Restore theme files from cd

[kleb]

I need to restore the theme files (c:\windows\resources\themes\) from the XP cd. Is there an easy way to extract files from the cd? And could someone give me a directory listing so I can make sure I get them all?

Thanks,

Kleb

[jrzycrim]

I was bored so I made a quick and dirty batch file that will extract the default themes.

@echo off

set cdrom=d:

mkdir Themes
mkdir Themes\Luna
mkdir Themes\Luna\Shell
mkdir Themes\Luna\Shell\Homestead
mkdir Themes\Luna\Shell\Metallic
mkdir Themes\Luna\Shell\NormalColor

expand %cdrom%\i386\CLASSIC.TH_ "Themes\Windows Classic.theme"
expand %cdrom%\i386\LUNA.TH_ "Themes\Luna.theme"
expand %cdrom%\i386\LUNA.MS_ "Themes\Luna\luna.msstyles"
expand %cdrom%\i386\HOME_SS.DL_ "Themes\Luna\Shell\Homestead\shellstyle.dll"
expand %cdrom%\i386\METAL_SS.DL_ "Themes\Luna\Shell\Metallic\shellstyle.dll"
expand %cdrom%\i386\BLUE_SS.DL_ "Themes\Luna\Shell\NormalColor\shellstyle.dll"

echo.
echo Finished Extracting Theme files.
pause

Copy the above to a text file and rename it theme.cmd.

Make sure you set the appropriate letter for your CDROM at the begining of the file. (example: set cdrom=d: )

Place your XP CD into the drive and execute the batch.

When you run this file, it will create a directory called Themes and extract the appropriate files to their proper directories. The new Themes directory will be created at the same location the batch was executed. Its structure will be identical as that found in Windows\Resources\...

[kleb]

Great! Thanks for being bored! Worked perfectly

[jrzycrim]

You're welcome. I'm just glad there aren't that many themes that come with XP