Themes - Customize Information, Settings, and Name

[bgjerlow designs]

This is what you will need:


Notepad or Notepad++
Copy of the original Aero folder + aero.theme file from the Themes folder (C:\Windows\Resources\Themes)



This is how:

1. First come up with a name for the theme

2. Now edit the folder name, the theme file name and the aero.msstyles.mui file name in the En-Us folder. (So they all match like: SG9Designs/SG9Designs.msstyles and SG9Designs/En-Us/SG9Designs.msstyles.mui)

3. Open the name.theme file with Notepad
NOTE: I've marked out in bold text below what you need to change to change the name etc..


; Copyright © Microsoft Corp.

[Theme]
; Windows 7 - IDS_THEME_DISPLAYNAME_AERO
DisplayName= SG9 DESIGNS (the name showed in the personalization menu)
SetLogonBackground=0

; Computer - SHIDI_SERVER
[CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\DefaultIcon]
DefaultValue=%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-109

; UsersFiles - SHIDI_USERFILES
[CLSID\{59031A47-3F72-44A7-89C5-5595FE6B30EE}\DefaultIcon]
DefaultValue=%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-123

; Network - SHIDI_MYNETWORK
[CLSID\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}\DefaultIcon]
DefaultValue=%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-25

; Recycle Bin - SHIDI_RECYCLERFULL SHIDI_RECYCLER
[CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon]
Full=%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-54
Empty=%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-55

[Control Panel\Cursors]
AppStarting=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_working.ani
Arrow=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_arrow.cur
Crosshair=
Hand=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_link.cur
Help=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_helpsel.cur
IBeam=
No=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_unavail.cur
NWPen=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_pen.cur
SizeAll=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_move.cur
SizeNESW=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_nesw.cur
SizeNS=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_ns.cur
SizeNWSE=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_nwse.cur
SizeWE=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_ew.cur
UpArrow=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_up.cur
Wait=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_busy.ani
DefaultValue=Windows Aero
DefaultValue.MUI=@main.cpl,-1020

[Control Panel\Desktop]
Wallpaper=%SystemRoot%\web\wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg (path for wallpapers)
TileWallpaper=0
WallpaperStyle=10
Pattern=

[VisualStyles]
Path=%ResourceDir%\Themes\SG9Designs\SG9Designs.msstyles (path for the folder which the msstyles is located in, change the names of this to whatever you named your different files/folder)
ColorStyle=NormalColor
Size=NormalSize
ColorizationColor=0x6B74B8FC
Transparency=1

[boot]
SCRNSAVE.EXE=

[MasterThemeSelector]
MTSM=DABJDKT

[Sounds]
; IDS_SCHEME_DEFAULT
SchemeName=@%SystemRoot%\System32\mmres.dll,-800

You can also change sounds schemes, mouse pointers etc from here ;)

Good luck :)

[Fatezoom]

<sub> thank you

[bgjerlow designs]

<sub> thank you
You're welcome :)

[quaz1957]

sg9 - again, well done - part II - clear for ones comprehension without ambiguity !

[Mad--Rabbit]

This is a great starting point for me thanks alot serge. I hope u don't mind me calling u serge it's just easier that's all lol

[omie]

:-D THANK YOU!!!!

[chopper13]

well this is right on time.just finished modding a theme just to get the feel for wsb.Thank you.

[Duck]

Thanks to OP's post I now know how to do this and I have improved upon it.

I can't post it yet though until I have 5 posts even though I'm not trying to post any links.

[Duck]

The theme file can be much shorter like so...


[Theme]
DisplayName=NAME
SetLogonBackground=0

[Control Panel\Desktop]
Wallpaper=
TileWallpaper=0
WallpaperStyle=10
Pattern=

[VisualStyles]
Path=%ResourceDir%\Themes\NAME\NAME.msstyles
Composition=0
ColorStyle=NormalColor
Size=NormalSize
ColorizationColor=0x6B74B8FC
Transparency=1

[MasterThemeSelector]
MTSM=DABJDKT

[Control Panel\Colors]
Background=20 21 22


"Composition=0" makes it a basic theme. Delete that line for Aero glass effects etc.

"Background=20 21 22" makes the desktop a dark grey. The numbers are for RGB values. 0-255.

[silverspoons]

I can make a theme. Kinda. This was the bit I had trouble with. Thanks! :bunny:

[QlimHaXx]

Thanks for this tut