How Do I use custom themes in Windows 7?

[Evilhugbear]

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]

Hello EvilHugbear,

This may help.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/28377-theme-how-apply-custom-themes.html

 

[Evilhugbear]

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]

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]

Thanks, gonna try this before I go to sleep tonight

 

[Brink]

I hope it goes smoothly for you.

 

[Evilhugbear]

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]

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]

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 win7?

 

[rsvr85]

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

 

[Evilhugbear]

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

I did this but the same issue occurred.

 

[rsvr85]

Go through these steps.

Take Ownership of file - Vista Forums

 

[Evilhugbear]

I did that for both the windows folder and explorer.exe and it still says the same thing. I even went into the admin account and tried even though this account should be an admin. But, even as administrator I still can't replace it.

 

[Evilhugbear]

Nobody knows how to fix this?

 

[Zidane24]

Nobody knows how to fix this?

Everyone always forgets my tutorial...

I wish that everyone would dump the stupid system patches that screw more computers than help them and do this...

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/34579-enabling-custom-themes-windows-7-a.html

 

[rsvr85]

Your problem is in the permissions, double check the ACL of either Explorer.exe or %windir% and make sure that your user account is added to the ACL, has full permissions and is part of the admin group.

 

[Evilhugbear]

Doesn't this mean I have full permission?

 

[Evilhugbear]

I used the uxstyle thing on vista and I had to uninstall it because it messed it up so badly. I never used uac, first thing I turned off after installing. So I figured I would try patches and it has worked so far .

I just can't replace explorer.exe!

 

[rsvr85]

See the 2nd & 3rd pic of this post;
http://www.sevenforums.com/customiz...use-custom-themes-windows-7-a.html#post413093

Your username in the ACL for Explorer.exe must have full control not the "Users"

 

[Evilhugbear]

Still won't let me.

You can't see it but my account is highlighted on explorer properties.