Uxtheme.dll for Final SP2 Win. XP

[FiZ]

Patched uxtheme.dll came out for the final build of SP2 for XP. If you need it for you custom themes: http://vortex2050.dyndns.org:8080/ .

 

[DigitalisAkujin]

unfortunatly i can't figure out how to overwrite the uxtheme.dll in C:\windows\system32 because it's "being used by another process".

Anyone know of a work around?

 

[FiZ]

Use the Recovery Console.

 

[DigitalisAkujin]

Is it best to place it in C:\ and then just run a simple batch script?

I have this right now:

@copy uxtheme.dll %SystemRoot%\system32\DllCache 
@echo Copied uxtheme.dll to %SystemRoot%\system32\DllCache 
@copy uxtheme.dll %SystemRoot%\system32\ 
@echo Copied uxtheme.dll to %SystemRoot%\system32\
@copy uxtheme.dll %SystemRoot%\ServicePackFiles\i386
@echo Copied uxtheme.dll to %SystemRoot%\ServicePackFiles\i386
@pause

 

[agent420]

I used Replacer, pretty simple to use.

[edit] Does not come with the modded uxtheme.dll, you need to obtain that separately.

 

[El Nacho]

will come back and check this out later...thanks.

 

[bluehorizon]

How do you use uxtheme.dll? Can you use the themes from windowblinds with that?

 

[Mitolo]

How do you use uxtheme.dll? Can you use the themes from windowblinds with that?

ya what the hell does it do ?

 

[djnes]

It let's you use visual styles without loading any extra software, like TGTSoft's StyleXP. It will not work with Windowblinds themes, unless you have them converted to visual styles. You need to replace the uxtheme.dll with the one on your system already, but it's protected, so the absolute easiest way is through the recovery console.

 

[bluehorizon]

Ah, gotcha. Not worth it imo... the themes from Windowblinds seem to be a LOT better. However, windowblinds always screwed up my system, so I stopped using it. It's a shame too, I bought the program.