> Thanks.
>
> But I'm very happy with my Windows Classic Style Theme -- with slight
> color modifications done by me and I plan to stick with it.
>
> I don't want my monitor to look like a jukebox in a honky-tonk or
> Halloween decorations.
>
> DSH
>
> "Dean-Dean" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B9DB1850-3327-4E17-B48C-4736738F038D@microsoft.com...

>> Hi,
>>
>> You're welcome. But it really wasn't my intent to discourage anyone from
>> using this theme, although setting up themes in XP doesn't seem to be for
>> the
>> faint of heart, and Microsoft isn't much help when their installers
>> aren't
>> configured correctly. Given all that, I like Zune's autumnal theme
>> (maybe
>> its the the season), having grown pretty tired of the Fisher Price Blue,
>> the
>> Silver, and the Olive Green choices of Luna. I'm not too fond of the
>> rather
>> over-the-top MCE Royale/Energy Blue theme, either. Also, I tried the
>> Royale
>> Noir theme, but it has too many blue underpinnings for my taste (like the
>> selected items/hover color, among other things; it's not unlike the Aero
>> theme in Vista RC2, sans glass, of course). I know, to each his own...
>>
>> Anyway, Zune actually seems pretty solid, for the most part; especially
>> if
>> you apply the simple directory fix in my previous post (I've yet to see a
>> Windows Visual Style without a few inconsistencies). I'd give it a
>> whirl.
>> It just adds another choice to your Themes menu, and does not remove any
>> previous theme choices, so you can always go back to, say, Windows XP
>> Style
>> with the Silver color scheme, or even a customized/modified theme that
>> you
>> saved before switching themes).
>>
>> Dean
>>
>> "D. Spencer Hines" wrote:
>>

>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> This post has persuaded me NOT to install the Zune Desktop Theme.
>>>
>>> DSH
>>>
>>> "Dean-Dean" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:A4714C32-3FA5-483B-B81C-CC3E3F2B8D48@microsoft.com...
>>>

>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> There's a rather glaring error in the installation of the Zune theme
>>>> that
>>>> causes such things as Windows Explorer's Places Bar (i.e., the left
>>>> side
>>>> of
>>>> the window with common tasks, when the Explorer Bar is closed), as
>>>> well as
>>>> Control Panel's Places Bar and Category View (i.e., the left and right
>>>> sides
>>>> of the window), to have only white backgrounds, rather than correctly
>>>> displaying the theme's dark gray, light gray, and orange colors.
>>>> These
>>>> are
>>>> among other anomalies found elsewhere.
>>>>
>>>> Unless the sub-directories are correctly placed, which the installer
>>>> doesn't
>>>> do, you will only get part of the theme. (As in the Aero theme in
>>>> Vista,
>>>> even though only one color scheme is defined, the Theme Management
>>>> Service
>>>> still needs its sub-directories, and its resources, in the right
>>>> places).
>>>>
>>>> To correct this, on your desktop, create a new folder called Shell,
>>>> and,
>>>> within this new Shell folder, create another new folder called
>>>> NormalColor.
>>>> Go to C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Zune and drag the new Shell folder
>>>> into
>>>> the Zune folder. Then Cut shellstyle.dll in the Zune folder, and
>>>> Paste it
>>>> into
>>>> the NormalColor folder, so that you end up with
>>>> C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Zune\Shell\NormalColor\shellstyle.dll, and
>>>> NOT
>>>> C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Zune\shellstyle.dll. To re-apply the
>>>> theme,
>>>> you
>>>> can double click on C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Zune\zune.msstyles.
>>>>
>>>> Making the corrections as shown above does make a world of
>>>> difference! Oh, and gas the Zune wallpaper. Try something from
>>>>
>>>> http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=772872
>>>>
>>>> if you'd like some sort of wallpaper to go with the Zune theme.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>> Dean
>>>>
>>>> Postscript: The only oddity that I see in the Zune theme is that the
>>>> separators in the toolbars of Internet Explorer (6 SP2), Outlook
>>>> Express,
>>>> and
>>>> Windows Explorer are missing, unless this is "by design"...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>>>>

>>>>> Zune Desktop Theme for Windows XP is available here:
>>>>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75078

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