how to make a windows xp theme?

sretryghugtregt

sretryghugtregt

Hello I would like to know how can I create a Windows XP theme like custom one with custom Wallpapers cursors icons and anything else is there something that allows to create a custom theme or you could do this from system?








(before you ask yes I lost the password to ginger 334 account)
 
On Xp you can use the old themes from Windows 98 that would include cursors and everything. But newer themes that are called visual styles from XP onward you have to put each thing individually. First you have to patch UXtheme so you can use custom visual styles. And you have to put cursors and sounds individually as well.
 
I believe Stardock used to have a theme maker for XP but I can't find any info on it. Here's a site that has pages of custom themes for XP:

Free Visual Styles - XP Themes - Free Skins - The PCman Website

Free Visual Styles Free XP Themes Free Skins you can download to change the look of your Windows XP desktop. With lots of choices, the visual styles XP themes skins are easy to choose, download, and install.
www.thepcmanwebsite.com

You will need to patch UXTheme as @tekkaman suggests to use unsigned themes.

UXTheme Multi-Patcher – Custom theme patch for Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 using UxStyle's memory patching

This program will patch your theme engine files so you can use any 3rd party visual style on all Windows operating system since Windows XP.
windowsxlive.net
 
Stardock used to provide the best looking themes for XP. But it wasn't free. It would be nice if the devs could let XP users have it for free since they won't be loosing any money doing that since newer versions don't work on XP anyway
 
tekkaman said:
On Xp you can use the old themes from Windows 98 that would include cursors and everything. But newer themes that are called visual styles from XP onward you have to put each thing individually. First you have to patch UXtheme so you can use custom visual styles. And you have to put cursors and sounds individually as well.
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But I would like to know if there's a software or program or anything else and allows me to make a custom Windows XP theme/visual style?
 
As far as I know. You just patch UXtheme dll and put the themes manually in the folder and they should appear. I'll make a post during weekend. Maybe I'll share themes I have. But I don't have access to my XP desktop during the week.
 
sretryghugtregt said:
But I would like to know if there's a software or program or anything else and allows me to make a custom Windows XP theme/visual style?
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There was a shareware program called StyleXP.

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Unfortunately the company is no longer around so there is no way of registering it to remove the limitations. It also requires specific builds of XP - here is the error message I got when I tried running it on my XP with RyanVM unofficial SP4.

StyleXP.png


Here is where I downloaded it from if you want to try it yourself:

www.softpedia.com

Download Style XP

Download Style XP 3.19 - Change the themes and visual styles of Win XP
www.softpedia.com www.softpedia.com

Remember, it's shareware so there will be limitations because it's unregistered.
 
I want to make themes myself, too. I tried StyleBuilder by TGTSoft, and it gave me a compile error about the causes of wrong Windows edition or theme errors. I tried Stardock Skinstudio 5.01 (the nearest version for WindowBlinds 5.1), but some elements gave out errors.
Is there a free theme editor out somewhere? I tried to look for one, but I always find paid ones like the programs I have used.
 
There's programs that will lie about your windows version so you can run StylesXP on SP4. I would think you could even right click the shortcut and use Windows' built-in compatibility mode for SP3.
I've used StylesXP full version a lot, it's great stuff.
 
Yeah, I think StyleXP is for SP2 only...

There is another program completely free that's called '3D Color Changer' that had themes of it's own but for changing colors especially in areas not readily changeable... Got it from the wayback machine some years ago... You can change any color of any parameter as well

3DCC.jpg


Once you hit 'Apply' your desktop will change & stay that way till you change it again or choose a visual style...
 
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