Comments on: How to Patch Windows Vista to Enable Custom Themes (Visual Styles)

By: David

David — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:54:02 +0000

thanks so much, the first time i tried this i had problems and ended up reverting back to a restore point, but this has explained the steps in plain english. thanks, im currently running lightwave aero by webtrance and it looks fantastic!
cheers, David

By: Canned Caramel

Canned Caramel — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:32:27 +0000

okay so imagine I do all this and get it working on SP1, what happens if i update to sp2 later on …..
Im guessing the theme just wont work right, but everything else will still boot up and run correctly.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:55:47 +0000

Worked perfectly. I went with the first method (gaining permission, renaming the .dlls, moving over the new ones and rebooting). After reboot, changed what I wanted to change with the theme I wanted, switched back to it, everything was great.

Thanks again.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:04:52 +0000

Thanks for all the comments. I’m running Vista Home Premium SP2 and none of this works.

By: SoIceyBoy

SoIceyBoy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:15:16 +0000

can you un-patch the files or they stay patched? sorry if my quistion is noobish

By: Sigheart

Sigheart — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:07:24 +0000

I’m running on:
Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Service Pack 2
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU 2390
32-bit Operating System

So.. May I know what patch from these must I use for this to work? Thanks.

SP2
6.0.6002.18005_XX.rar
6.0.6002.18005_XX_AMD64.rar

SP2 Beta
6.0.6002.16489_XX.rar
6.0.6002.16489_XX_AMD64.rar
6.0.6002.16497_XX_AMD64.rar

By: rafa

rafa — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:31:05 +0000

hey please help i was trying to do the theme patch but i replaced incorrect dll files i rebooted then nothing it wont start up oviously for the replaced dll files but i did thAT SYSTEM RECOVERY BUT I HAVE A TOSHIBA SATELLITE AND THAT DOSENT PROMT ME ON SYSTEM RECOVERY AT THE BEGGINIG LIKE MY HP DOES HELP WHAT CAN I DO JUST TO ACCES THE HARD DRIVE AND ERASE THE DLL FILES AND RENAME THE OLD. FILES BACK SO I CAN GET IT RUNNI NG AGAIN PLEASW EMAIL ME

By: Zwirni

Zwirni — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:13:02 +0000

Thanx for the Tut, but on my machine I could not use the “Take Ownership” tool. I installed it but I can not rename the three dll’s.
I think I will kick off the Visata and install W7.

Regards

By: mahmoud

mahmoud — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:08:05 +0000

hi you all
thanks for this useful tutorial
i have windows vista x64, for those who doesn’t know where patch these files , in system32 or sysWOW64, the right place is system32, i did it and all thing is working fine,
best regards

By: eve

eve — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:10:52 +0000

I follow every instructions but still cannot get it because it can only recognize .theme files. and i also very confirm i downloaded the correct version for .dll (i am using vista sp2, 32bit). i also tried with VistaGlazz, but the same thing happen (nothing change). i do not know what’s wtong with it. can please help me?