Royale Theme just WON'T apply! *after search*

[Adiel]

but what TOBE gave works only for tabletPC no?

[ToBe]

If you do like mazin says, it will work on any version of WinXP.

[Metzen]

If you do like mazin says, it will work on any version of WinXP.

I have not gotten a custom XP theme to work with the "Royal" theme either. Mine has different icons and wallpaper though, I will post it tomorrow and maybe someone can spot where I'm going wrong... This really p***es me off. :/

[mazin]

but what TOBE gave works only for tabletPC no?

Downloaded EXE works on Tablet PCs only. But if you extract it and use those 4 files (I mentioned), it will work on Windows as ToBe said.

[ToBe]

Here's an exe I've made with the Royale Theme, including olive green, silver and blue color style, that works with every version of Windows XP, it also includes the 3D Windows XP screensaver...

Royale Theme All WinXP

This can be installed via svcpack.inf, just add the line Royale.exe without switches.

To have it as default theme when the install is done, add this to winnt.sif:

[Shell]
CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\Royale.Theme"

[Adiel]

ok, i'll try this EXE , but how exactly do i call him from svcpack?

[Adiel]

oh and something i noticed in my winnt.sif under the [shell] section :

DefaultThemesOff = No

maybe this can be the cause to the problem?

[ToBe]

ok, i'll try this EXE , but how exactly do i call him from svcpack?

Do you have a svcpack.inf?

If so, add the line royale.exe to it under the section [setupHotfixesToRun], no switches:

[Version] 
Signature="$Windows NT$"
MajorVersion=5
MinorVersion=1
BuildNumber=2600

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\i386\svcpack"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
Royale.exe

Place the file royale.exe in your \i386\svcpack folder.

To use this theme as default, add this line to winnt.sif:

[Shell]
CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\Royale.Theme"

"DefaultThemesOff = No" should not be a problem, but it is not needed as it is the default setting.

This is tested and working, if you can not get it to work with these instructions, some regtweak or something must be wrong.

When your install is done, do you get the classic style start menu, or the default fancy, blue winxp start menu?

[Metzen]

If you do like mazin says, it will work on any version of WinXP.

I have not gotten a custom XP theme to work with the "Royal" theme either. Mine has different icons and wallpaper though, I will post it tomorrow and maybe someone can spot where I'm going wrong... This really p***es me off. :/

I guess I should mention that I have not had a problem installing custom themes on XP, it's MCE 2005 that I cannot install custom themes for

[Adiel]

ok, i'll try this EXE , but how exactly do i call him from svcpack?

Do you have a svcpack.inf?

If so, add the line royale.exe to it under the section [setupHotfixesToRun], no switches:

[Version] 
Signature="$Windows NT$"
MajorVersion=5
MinorVersion=1
BuildNumber=2600

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\i386\svcpack"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
Royale.exe

Place the file royale.exe in your \i386\svcpack folder.

To use this theme as default, add this line to winnt.sif:

[Shell]
CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\Royale.Theme"

"DefaultThemesOff = No" should not be a problem, but it is not needed as it is the default setting.

This is tested and working, if you can not get it to work with these instructions, some regtweak or something must be wrong.

When your install is done, do you get the classic style start menu, or the default fancy, blue winxp start menu?

yes , i got svcpack.inf ..

i tried yesterday mazin's way, no luck..

about the taskbar -

i getting the classic gray taskbar like in win98 but the background working fine,..

and its no wrong regtweak, cuz i tried installing the cd without the regtweaks still didn't work..

i'm gonna try this EXE , and if it still won't work i'll try setting the DeafaultThemesOff to YES ..

[Adiel]

oh BTW , how can i replace the energybliss.jpg file? i can't using winrar..

i want to replace him with other background of Royale theme..

[mazin]

Even manually, a new theme can't be fully applied if you set your system to the classic theme. Mostly, Luna theme should be applied before applying a new theme.

I can't tell wether you made the classic theme be the default one.

[Adiel]

i don't get it to :\ ..

here's my winnt.sif anyway :

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=No
    WaitForReboot="No"
    ProgramFilesDir="C:\Program Files"
    CommonProgramFilesDir="C:\Program Files\Common Files"
    FileSystem=*

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=135
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=-----------------------------------------
    FullName="Computer"
    OrgName="Home"
    ComputerName=*

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=85

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=972

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=12
    SystemLocale=0000040d
    UserLocale=0000040d
    InputLocale=0409:00000409

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]
    msmsgs=off
    msnexplr=off

[Shell]
    CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\Royale.Theme"
    DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes
    DefaultThemesOff = No

[GuiRunOnce]
    Command0="%windir%\source.bat"

[Tweaker]

The Royal theme is also being discussed in the 'MSFN -> Customizing Windows -> Customizing Windows -> XP Visual Styles' section.

In that topic there's someone who created an installer for the Royale theme:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=204892

Hope this helps you.

[ToBe]

@Adiel:

If you remove the line DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes from [shell], it will work.

Once again, all you need under the [shell] section is:

[Shell]
CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\Royale.Theme"

Taken from ref.chm:

DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes | No

Yes

Uses the classic Windows Start menu and displays icons for My Computer and My Documents on the desktop.

No

Uses the default Windows XP start menu.

Default Value No