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How to install and use Vista themes and visual styles.

calendar January 31, 2008

This tutorial will teach you on how to install visual styles and themes in Windows Vista in few minutes.

First of all download Windows Vista UxTheme patch.

And follow these steps to install:

Step 1: How to install

1. Login as a user with Administrative privileges -or- have Administrative credentials ready (check under the keyboard for a slip of paper).
2. Navigate to %systemroot%\System32
3. Right-click uxtheme.dll and click properties.
4. Take ownership of the file and close dialogs.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for themeui.dll and shsvcs.dll
6. Right-click uxtheme.dll and click properties.
7. Give yourself (or group) Full Control permissions and close dialogs.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for themeui.dll and shsvcs.dll.
9. Rename uxtheme.dll to uxtheme.old.
10. Rename themeui.dll to themeui.old.
11. Rename shsvcs.dll to shsvcs.old.
12. Copy patched files into %systemroot%\System32
13. Reboot (yes, this is really required)


Step 2: Download a Windows Vista Visual Style from our free Windows Vista Themes gallery, and copy the theme to Windows/Resources/Themes folder.

Step 3: Right click on desktop and click on Personalize. From the page that pops up, click on Theme and choose your newly installed theme!

Credits: GUIMod

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9 Responses to “How to install and use Vista themes and visual styles.”

  1. dan Says:
    February 11th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

    i still cant do it, the new themes dont show up

  2. slobu Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    I don’t doubt this worked at some point. Followed directions and failed. Just for grins also tried installing SP1 and getting the proper (SP1) version of uxtheme. Maybe system file protection is working its magic?

  3. sajtosqkac Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    hi everybody,
    i can’t rename the *.dll files, altough i am alredy logged in as administrator user on my computer. i am using windows vista ultimate 64bit edition, what shuld i do ? pls somebody help

  4. hades Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 1:40 am

    just messed up the themes program … now i can’t change themes just marvelous :|

  5. Aizen Says:
    July 13th, 2008 at 4:52 am

    Me too.I cant change themes now.Plz help

  6. mimi Says:
    July 20th, 2008 at 6:25 am

    i cant do it

  7. Samraj Says:
    July 30th, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    Thanks for the tutorial it’s working

  8. liridon Says:
    August 7th, 2008 at 9:12 pm

    icant rename in old

  9. Amin Says:
    August 12th, 2008 at 9:49 am

    This Tutorial not working for me :((

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