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Originally posted by cliche
You can just d/l a copy of ready-patched uxtheme.dll and copy it yourself. Make sure it's the correct version for your copy of WinXP and service pack etc (use System Properties to find out your exact type).
As the module's loaded early on, you need to use the recovery console to get it installed. Just copy it into c:\windows\system32 as uxtheme.dll.patch or similar, then boot up recovery console (from your windows setup cd if you haven't installed it yourself) and rename uxtheme.dll to uxtheme.dll.bak, rename uxtheme.dll.patch to uxtheme.dll.
Then just copy the themes into c:\windows\resources\themes.
The .msstyles files go into a directory with the same name as the file (ie SS.msstyles goes into c:\windows\resources\themes\SS), and the .theme files go into c:\windows\resources\themes.
et voila! (OK, using the recovery console's a pain. Perhaps you could do it in safe mode, I'm not sure)
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Or you can just download the patched uxtheme.dll and the Replacer or ReplaceIT (
http://wint.virtualplastic.net/showt...hp?tweak_id=55)
No need to disable WFP or anything. Just drag the original file and replacement file into the window and it'll make a backup of the original and run a script to replace it. I've had no problems using it to replace many important WinXP system files.
And by the way, WindowBlinds are still popular because it's easier (being one program), if something goes wrong, there's a company to go to for help, and it's able to skin every program (including the command prompt)