Enable Hidden Themes

[TechOutsider]

Depends on what you set it to; by default it's every 30 minutes.

 

[Orbital Shark]

Depends on what you set it to; by default it's every 30 minutes.

Spot on after selecting the theme you wish to use, if you click 'Desktop Background' you can select how long between each image & wether or not to shuffle them.

 

[ollie007]

where do the images go when you add the theme? and how can i add my own pics?

 

[Orbital Shark]

where do the images go when you add the theme? and how can i add my own pics?

If you select 'Dekstop Background' you can browse for different wallpapers, for example, from your Pictures library. You can select multiple images & time between images, you can then choose to save the theme once you've clicked ok.

Your new theme will be saved in
c:\users\[your username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes

Hope this helps

 

[ollie007]

ok i give you rep

 

[nate42nd]

Where are the desktop backgrounds saved for the themes so they are listed with the theme? Do you know this Shark? I could look around but if you know......

Also thanks for the .Zip

 

[Orbital Shark]

Appart from the 1s mention above, they are saved in

c:\windows\web\wallpaper

Hope this helps

 

[torrentg]

+1 on rep dude. Good work with this, thanks.

Now MS should implement a way to have themes themselves rotated automatically per a user set amount of time. That would be awesome. It would take one of their developers or programmers no time at all to do this, I'm guessing.

 

[Jacee]

Here are a few more themes you can download
Windows 7 beta: Personalize your PC - Microsoft Windows

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hidden default Aero themes

I have located the registry key which controls which global themes are shown within 'Aero Themes'. If you right-click the desktop you only get 1 global theme based on your location (United Kingdom, South Africa, United States, Canada & Australia).

There is a very simple method with which to add all the above to the 'Aero Themes' section rather than as 'Installed Themes'. Just run regedit and navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\InstalledThemes\MCT

an add the following string values (edit->new->string value)

1, C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT\MCT-AU\Theme\AU.Theme
2, C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT\MCT-CA\Theme\CA.Theme
3, C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT\MCT-GB\Theme\GB.Theme
4, C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT\MCT-US\Theme\US.Theme
5, C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT\MCT-ZA\Theme\ZA.Theme

(See Pic 1)

NOTE: 1 of these will already be listed in your registry, just add the 4 that aren't

Now, whenever you richt-click the desktop & Personalize, you will have the above listed themes showing as 'Aero Themes'. (See Pic 2)




Jeff

 

[garysgold]

Thanks Jeff. That worked slick.

Gary

 

[Jig Saw]

Thanks a lot for the easy tutorial on setting up the themes.

 

[Orbital Shark]

You're welcome Jig Saw & welcome to the forums

 

[SIW2]

Hi,

If anybody else wants to upload themes, the limit for a .zip is 8mb.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1176-themes-regional.html

 

[Orbital Shark]

Here are the 5 regional themes (Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States & South Africa).

Note: For successfull extraction you will need to have hidden & system files and Protected files enabled


The zip files have the full path (c:\windows\globalization\mct\) stored within each. You will need to extract each file to C:\ (or whatever your root directory is).

View attachment Australia (Theme).ZIP
View attachment Canada (Theme).ZIP
View attachment South Africa (Theme).ZIP
View attachment United Kingdon (Theme).ZIP
View attachment United States (Theme).ZIP

These can be activated by either SWI2's link or via the registry edit here - http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/7229-enable-hidden-themes-3.html#post97446

 

[Orbital Shark]

If any1 has the any of the other global themes that would be great.

Some of them are

India
Taiwan
Turkey
France
Germany
China
Republic of Korea

+ others

 

[tony roma]

thx m8!

good post!

rep+

 

[kav]

Superb!! Thanks very much and rep will be added!

 

[Orbital Shark]

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[Orbital Shark]

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