Styles And Themes In Rc2

DoG · #1 4th Jan 03, 07:32 PM

Just wondering if anyone has manged to get styles and/or themes to work in rc2. I used a uxtheme from xpsp1 to get stylexp to install but still can't get themes to work.
Anyone managed it?

Zone-MR · #2 4th Jan 03, 08:36 PM

Can you not get 3rd party themes to work, or can you not even get the default ones working?

If its a problem generally with themes, then you might have not enabled the Themes service. It is disabled by default in windows.net

DoG · #3 4th Jan 03, 09:43 PM

I have enabled the Themes service but can't get either 3rd party themes nor the inbuilt themes to work. In fact before i installed StyleXP there were no inbuilt themes listed.

Zone-MR · #4 4th Jan 03, 11:08 PM

Weird. At the moment I am still using RC1. It was just a matter of enabling the service for the in-built themes to work. I havent tried any 3rd party themes.

I know there was a uxtheme.dll patch specially made for .NET, but the last time I saw it it was for an ancient build.

DoG · #5 5th Jan 03, 10:18 AM

Weird i know. I didnt have any problems with rc1- inbuilt themes worked fine. I patched a uxtheme last night but still no luck. Will reinstall later today and see if that does anything.
Thanx for the help

sswhite · #6 6th Jan 03, 11:13 AM

You need to patch uxtheme.dll - details of how to do this can be found in this forum. There are also ready patched versions floating round the web.

DoG · #7 6th Jan 03, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sswhite@Jan 6 2003, 11:13 AM
You need to patch uxtheme.dll - details of how to do this can be found in this forum. There are also ready patched versions floating round the web.

Thanx for the reply, i have allready patched a uxtheme but still no luck. Will re-install it later and see if i can get tehm to work.