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[TheGreenMan]

A new Windows Vista (x86/x64) hotfix (KB933928) has come out, completely disabling custom theme support without overwriting the patched files. It is obvious something new has been added.

UPDATE: After some research, it was determined custom theme support was not blocked in any way. The inability to apply themes appears to be a bug with the resource cache tool, patched by KB933928. The root of the problem, however, lies with theme authors. Themes MUST have a properly (matching the .msstyle name) named MUI otherwise Bad Things Happen™.

Improper layout:

C:\Windows\Resources\Themes
│   Vista-Classic.theme
│
└───Vista Classic
	│   Vista Classic.msstyles
	│
	├───en-US
	│	   aero.msstyles.mui << wrong!
	│
	└───Shell
		└───NormalColor
			│   shellstyle.dll
			│
			└───en-US
					shellstyle.dll.mui

Proper layout:

C:\Windows\Resources\Themes
│   Vista-Classic.theme
│
└───Vista Classic
	│   Vista Classic.msstyles
	│
	├───en-US
	│	   Vista Classic.msstyles.mui << right.
	│
	└───Shell
		└───NormalColor
			│   shellstyle.dll
			│
			└───en-US
					shellstyle.dll.mui

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[butch123]

THIS is what you need to do

Navigate to c:windows/resources/themes/*Named Theme Folder*/en-US

The aero.msstyles.mui must be re-named to the same name as the themes .msstyle

for example: if the .msstyle is named Vista Classic.msstyle... Then the mui file must be named Vista Classic.msstyle.mui.

Thank you Raphael

[WhistAler]

Thanks. I thought I won't be able to use visual styles in Vista anymore.

[Abhi]

yeah...thnx

[parry]

Nice one, been looking for a fix.

[timbertide]

Big thanks for the info

[UK.Intel]

THIS is what you need to do

Navigate to c:windows/resources/themes/*Named Theme Folder*/en-US

The aero.msstyles.mui must be re-named to the same name as the themes .msstyle

for example: if the .msstyle is named Vista Classic.msstyle... Then the mui file must be named Vista Classic.msstyle.mui.

Thank you Raphael

Wow, See this somewhere before

[butch123]

Wow, See this somewhere before

Yes got it the same place you did from Raphael....

[idawn]

Tats a great find...!

[heynomi4u]

THIS is what you need to do

Navigate to c:windows/resources/themes/*Named Theme Folder*/en-US

The aero.msstyles.mui must be re-named to the same name as the themes .msstyle

for example: if the .msstyle is named Vista Classic.msstyle... Then the mui file must be named Vista Classic.msstyle.mui.

Thank you Raphael

Thx a ton.

no wonder all themes in the appearance tabs were named aero :doh:

[SharmanNet]

Thanks for the solution mate.

[Freka]

Thanks for the solution!

[Arnabmatrix]

Thank u very much for the solution.

[yanike]

Question, how do I get the Aero working? When I change the names, it makes me select the basic style and not the aero.

[bennec83]

I found this little hack, i cant remember where but it fixes this issue

Hope this helps

Attached Files

•  Vista_Desk_Hack_v1.1.zip   12.62K   930 downloads

[M.Sudoku]

Vista Desk Hack is for renaming the Visual Styles. [Check this thread]. KB933928 issue is completely different.
To fix your incompatible themes you have to open the file with notepad and change "aero.msstyles.mui" to "Vista Classic.msstyles.mui".

[xAce0fSpadeZx]

Damn Vista bugs!

[The Silent Warrior]

Damn Vista bugs!

It's skinners's fault, not Vistas

[AeroGlass]

This is kind of a bump but for some reason with VistaGlazz, when I patch the files for some reason Vista Basic and Aero style disappear and all I get is Classic styles and it won't allow me to use ohter VS's.......I tried what it says in this topic but it doesn't work.