May I please apply my .Theme file from XP to Win7?

[MissT]

Since having to replace my XP tower with a Win7pro one, I've been trying to apply the .Theme file from my old hard drive to no avail. I get the message I can't apply it to my Windows 7 desktop, and can neither find a way to check its settings. After pasting it into the Windows/Resources/Themes folders, it still doesn't appear in the control panel. I'd be so happy if only I could at least salvage the textured wallpaper I had as I've found nil remotely resembling it. Is there anybody out there who can please assist me with applying it to Windows 7?

Many, many thanks!

Shel

 

[Kaktussoft]

Forget it, it's not usable in win7. You can open the blabla.theme in notepad and see what's in. There is a line like:

BackgroundImage=C:\somefolder\yourbackground.jpg

So the background image is really C:\somefolder\yourbackground.jpg

 

[Bongo]

Welcome to the Seven Forums

I see your post here also http://www.sevenforums.com/software...ay-theme-windows-7-machine-2.html#post2637773

I can help get the .theme to work but I think the wallpaper will be in the XP tower.
Zip up your .theme file and post it here and I will look at it.

Jerry

 

[MissT]

Wallpaper Woes

Thank you both so dearly for your help! I found the two wallpaper images I haven't had to live w/o for the past decade up until now. They're .bmp files from my old hard drive, but become a fuzzy blur when I set them as my desktop background. Please pardon my naïvety, but is the procedure for setting a .bmp image as desktop wallpaper supposed to be this painful? After successfully accessing my .Theme settings through Notepad, I think I can tweak a comparable theme out of Win7 if my wallpaper would just set now w/o distorting all over my screen.. Is there a simple solution to this problem? I've zipped both these .bmps up together and am posting them here in hopes you can assist me with this as well..

I appreciate any pointers you have for me a great deal--thank you kindly again and again!

Shel

 

[Hermitt43]

All you have to do is set the wallpaper to TILE, rather than stretch to fit the screen.

 

[Bongo]

Also those images are real small, 1 is only 160 x 160 pixels and 2 is 256 x 256 pixels you should try to find images that are closer to your screen resolution.

Jerry

 

[Hermitt43]

MissT, download this zip file to your desktop.
Right click it and choose "Extract here" using WinZip or 7-zip.
Copy & Paste both the MissT folder + the 2 MissT_1.theme + MissT_2.theme files to...
C:\windows\Resources\Themes
Apply & enjoy.

Jim