My taskbar is stuck on classic.

[Kenkon]

Did you clean install or upgrade? Either way, I don't think that is the cause...

I did an upgrade.

 

[Zidane24]

Did you clean install or upgrade? Either way, I don't think that is the cause...

The corrupted modifed theme dlls may have carried over...

 

[Kenkon]

It may also be because before I upgraded to 7, I decided to try to skin my vista, but something went wrong. Do you think theres such a thing as resetting your themes folder? I don't have any system restore points either.

Oh...it appears the cat is out of the bag (sort of)

A repair install may be the only way to fix this. This is acomplished as Upgrading Windows 7 with Windows 7. Do a backup beforehand just incase something goes wrong. Hopefully that will put back the corrupted files along with the themes

Will that delete my files like a fresh install?

 

[Zidane24]

When you click the AERO theme does it instantly go back to the classic theme?

The skinning you tried in Vista...were you perhaps using something called UxStyle Core BETA?

 

[Kenkon]

When you click the AERO theme does it instantly go back to the classic theme?

The skinning you tried in Vista...were you perhaps using something called UxStyle Core BETA?

When I click on the aero theme, It changes the wallpaper accordingly, but the taskbar stays the same.

I used VistaGlazz, Windows Blind, and some deviant art customizations by placing their various .msstyles inside, but for some reason it messed up by an unknown error.

 

[Matt140]

I guess it's a clean install then, I'm still confused as to how this has carried over though.

 

[Zidane24]

When you click the AERO theme does it instantly go back to the classic theme?

The skinning you tried in Vista...were you perhaps using something called UxStyle Core BETA?

When I click on the aero theme, It changes the wallpaper accordingly, but the taskbar stays the same.

I used VistaGlazz, Windows Blind, and some deviant art customizations by placing their various .msstyles inside, but for some reason it messed up by an unknown error.

Did the upgrade carry those programs over? There isn't an official version of Windows Blinds for 7 yet and it could have possibly brought the other files also...

Another screenshot...could you browse to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes and post a pic (or type it) of what is inside...

 

[Matt140]

Something I just noticed, you do have the Aero theme in effect (glass borders at least), but not the taskbar.

 

[Kenkon]

Yeah, it did carry the stuff from vista to windows 7.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7563/themesfolder.jpg

 

[Zidane24]

Something I just noticed, you do have the Aero theme in effect (glass borders at least), but not the taskbar.

Hell...I just noticed that myself...

It appears something has went REALLY WRONG. I would reccomending backing up your data and first trying a repair install
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

If the problem persists than go for a clean install

 

[Kenkon]

Okay thanks, I'll try that. One more question, when I do the repair install, will my key I used for the first upgrade still work?

 

[Zidane24]

Yeah, it did carry the stuff from vista to windows 7.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7563/themesfolder.jpg

Backup/Remove everything in that folder except the AERO Folder, AERO theme, lanscapes, characters, architecture, nature, scenes

Reboot and see if things are fixed

 

[Kenkon]

Nope, nothing's changed after deleting them.

 

[Zidane24]

Nope, nothing's changed after deleting them.

Sorry for not getting back sooner...

Go ahead and perfrom the repair install. If that doesn't work than the only thing would be to do the clean install

Backup your data first. The repair install won't get rid of your data BUT something could happen. If the repair install doesn't work than a clean install will be necessary; in that case you will need backup your data as that will wipe the HD

 

[lovewin7yea]

sorry to bump this old thread but im now having this problem and google led me here, but before i had windows 7 themes working and i clicked on high contrast when i wasnt paying attention and now it is stuck on classic, i had UXtheme patcher installed but when i try to remove UX Core Beta, it asks for a disc, and i fear i may have to do a clean install, although i messed around and edited explorer with reshack for my orb, so im pretty much stuck, when i right click on start properties it doesnt even give me the chance to enable aero peak, i run the trouble shooter, says my DWM is disabled but it is and im not on a 7 aero theme but i am . any help would be much appreciated.

 

[lovewin7yea]

also, i even went to the extreme of reinstalling my geforce 7600 GS drivers. still nothing.

 

[derekimo]

sorry to bump this old thread but im now having this problem and google led me here, but before i had windows 7 themes working and i clicked on high contrast when i wasnt paying attention and now it is stuck on classic, i had UXtheme patcher installed but when i try to remove UX Core Beta, it asks for a disc, and i fear i may have to do a clean install, although i messed around and edited explorer with reshack for my orb, so im pretty much stuck, when i right click on start properties it doesnt even give me the chance to enable aero peak, i run the trouble shooter, says my DWM is disabled but yet im on a 7 theme. any help would be much appreciated.

I would start with this http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html?ltr=S and then try a couple of those other fixes, Let us know how that turns out.

 

[lovewin7yea]

nope didnt work, went and just did recovery and lost a couple of installations like CS4


oh well, its back to normal lol

 

[derekimo]

nope didnt work, went and just did recovery and lost a couple of installations like CS4


oh well, its back to normal lol

What didn't work?
Back to normal...Aero?

EDIT: Didn't see your pic, So you're all good?

 

[lovewin7yea]

yea had to do system restore and lost a few programs i recently installed.

never had that problem, was really weird.