xp styles have disappeared

help!

I came home yesterday and my windows xp styles have
disappeared. I have gone through every option I can find.
I have gone to display properties, appearance,and it
doesn't even give me xp as an option, only windows
classic style. There is just a black area where usually a
picture of what it should look like would be.

I have restored to a previous date twicewith no avail. It
is like the files that have to do with xp styles have
been corrupted or deleted.

Please help.

Tom,

Do the following. Click Start, Run and enter REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL Then
use Start, Run and and enter SERVICES.MSC Locate the Themes service.
Double click it and ensure that its set to Started and Automatic.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"tom" wrote in message
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help!

I came home yesterday and my windows xp styles have
disappeared. I have gone through every option I can find.
I have gone to display properties, appearance,and it
doesn't even give me xp as an option, only windows
classic style. There is just a black area where usually a
picture of what it should look like would be.

I have restored to a previous date twicewith no avail. It
is like the files that have to do with xp styles have
been corrupted or deleted.

Please help.

Hi Doug,

It did as you said several times and fit didn't fix the
problem.

Tom
-----Original Message-----
Tom,

Do the following. Click Start, Run and enter REGSVR32
SHIMGVW.DLL Then
use Start, Run and and enter SERVICES.MSC Locate the
Themes service.
Double click it and ensure that its set to Started and
Automatic.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Associate Expert
ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
--------------------------------
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Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

"tom" wrote in
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help!

I came home yesterday and my windows xp styles have
disappeared. I have gone through every option I can
find.
I have gone to display properties, appearance,and it
doesn't even give me xp as an option, only windows
classic style. There is just a black area where usually
a
picture of what it should look like would be.

I have restored to a previous date twicewith no avail.
It
is like the files that have to do with xp styles have
been corrupted or deleted.

Please help.




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