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How to install Windows 7 shell themes

Installing Windows 7 Shell Themes

Update 8/7/2010: We have released a Windows 7 theme installer that allows you to install Windows 7 shell themes quite easily. If you are annoyed by installing Windows 7 themes manually, you can check out the Windows 7 theme installerhere.

Theme Patcher (Required)

Before you start thinking about installing Windows 7 shell themes, you have to make sure that your Windows 7 is capable of installing 3rd-party themes. By default, Windows 7 does not allow 3rd-party themes!

Download Universal Theme Patcher.

This patcher will automatically patch the following files on Windows 7: uxtheme.dll, themeui.dll, themeservice.dll that allow you to install shell themes.

Universal Theme Patcher

General Info: Windows 7 SysWOW64 Folder

Windows 7 themes often include system files for Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit. If you are on Windows 7 64-bit you will often need both! Because Windows 7 64-bit can emulate 32-bit you will need 32-bit files as well or how do you thought was it possible to run 32-bit software on Windows 7 64-bit?

Important: SysWOW64 is the 32-bit folder of Windows 7 64-bit. All 32-bit files have to be copied here, but only if the theme actually requires it (not all of them require it).

List of some possible theme files and explanation

Most themes include the following files:

  • explorer.exe (this includes for example the Start orb)
  • explorerframe.exe (this file includes the forward/back navigation buttons)
  • shell32.dll (this includes some control panel icons and other icons)
  • imageres.dll (this includes the most Windows 7 icons!)
  • .theme (this is the actual .theme file)
  • .msstyles (this file is very important! It not only includes the caption buttons: close/restore/minimize buttons, but also a lot of other important icons. If you are into skinning Windows 7, you will quickly notice that this is one of the most important theme files!)
  • OobeFldr.dll (this is the welcome center file)

Other common theme files:

  • timedate.cpl
  • ehres.dll (Windows Media Player)
  • shellstyle.dll
  • ieframe.dll
  • basebrd.dll
  • wmploc.dll
  • mydocs.dll
  • …

Installing Windows 7 Shell Themes Walkthrough

1. Copy .theme files: Copy .theme file and folder with exactly the same name to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes

Here’s a typical Windows 7 shell theme:

Typical Windows 7 shell theme

There are .theme files and plenty of subfolders. As you can see the .theme files have exactly the same name as the some of the folders. These "matches” are the themes that you have to copy to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes

Let’s take a look into the folder Dark Soft little icons:

Windows 7 Shell themes folder

2. Copy system files

Next, let’s take a look at some of the system files.

Windows 7 Theme System Files

There are again various subfolders. If we look inside the folder Explorerframe, we will find two more subfolders:

Windows 7 Themes: 32-bit and 64-bit

Now, what you have to do is to replace all the system files individually. Most system files go into the folder C:\Windows\system32, but not all.

VERY IMPORTANT
Windows 7 32-bit: Copy 32-bit (x86) system files into C:\Windows\system32
Windows 7 64-bit: Copy 64-bit (x64) system files into C:\Windows\system32 and 32-bit system files into C:\Windows\sysWOW64

How to replace system files in Windows 7

Because replacing system files is not that easy in Windows 7, there are some registry-hacks that will add the option "Take ownership” to your context-menu (right-click menu).

Summary: If you decide to do it manually, you have take ownership of each file, grant yourself permission, rename the file and the copy the new file into the folder. See? It takes pretty long without the hack!

We have extensive guides that explain you how to replace system files manually or via registry hack:

Replace System Files in Windows 7
Replace Explorer.exe 
Replace Shell32.dll 
Replace Explorerframe.dll

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