Solved Can't change themes or wallpapers!

[tammysu]

So I bought an Acer One D255 Netbook and upgraded it to Win 7 Pro. Now It won't let me change anything in Personalize when I right click on the desktop. Any help would be appreciated greatly. Thank you.

 

[Anak]

There may be a problem with your context menu.

Have you tried going through Control Panel?

 

[tammysu]

Yes I have, it's still a no go.

 

[Anak]

Go to the start orb, and Copy and paste this Personalize into the search box.

If you get results, click on personalize my computer.

 

[tammysu]

that didn't do it either, it says "This theme can not be applied to the desktop".

 

[Anak]

This may be a problem with your user account.

Use this tutorial to create a new account http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2974-user-accounts.html Then see if you can get into Personalization.

If this works then go back and delete the old account.

 

[EzioAuditore]

If it still happens after creating another user account, log in to an admin account and make sure the group policy settings to prevent theme change isn't enabled. Windows 7 Theme Group Policy | Windows 7 Themes

Based on our test, it seems the Registry key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WallPaper] is missing and caused this problem. To work around this issue,please create a String Value [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WallPaper] on client and try changing the wallpaper

Also, make sure the setting to prevent wallpaper change isn't enabled.Prevent Changing the Screen Saver and Wallpaper in Windows 7 - How-To Geek

 

[Anak]

I found this explanation of your problem:
Personalization option in control panel will not open. Windows 7 Home Premiuim 64 Bit

You can try running the sfc /scannow to make sure your files are okay.

I'm going to ask on another thread here if anyone has run into this before.

 

[tammysu]

Changing the user account seems to have worked, thank you so very much for all your help! It is much appreciated.

 

[Anak]

Thanks Ezio, I was going to suggest The group policy, until I saw the link I provided.

With my version of 7 (Home Premium) I don't have a lot of experience with group policy.

 

[Anak]

Changing the user account seems to have worked, thank you so very much for all your help! It is much appreciated.

Your welcome, happy to hear that worked for you.

It wouldn't hurt to go over your group policies like Ezio suggested, and since you upgraded it would also pay to run sfc /scannow to make sure you don't have any problems.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

 

[EzioAuditore]

Oh Thats great news. Glad its sorted. Well done, Anak.

Thanks Ezio, I was going to suggest The group policy, until I saw the link I provided.

With my version of 7 (Home Premium) I don't have a lot of experience with group policy.

Your Welcome. I didn't like the omission of Group policy editor in Home Premium. That's why I switched to Ultimate.