Universal Theme Patcher: Even supports Vista SP2 v.286
Universal theme patcher is a small program that patches the theme specific files in the operating system which enables the user to install 3rd party themes. What special about this is it does just what its name says, it currently supports Windows XP SP2, SP3,Windows 2003/2008,Vista SP1 SP2 and even Windows 7 beta. Currently I installed Vista SP2 v.286 and had difficulty finding correct patched theme files(actually there was none), so I tried this and it worked way better than using the files to manually patch and there was no need to go to safe mode either. Read the rest of the post on how to correctly patch your O/S.
Instructions:
1. First make sure to disable any Security suites/Virus guards and disable UAC(if applicable).
2. Choose either x86/x64 based on your operating system.
3. Right-click the application and click “Run as Administrator”.
4. Patch the files according to the O/S (e.g.: XP requires only uxtheme.dll whereas Vista needs 3 files to be patched).
5. Restart the computer.
Download Universal Theme Patcher v1.3, Build 20090101
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Great app, but… didn’t MS make Win 7 support unsigned themes without patching???
on March 5, 2009
@KsbjA: Yes I guess they did.
on March 5, 2009
This is BEST to patch Vista’s theme files.
Excellent!
Excellent!
thank you!
thank you!
on March 6, 2009
thats a good move cuz its gonna be cracked anyway and they never release theme of their own
on March 6, 2009
hello!
How about vist sp2 32bit
on December 9, 2009
@redouane: x86 is 32bit my friend and x64 is 64 bit
on December 9, 2009
It does not run on my computer, still classic98 toolbar, help me
on January 11, 2010
http://soft3.wmzhe.com/download/deepxw/UniversalThemePatcher_20090409.zip
that’s the new version try that
on January 19, 2010