neo Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) Need to apply non-Microsoft Visual styles in Vista and Windows Server 2008How to Install1. Login as a user with Administrative privileges -or- have Administrativecredentials ready (check under the keyboard for a slip of paper).2. Navigate to %systemroot%\System323. 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.dll6. 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%\System3213. Reboot (yes, this is really required)14. Enjoy!Download x86 version:6.0.6001.18000_x86.zipDownload x64 version:6.0.6001.18000_x64.zip Edited May 12, 2008 by neo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oskingen Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 can you make a script (bat) file for this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 you can use TakeControl (tool from XPero) to ake ownership of the files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSickman Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 can you make a script (bat) file for this ?saw this on the nettakeown /f %WinDir%\System32\shsvcs.dllicacls %WinDir%\System32\shsvcs.dll /grant "%username%":fcopy %WinDir%\System32\shsvcs.dll %WinDir%\System32\shsvcs.dll.originalcopy shsvcs.dll %WinDir%\System32\shsvcs.dlltakeown /f %WinDir%\System32\themeui.dllicacls %WinDir%\System32\themeui.dll /grant "%username%":fcopy %WinDir%\System32\themeui.dll %WinDir%\System32\themeui.dll.originalcopy themeui.dll %WinDir%\System32\themeui.dlltakeown /f %WinDir%\System32\uxtheme.dllicacls %WinDir%\System32\uxtheme.dll /grant "%username%":fcopy %WinDir%\System32\uxtheme.dll %WinDir%\System32\uxtheme.dll.originalcopy uxtheme.dll %WinDir%\System32\uxtheme.dll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oskingen Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Yeah I know how to do it. But I did ask because there are some people who doesn't know the commandThank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Ok....Let me try !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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