Solved deleting unwanted Windows themes

[pawz7]

Hi, I do not use the nature set, architecture set, and regional set themes that come with Windows 7 Professional and would like to delete them but get no right-click context menu when I try. I have looked in the tutorials and on the web but not found reference to deleting except for files created by the user. Is it possible to delete them please?

 

[xxxdannyxxx]

Hello pawz7

They can be deleted from here C:\Windows\Resources\Themes. You will need to grant full permissions to your administrator account and take ownership of the files first though - http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html

Regional Themes can be enabled or disabled here - http://www.sevenforums.com/97446-post30.html

Danny

 

[koolkat77]

you will need to merge the take ownership reg key, simply download the file from here http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html then navigate to C:/windows/resources/themes right click and take ownership of the themes and delete them. just in case you ever want them, you could keep a back up.

 

[pawz7]

thank you both -appreciated

 

[xxxdannyxxx]

No worries

 

[koolkat77]

no problem