Installing WindowsBlinds 4.2(b126) disables Windows XP themes
Monday, March 15, 2004 by nVariance | Discussion: Stardock Software
I uninstalled WindowsBlinds and tried to set the theme back to the default Luna style but the only option available to me in the Display Properties dialog is 'Windows Classic style' and nothing else. Attempts to load the theme by the 'Luna.theme' or 'luna.msstyle' files in Windows\Resources\Themes only produced errors stating that the theme could not be loaded because the themes service was not running. However, the themes service is running and is set to 'Automatic' startup. Restarting the theme service has no effect and I am still unable to load the default Windows XP themes.
If anyone has any suggestions as to what I can do resolve this issue, I would greatly appreciate it.
Reply #3 Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:13 AM
seems that windowblinds instalation removed the windows xp theme.
where can we find the original xp theme?
thanks
Reply #4 Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:43 AM
WB does not remove the Windows XP theme on install. It never has done & never will do.
Most likely your file has become corrupted.
Reply #5 Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:08 PM
| where can we find the original xp theme? |
Suggest the following:
1 - Try System Restore
- or -
2 - Use XP installation disc to do a repair of Windows (not from Recovery Console)
As Neil (WB Developer) indicated, WindowBlinds does not mess with the "Themes" service. If you have installed other "Style" applications, they may be at fault. There are some out there that hack the "uxtheme" file.
Note - you can also try running the following at a command prompt to have windows automatically attempt to repair a protected file that has been corrupted: sfc /scannow
This may or may not fix the issue with the 'themes' service. 
Reply #6 Saturday, December 3, 2005 1:00 AM
Click Start>Run... type in "Net start themes" w/o quotes and it should reenable
Reply #8 Friday, December 9, 2005 2:13 AM
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Reply #1 Thursday, March 18, 2004 6:48 PM