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Anyone know how to get UXTheme Multi-Patcher (Neowin Edition) to work with SP2?

Cant get the damn thing to patch correctly (Reluna) and Im stuck with Windows XP "Style"

Help!!!  :gag:

(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000284X6W.01.PT02._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)

I dont get it Max :?:

Heres my copy of the dll already patched anyhow. (http://www.plunder.com/uxtheme-dll-Windows-XP-SP2-download-1143.htm)(Service Pack 2 Version) :)

StyleXP (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Themes/Style-XP.shtml) is an option, or the slightly harder method which is entirely free & takes 0 bytes of space on your disks is the following:

Unzip this (http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~jms501/uxtheme-vanilla.zip) for XP without SP1 or this (http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~jms501/uxtheme-sp1.zip) for XP with SP1 to a temporary folder.
Rename uxtheme.dll to uxtheme.new   >>>   move it to c:\windows\system32   >>>   reboot into the recovery console
type

Quotecd system32
copy uxtheme.dll uxtheme.old
copy uxtheme.new uxtheme.dll
copy uxtheme.dll dllcache
exit

you can now extract skins to c:\windows\resources\themes and activate them using the inbuilt windows xp skin changer (where you change Classic or Luna theme) in the display control panel

.THEME files belong in \resources\themes and dictate a number of settings such as what skin to load, what icons & sounds & wallpaper to use, etc
skinname.
.MSSTYLES lives in \resources\themes\skinname - and skins cant be reached unless they meet this directory structure.

There you go, Xp skin 101.
Have fun and try not to break anything.