Cannot save '.theme' file in SP2

Hello,

I am running WIN XP PRO with SP2 installed. I have applied the patched
uxtheme.dll so that I may see other visual styles than the luna msstyle. An
issue I cant resolve is that when I go to save my settings as a new theme
file, the display properties theme tab dialogue goes through the motions
allowing me to type the name for my new theme, etc., however, no theme file
is saved. I'm baffled. Kelly if you see this post, I have applied the
restore themes functionality reg file from your help site and it has no
effect. Anyone know about this issue and/or how to resolve it. Thanks in
advance for any help you can provide.

Love and kisses on all your pink parts,
Aaron

Hi Aaron, I'm having the same problem...even tried style xp from TGSoft and
it will allow me to change but as soon as i reboot, it reverts back to
classic and will not even allow the default XP theme. The uxtheme.dll gets
replaced during the SP2 install and I have repatched with no luck.
Hope you solve the issue, for me the solution was to restore my Ghost Image
and forget the SP2 as it messed up way to many things.

"AaronB." wrote in message
...
Hello,

I am running WIN XP PRO with SP2 installed. I have applied the patched
uxtheme.dll so that I may see other visual styles than the luna msstyle.
An
issue I cant resolve is that when I go to save my settings as a new theme
file, the display properties theme tab dialogue goes through the motions
allowing me to type the name for my new theme, etc., however, no theme
file
is saved. I'm baffled. Kelly if you see this post, I have applied the
restore themes functionality reg file from your help site and it has no
effect. Anyone know about this issue and/or how to resolve it. Thanks in
advance for any help you can provide.

Love and kisses on all your pink parts,
Aaron

Thanks for your input John but before you ditch sp2, you must also replace
uxtheme.dll in the folder C:\windows\service pack files\i386 or it will be
replaced by the system file checker. That however doesnt explain why
'.theme' files will not save. I have also installed Styles XP ver. 2.13 and
still cannot use the windows theme tab dialogue to save theme files. I hope
someone here can answer this riddle.
Aaron

"John" ******** wrote in message
...
Hi Aaron, I'm having the same problem...even tried style xp from TGSoft
and
it will allow me to change but as soon as i reboot, it reverts back to
classic and will not even allow the default XP theme. The uxtheme.dll gets
replaced during the SP2 install and I have repatched with no luck.
Hope you solve the issue, for me the solution was to restore my Ghost
Image
and forget the SP2 as it messed up way to many things.

"AaronB." wrote in message
...
Hello,

I am running WIN XP PRO with SP2 installed. I have applied the patched
uxtheme.dll so that I may see other visual styles than the luna msstyle.
An
issue I cant resolve is that when I go to save my settings as a new theme
file, the display properties theme tab dialogue goes through the motions
allowing me to type the name for my new theme, etc., however, no theme
file
is saved. I'm baffled. Kelly if you see this post, I have applied the
restore themes functionality reg file from your help site and it has no
effect. Anyone know about this issue and/or how to resolve it. Thanks
in
advance for any help you can provide.

Love and kisses on all your pink parts,
Aaron

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 15:55:44 -0400, "AaronB."
wrote:

Aaron:

There's a newer version of the patched uxtheme.dll available. The
older patched version no longer works under SP2 and will actually
"kill" any theme files that are loaded.

The newer version should be available on Neowin and is version 2.0.
Go to www.neowin.com and search for "uxtheme.dll multi patcher.exe"

I've used the new version and it works well with all the visual styles
and themes available.

Thanks for your input John but before you ditch sp2, you must also replace
uxtheme.dll in the folder C:\windows\service pack files\i386 or it will be
replaced by the system file checker. That however doesnt explain why
'.theme' files will not save. I have also installed Styles XP ver. 2.13 and
still cannot use the windows theme tab dialogue to save theme files. I hope
someone here can answer this riddle.
Aaron

"John" ******** wrote in message
...
Hi Aaron, I'm having the same problem...even tried style xp from TGSoft
and
it will allow me to change but as soon as i reboot, it reverts back to
classic and will not even allow the default XP theme. The uxtheme.dll gets
replaced during the SP2 install and I have repatched with no luck.
Hope you solve the issue, for me the solution was to restore my Ghost
Image
and forget the SP2 as it messed up way to many things.

"AaronB." wrote in message
...
Hello,

I am running WIN XP PRO with SP2 installed. I have applied the patched
uxtheme.dll so that I may see other visual styles than the luna msstyle.
An
issue I cant resolve is that when I go to save my settings as a new theme
file, the display properties theme tab dialogue goes through the motions
allowing me to type the name for my new theme, etc., however, no theme
file
is saved. I'm baffled. Kelly if you see this post, I have applied the
restore themes functionality reg file from your help site and it has no
effect. Anyone know about this issue and/or how to resolve it. Thanks
in
advance for any help you can provide.

Love and kisses on all your pink parts,
Aaron

I had that problem. I have XP Pro SP 2 and modified uxtheme.dll.
And I wasn't able to save any theme. But I found out why. If you delete the original Windows themes (and I did) then it's not possible to save any other theme!
I've downloaded "Restore Luna Theme" from
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
(187. Restore Themes Functionality).
And I unzipped "Luna" folder, "Luna.theme" and "Windows Classic.theme" to folder "C:/Windows/Resources/Themes" and now I can save any theme I want!

Originally Posted by aliquis

I had that problem. I have XP Pro SP 2 and modified uxtheme.dll.
And I wasn't able to save any theme. But I found out why. If you delete the original Windows themes (and I did) then it's not possible to save any other theme!
I've downloaded "Restore Luna Theme" from
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
(187. Restore Themes Functionality).
And I unzipped "Luna" folder, "Luna.theme" and "Windows Classic.theme" to folder "C:/Windows/Resources/Themes" and now I can save any theme I want!

I got success,thanks for the suggestion.

From which website you want to be do it, on mostly site an exe hidden virus contain with theme thats create problem

What is the solution of hidden exe virus
can anyone tell me?

To find out hidden exe virus
Go to search
type there " *.exe "
virus will be there and just delete it manually

Originally Posted by AaronB.

Hello,

I am running WIN XP PRO with SP2 installed. I have applied the patched
uxtheme.dll so that I may see other visual styles than the luna msstyle. An
issue I cant resolve is that when I go to save my settings as a new theme
file, the display properties theme tab dialogue goes through the motions
allowing me to type the name for my new theme, etc., however, no theme file
is saved. I'm baffled. Kelly if you see this post, I have applied the
restore themes functionality reg file from your help site and it has no
effect. Anyone know about this issue and/or how to resolve it. Thanks in
advance for any help you can provide.

Love and kisses on all your pink parts,
Aaron

Hi Aaron. I've encountered the same problem. I hope that we can fix it. By the way tried SP3. It is good also.

In mobile phone theme file saves normally why its too difficult to complete this process in PC