dams007 Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Hi !I want to install a visual style by default.It's a .msstyles not a theme , but i don't want install a soft like styleXP.Thanks for help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokingman Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 (edited) You Need A Hacked Uxtheme.dllTo Run 3 Party Themes UxTheme I Use In Install This Has A Right Click The Task Bar And The Run Box AppearsIt Also Says Hi On The Start MenuI Have Change The Icons. Hacked Explorer.Exe These Work Perfect On My Computer For The Ua Install Edited January 5, 2006 by gunsmokingman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dams007 Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 ok i muste hacked the uxtheme.dllBut how and where i say the systeme to install my visual style ?It's in the uxtheme.dll ??Where i put my V.S. ??I must use the winnt.sif ??Could you explain me in more details pleaseThanks for help & sorry for my bad English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokingman Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 The Links Are For The Files To Use 1\ If you are using MSFN Way Of Making The CD For A UaA\ Delete The Uxtheme.DL_ In XPCD\I386\ Than Down Load The Uxtheme.Dl_ and place that in the XPCD\I386\ 2\ Make Sure You Have This Line In Your Winnt.sif[shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile=%systemdrive%\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\YOUR-THEME-NAME-HERE.Theme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dams007 Posted January 12, 2005 Author Share Posted January 12, 2005 Ok thanks , but does it woks for the Visual style ?Can I put my xxxx.msstyles in the Ressource\theme folder ?And in the winnt.sif it's the same way ?? I just need to remplace the xxxx.theme by the xxxx.msstyle ???Thanks for help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war59312 Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Here is mine.winnt.sif:[Shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Storm\Storm.msstyles" DefaultStartPanelOff = "Yes" DefaultThemesOff = "No"Theme is Storm.msstyles as you can see and is placed here on my cd:X:\$OEM$\$$\Resources\Themes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dams007 Posted January 12, 2005 Author Share Posted January 12, 2005 Ok thanks I'll try this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fillalph Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 If not, go to your display properties and choose your visual style under the appearance tab. Then go to the themes tab and save the custom theme, name it something. Put it in this forlder $OEM$\$$\Resources\Themes. In your winnt.sif file add this line.[shell]CustomDefaultThemeFile="%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Your Name.theme"]Bonkers[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dams007 Posted January 14, 2005 Author Share Posted January 14, 2005 Hi I've try with :[Shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Storm\Storm.msstyles" DefaultStartPanelOff = "Yes" DefaultThemesOff = "No"And i put my *.msstyle in XPCD\$OEM$\$$\resources\theme\mystyle.msstylesBut it doesn't work after the installationThanks for help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 @dams007 Do what ]Bonkers[ said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 @dams007 you need to point a .theme file (create it on display properties) not a .msstyles, or at least that is what i do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobby Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 And i put my *.msstyle in XPCD\$OEM$\$$\resources\theme\mystyle.msstylesIf this is not a typo then you have missed an 's' from theme in the path. It should be XPCD\$OEM$\$$\resources\themes\mystyle.msstyles I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntaxError Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I have about 100 themes/visual styles packed in a sfx .rar that is set to silently unpack to %windir%\recources\themes.In my winnt.sif file i have placed the following:[Shell]CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\royale.theme"Then in my hivedef.inf file, which is one of 5 files the registry is built from during install, I have the following:; Set Default Theme All UsersHKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes","InstallTheme","c:\windows\Resources\Themes\royale.theme"HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes","InstallVisualStyle","c:\windows\Resources\Themes\royale\royale.msstyles"I have tried just the winnt.sif entry by itself and I have tried the reg entries by themselves, but neither worked, until I used both at the same time.This causes the theme or visual style of my choosing to be the default on install for all users. Works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokingman Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I Use A SFX File That Places The Files In The Correct Spot.All it should be Is One Line In The Winnt.sif[Shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile=%systemdrive%\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\XpGrey.ThemeThat All I Use And The Theme Always Loads UpOn My Desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yzöwl Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 @ SyntaxErrorRegardless of the fact this is definitely not needed, if you are going to mess with the Hive files, try to keep your code the same as all the others e.g.HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes","InstallTheme",0x00000000,"c:\windows\Resources\Themes\royale.theme"Or preferably do it properly, without hardcoding the drive letter into it!HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes","InstallTheme",0x00020000,"%SystemRoot%\Resources\Themes\royale.theme" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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