Windows Themes choices are grayed out..how do I change theme?


  1. therealsimpsons
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    Windows Themes choices are grayed out..how do I change theme?


    Here is a picture of my screen when I click on Personalization and try to change the desktop theme on my PC. In the past these were live links. What happened?

    Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions.
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  3. ethel
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    Hi therealsimpsons, One place you can try is, from the startmenu search box, type services.msc

    scroll down to themes and right click, and click restart.
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  4. therealsimpsons
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    When I do that, the 'themes' is grayed out. I'm going to do a repair installation. Think that will help?
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  6. ethel
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    Hi again, If it was me I would try sfc /scannow first from the link below, and see if it can repair the files,

    and do this twice, and reboot after first check.




    SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker - Windows 7 ...
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  7. therealsimpsons
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    Hi Ethel, thank you for the help. I discovered my anti-virus hid a bunch of stuff in order to "make my computer run faster by disabling unneeded software. I have reversed that, and all is well.
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  8. ethel
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    Hi therealsimpsons, You are welcome, and I am glad you sorted your problem out.
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