Changing Windows Visual Style on a roaming profile

Messiah Khan · 5 May 2006 at 11:56

Here at work we have a roaming profile when we logon. I want to change my visual style. Ive applied the uxtheme hack on the machine I normally use, and applied a new theme... which worked.. until I logged back in this morning. So it seems due to the roaming profile the VS resets itself. Is there a way around this?

bledd · 5 May 2006 at 13:47

capture the regkey (make 1st shot, apply style, then make 2nd shot and compare) using regshot and make a bat file that registers it when you logon (in your Startup menu in start menu for example)

regedit /S file.reg

look on msfn in their 2003 -> XP guide and it tells you the reg key in the 'themes' section

mr.bond · 5 May 2006 at 14:34

Or you have mandatory roaming profiles, in which case your desktop etc will reset after each logoff.

Trigger · 5 May 2006 at 19:10

bledd. said:
capture the regkey (make 1st shot, apply style, then make 2nd shot and compare) using regshot and make a bat file that registers it when you logon (in your Startup menu in start menu for example)

regedit /S file.reg

look on msfn in their 2003 -> XP guide and it tells you the reg key in the 'themes' section

Where's this registry key then? I can't find it anywhere

EDIT: Nevermind, found it by guessing in my own registry

bledd · 5 May 2006 at 20:17

http://win2k3.msfn.org/themesxtra.htm

Messiah Khan · 6 May 2006 at 00:43

Cheers. I'll give it a go on monday when im back at work.