Windows 2000 Themes

[Randy Rhoads]

Incase you didnt already know, one can use the old 98-ME themes in 2000 (they will work in XP as well if you copy over the old themes.exe file and set XP to classic in the Appearance tab).

The steps with 2000 or XP is to add an environment varible and coping over the themes from ither a Plus! 98 install or downloaded 98 themes.

Below is the registry entry one can add to there reg tweaks file to have 2000 or XP ready to use the old themes after setup.

;Enable Themes

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment]"THEMEDIR"="%Systemdrive%\\Program Files\\Plus!\\Themes"

Compress your old themes inside a folder of the same name using WinRar as a SFX and have it do a silent install to the: C:\Program Files\Plus! folder. I used this line in the Advanced SFX options in WinRar as where to install.

%systemdrive%\Program Files\Plus!

Place this inside the install folder of your $OEM% and just add a line in the cmd files to install it like a program.

Themes.exe is located in the system32 folder on 2000, just throw a shortcut to the desktop after 1st boot or create one for Windows setup to copy during the install. On XP you will need to include the old Themes.exe file as well.