How to: Unattended Visual Style?

[Orsi]

hey ho,

I've read all topics about how to include an Visual Style and make it the default theme, them I built a VS (using StyleBuilder) and followed all the the procedures I've found (one by one, of course ) and everytime I install XP (via VMWare) I see it using the Windows classic theme...

what could be going wrong?

PS- I haven't added any registry tweaks concerning VS

PPS- the theme XP uses is correct, the sound scheme, icons and pointers are right, except the VS.

[TheeBeets]

Ok for starters there is many posts in this forum concerning these Issues but I'll help all I can.

Winnt.sif

[shell]

CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Longhornish.theme"

Make sure that your theme is located in XPCD\$OEM$\$$\Resources\Themes and that the theme itself is correct. You also need to go into wordpad and copy and paste these contents and edit for your theme.

[Theme]; Recycle Bin

[CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon]

full=%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\shell32.dll,32

empty=%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\shell32.dll,31

[Control Panel\Desktop]

Wallpaper=%ResourceDir%\Themes\FolderName\WallpaperImage.bmp

TileWallpaper=0

WallpaperStyle=2

Pattern=

ScreenSaveActive=0

[VisualStyles]

Path=%ResourceDir%\Themes\Longhornish\Yourtheme.msstyles

ColorStyle=NormalColor

Size=NormalSize

Check that in nLite you didnt tell it to use Windows Classic theme and make sure with nLite you replaced uxtheme.dll

Edited July 27, 2005 by TheeBeets

[oioldman]

Also, some vmware/virtulapc will only use standard vga until you apply the tools to it to fully utilise the graphics card.

If you were to build on a real pc, you'll find it may well work.

As stated by TheBeets, that is how i apply my theme and it works a charm.

[Orsi]

Ok, I'll try all over again and do a real install this time

tks

[Orsi]

I just rebuilt the whole DVD but I haven't used nLite (got the uxtheme.dll from the Unattended website), although everything happened again... the icons, cursors and sounds are from the theme I built, but not the Visual Style...

I really don't know what could be going wrong since it works perfectly when I use this with StyleXP

Can someone tell (or indicate somewhere) what are the files a VS must contain?

Are they just the .theme, .msstyle and shellstyle.dll?

[1key]

after reinstall your windows xp ,musssst crack the uxtheme.dll at the first and disabled the WFP!

so i think your vs will be work,because u run it use style xp perfectly .

[Alanoll]

after reinstall your windows xp ,musssst crack the uxtheme.dll at the first and disabled the WFP!

so i think your vs will be work,because u run it use style xp perfectly .

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

you missed what he did with his UXtheme.dll which makes YOUR method obsolete.

Now assuming you're not installing a hotfix that overwrites the UXtheme.dll file, i would suggest...

http://unattended.msfn.org/advanced/hackedfiles/uxtheme.htm

Now as far as helping you, we can't do ANYTHING except suggest things that might go wrong. From what you've said, i could assume any number of thigns ranging from invalid UXtheme.dll to a typo in the .theme file. Without YOU showing us (attaching the .theme and perhaps even the .msstyle) we can't accurately tell you what's wrong.

[Orsi]

You're right

the full Theme file can be downloaded at: http://www.wishstudios.com/Themes.rar

it includes icons, fonts, sounds cursors, wallpaper and VS