Shell Style/Theme

[NickSewell]

i had a search through the forum about this but didnt return anything that helpfull or i missed it.

i managed to get my cd to install and use a custom theme but luna keeps popping up and then changing into my custom one everytime i boot and shutdown.

is this just something that happens? or can i set it to compleatly use my theme.

[jrzycrim]

If I understand you right, when you log off or reboot, you see the luna theme. This is normal. Theme settings are user dependent so when no user is logged on, as is the case during reboot, the default theme is used.

You can export your theme settings from the registry and then merge them to the [HKEY_USERS] hive.

After you set your theme to your liking, log out then back in, open regedit and export the following keys:

(right click on each key and select export then save the file in a convenient location)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Cursors]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager]

Next, open each file and change every instance of HKEY_CURRENT_USER to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT

Example, change

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]

to

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors]

Finally, add these settings to your registry tweak file. Your theme settings should now be in effect during logoff/reboot. You can test this on your current installation first and then incorporate these settings into your unattended CD.