to be doing as of now? Or should I just go ahead and load the theme and folder in the Resources\Themes folder?

Chuck

 

[derekimo]

Jerry, the universal theme patcher shows me as unpatched...but I'm not certain as to whether I am or did run the UxStyle_Core.

Do those two matter to what I am to be doing as of now? Or should I just go ahead and load the theme and folder in the Resources\Themes folder?

Chuck

You do need one or the other, not both, to use a custom theme.

I prefer the UxStyle Core since it just a service being installed, but they both work.

If the theme patcher is showing unpatched then you need to use one of them.

 

[CWBillow]

Got it.

Jerry, the universal theme patcher shows me as unpatched...but I'm not certain as to whether I am or did run the UxStyle_Core.

Do those two matter to what I am to be doing as of now? Or should I just go ahead and load the theme and folder in the Resources\Themes folder?

Chuck

You do need one or the other, not both, to use a custom theme.

I prefer the UxStyle Core since it just a service being installed, but they both work.

If the theme patcher is showing unpatched then you need to use one of them.

 

[CWBillow]

Jerry, I don't get it. I put CWB.theme into C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\ and the CWB folder there as well.

What I get is show below.

 

[derekimo]

I'm not sure how that happened, but you are on a "classic" style theme.

Try clicking on the CWB theme on the right side there.

 

[CWBillow]

Dunno how that happened, but it must have just been something in the pic.

See here:

 

[derekimo]

Well you're off the classic theme now, what color is that text supposed to be?

 

[CWBillow]

Well you're off the classic theme now, what color is that text supposed to be?

It's supposed to be like the menu bar: red with white letters on selected items.

 

[Bongo]

Chuck it's not the theme here is what I get.


What are you using in explorer to get the extra buttons by the Close/Min/Max buttons?

It still looks like aero is not working or the patch did not work.
Jerry

 

[CWBillow]

Jerry, the buttons up by the min/max in explorer are from 4t Tray Minimizer [ 4t Niagara Software - Productivity software for business, home and personal use ]. Strictly control Min/Max functions.

I *thought* that I went back to a bare install and tried it there -- my thought being that if it worked I could back that up and be set...but it didn't. So I just restored what I had had and went from there.

The interesting thing here -- or one of them -- is that the black type is gone with the CWB theme. It's not all red background [menu bar red, menus blue] ...but the type, the thing that started this all for me, is white, not black. It's strange that the menu bar color would be different than the menu itself.

Chuck