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#1 User is offline   shassouneh 

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Posted 15 October 2001 - 09:44 AM

Hey all,
is there a way to set/cjange desktop themes in windows XP?? If so, how?
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#2 User is offline   Xiven 

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Posted 15 October 2001 - 11:23 AM

Start -> Run -> "themes"

Or create a shortcut to it.
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#3 User is offline   shassouneh 

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Posted 15 October 2001 - 01:39 PM

Nope! I already tried that. It seems to be a win2k-only thing. I even looked for "themes.exe" in the windows FIND applet to no avail!
I repeat: START -> RUN -> THEMES DOES NOT WORK!!!
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#4 User is offline   Xiven 

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Posted 15 October 2001 - 02:46 PM

Oh well. No idea then.

Actually, have you tried copying the Win2k themes.exe to XP? Just a thought.
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#5 User is offline   Zwine 

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Posted 15 October 2001 - 04:13 PM

Well atleast Windowsblinds works cool
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#6 User is offline   shassouneh 

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Posted 15 October 2001 - 08:22 PM

hmm, what exactly is windowsblinds? (pardon my ignorance). I don't think copying themes.exe will solve it, but i'll give it a shot sometime.
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#7 User is offline   isochar 

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Posted 15 October 2001 - 08:50 PM

Visit www.stardock.com to find out. wink
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#8 User is offline   shassouneh 

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Posted 16 October 2001 - 02:03 AM

Thanx but i can't afford it just yet.
I'm still open to suggestions about resolving the desktop themes issue under WinXP
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#9 User is offline   TeRRiblE 

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Posted 16 October 2001 - 02:51 PM

As far as I know there are no desktop themes (wallpaper, icons, sounds and window color) included in XP.
Windows XP plus! pack will offer a cuple of themes like space, nature and so on.. (including mediaplayer skins), but is not free.
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#10 User is offline   shassouneh 

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Posted 16 October 2001 - 08:13 PM

I see. thanx! I'll wait for Plus pack
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Posted 17 October 2001 - 12:22 AM

ughhh,there is windowblinds for xp(i guess its free for now coz its beta)and you can use all the skins for wb as thems,haven't tried it myself-i dont like things like that,hell i'm running the clasical theme,but if you like it you could give it a try (beware it may suck bigtime)
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#12 User is offline   shassouneh 

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Posted 17 October 2001 - 02:18 AM

Thanx anyways dude! I'll give it a shot. worse case scenario is another format eh? LOL
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Posted 20 October 2001 - 07:33 AM

The XP Theme support IS WindowBlinds. MS licensed the technology from Stardoc. You can should be able to use WindoeBlind themes directly in WinXP.

The themes settings should be in Display Properties (right click desktop > properties)
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Posted 20 October 2001 - 09:34 AM

For those of you confused by this, read this essay by Brad Wardell of Stardock:

http://www.stardock.com/stardock/articles/xpskinning.html
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#15 User is offline   shassouneh 

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Posted 21 October 2001 - 03:44 AM

thanx, I'm about to check it out myself! lol.
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