[Liskiller]

For those who can't use the custom visual styles in Windows Vista SP2, download and replace these three system files (uxtheme.dll, shsvcs.dll and themeui.dll).

In Vista SP2 (16489) Uxtheme.dll hasn't changed. You can simply use the Vista SP1's patched file but Microsoft changed ThemeUI.dll and Shsvcs.dll. We need to replace all these system files for using the custom visual styles in Windows Vista SP2.

You can download the files from here:

Uxtheme Files for Vista 32-bit
Uxtheme Files for Vista 64-bit

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How to replace these files?
1. Login as a user with Administrative privileges -or- have Administrative credentials ready (check under the keyboard for a slip of paper).
2. Navigate to %systemroot%\System32
3. Right-click uxtheme.dll and click properties.
4. Take ownership of the file and close dialogs.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for themeui.dll and shsvcs.dll
6. Right-click uxtheme.dll and click properties.
7. Give yourself (or group) Full Control permissions and close dialogs.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for themeui.dll and shsvcs.dll.
9. Rename uxtheme.dll to uxtheme.old.
10. Rename themeui.dll to themeui.old.
11. Rename shsvcs.dll to shsvcs.old.
12. Copy patched files into %systemroot%\System32
13. Reboot (yes, this is really required)
14. Enjoy!

You can use Take Control or these registry files for taking ownership of system files in Vista. wink.gif


Note: These files are for Vista SP2 beta only. If you haven't installed the SP2 yet, then click here to download the files for SP1.

Uxtheme files are from Rafael

[AMIRZ]

Thx for the update Bro! Downloaded now

[kyosan]

Thank you very much

[Gragier_521]

UxTheme Patcher is one of the first things to get after upgrading.

[edgarf28]

do you have the patched files for the new 16497 sp2 build too??

[Liskiller]

You can try these patched files in the build 16497. I've read somewhere that the dll files haven't changed in the new build.

[rIQ]

Liskiller, on Dec 13 2008, 06:54 AM, said:

You can try these patched files in the build 16497. I've read somewhere that the dll files haven't changed in the new build.

That is not correct

the Build and Size do not match

is there a way to manually patch the dlls ?

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This post has been edited by rIQ: 13 January 2009 - 12:14 PM

[AMIRZ]

Here is the original author website - Full credits to my Guru Rafael Rivera:

http://www.withinwin...xtheme-patches/

Download Uxtheme.dll patches (patched files) for Windows Xp, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, and even Windows 7, all versions/service packs/betas/rtm etc