Baffling Vista Theme Installation Problem - Page 3

**Homeboy** · #21 (**permalink**) 05-02-2008, 09:38 AM

Looks like the .rar file is corrupted. Re-download and extract the files again.

When you extract the files, there's usually a folder with a .theme file with another folder that contains wallpapers, shellstyles etc. What you have to do is place the file with '.theme' extension and the folder in your 'windows/resources/themes' directory, and then open the theme settings via right clicking the desktop and choosing personalize menu, and select your newly installed theme.

Hope this helps.

Texasboy99 · #22 (**permalink**) 05-02-2008, 11:49 PM

It worked....thanks!

S.C · #23 (**permalink**) 05-24-2008, 01:40 AM

Just for future reference:

To get my theme working, I downloaded the free trial of Tune Up Utlities. In the program, I went to the "Customize Windows" tab then the Tune up Styler. Under the "Interface" tab, I clicked Visual style Then I clicked "add" then clicked "instal visual style from file" and browsed for the windows theme filed I iinstalled the extracted. Tune Up Utilities installed it fine. Link to free trial of Tune Up Utilities: TuneUp America - Download

**Homeboy** · #24 (**permalink**) 05-24-2008, 07:54 AM

That's good news for anyone who is having the same problem. Thanks for sharing.