I have a G510s keyboard with programmable keys. I want to assign some of them so that they will activate specific themes I have saved in the 'My Themes' section of the Control Panel's 'Personalization' window. How can I do this, shortcut, macro, command, ???
-thx
Hello MourningStar, :)
You could program the key to run the .theme file of the theme you want.
"My Themes" are in the folder below.
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes
You'll need to check the keyboard's manual on how to program the keys for specific details, but you would basically just need to open/run the full path of the .theme file you want to have it used.
Thx Shawn - I tested this by putting the path you provided above with the desired theme name into the Start > run dialogue. I also created a shortcut and assigned a programmable key. In both cases it worked perfect with one vital exception. Not only does it activate the theme as per my request, but it also opens the personalization window, and this I do not want. Thoughts?
You might see if having the macro run the .vbs file in post 2 below may work to help with that. Be sure to edit the .vbs file for the .theme file you want instead.
Is There a Silent Command-Line Operation to change theme? - Windows 7 Help Forums
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