Patches for windows 7 64. Installing a theme to suit your taste on Windows. Replacing system files

Not everyone has the means to buy a new one. operating system with all the necessary capabilities. For such purposes, Microsoft sells several types of Windows operating system. For example, Windows 7 comes in several versions, from basic to maximum.

They all vary in cost and functionality. Currently, Windows 8 has already been released, but many users did not like it, and they prefer to remain with the seventh version for now. The most accessible versions of Windows 7 are Starter and Home Basic.

However, those who already have the listed versions installed are faced with the lack of the Aero effect, which is necessary for the transparency of windows and for some other pleasant moments. Users with the maximum seven should not worry about this, since it is “all inclusive”. But what about those who have Windows 7 Home Basic?

What to do?

Fortunately, not everything is as bad as it might seem, since a solution already exists. All you need to do is download a special patch and run it as an administrator. After some time, the computer will reboot itself. And after that in context menu The “personalization” item will be added.

The program is small, but what opportunities open up after its use! Let's look at some.

Extensive Features

By applying the downloaded patch, you can get the following features:

• automatic wallpaper change;
• installing third-party themes;
• improved Win+Tab combination.

You no longer need to manually change your desktop wallpaper; the operating system will do it itself at a specified frequency, which you can adjust at your own discretion. You can choose absolutely any topic. You will also be pleased with the design when switching between windows using the Win+Tab combination.

And by applying the described Aero Patch for your initial version of the operating system, you will almost literally get Windows 7 maximum.

Cautions

Before using the described patch, you need to make sure that the system has not previously installed programs that are associated with changing the personalization panel. If there are any, they need to be removed, otherwise the correct operation of the patch is not guaranteed. You may have to reinstall the system again.

In addition, you should not install the patch without first creating a restore point. This is highly recommended so that you can return to the system state before installing the Aero Patch.

Installing a theme for Windows 7 is very simple and does not require any special computer skills from the user. Initial setup It will take about 5-10 minutes, since you need to patch the system and learn how to install new designs. If for the first time you carry out the installation strictly according to the instructions, then subsequent installations will proceed quickly, smoothly and smoothly.

Preparing the system to support third-party themes

If this is your first time installing a theme on your computer, you will need to patch the system.

After installing patches, you must restart your computer to make changes. After this, the system will be ready to install third-party themes.

If you want to change the Start menu icon and navigation buttons in File Explorer, you'll need to gain System Files permissionsexplorer.exe(for the Start menu) andExplorerFrame.dll(for navigation buttons in Explorer).

The above steps only need to be done once. The following theme changes are not required reinstallation patches and obtaining rights to system files.

Installing a theme

Step 1

In the downloaded archive we find the theme file in the format .theme(example: theme name.theme) and a folder with the same name. The file and folder must be copied to the system directory C:/Windows/Resources/Themes.

Step 2

Go to the personalization panel and in the “Installed themes” section we find our theme.

Step 3

Double-click on the theme name and observe changes in the interface design.

Demonstration of an unstable Start button and navigation buttons in File Explorer

As you can see in the screenshot, we still have the same Start menu button and navigation buttons in Explorer. To replace these system elements, move on to the next point.

Replacing the start menu button

Find in the archive with the topic an image with a button in the format *.BMP(in our case the image is located in the folder " Orb") and set the button, .

Replacing navigation buttons in Explorer

If the theme archive contains the file ExplorerFrame.dll, copy it to the folder C:/Windows/System32.

1. Go to the directory C:/Windows/System32 and find the file ExplorerFrame.dll.
2. Rename the file ExplorerFrame.dll V ExplorerFrame.dll.old.
3. Transfer from the archive with the theme new file ExplorerFrame.dll to a folder C:/Windows/System32.
4. Restart your computer or simply restart File Explorer for the changes to take effect.

If the archive does not contain the file ExplorerFrame.dll, then there are pictures in the format .BMP, which must be installed using the Windows 7 Navigation Buttons Customizer program.

You must have access rights to the ExplorerFrame.dll file. The first paragraph of the article describes how to obtain rights to this file.

1. Install the program

Initially, the Windows 7 operating system does not support the ability to install third-party themes from other developers. But this problem can be solved very quickly and in a simple way, and today we will teach you how to install themes for windows 7 with detailed instructions with screenshots. The entire process does not require users to have any special PC skills.

Preparing the system

Installation process (pictures are clickable):

In the archive there is a patch for x86 and x64 bit OS, select the one you need and run it in administrator mode

At the initial stage of the installation process, you will have the opportunity to change the path for installing the patch

Read the user agreement and agree to it, otherwise there is no other way =)

The installation process has begun

Congratulations!

2. Universal Theme Patcher

Run the patch as administrator

In the next step, the installer displays information about how many files need “treatment”

The installer writes that all patches were installed successfully!

Installing a theme

4. After that, open the personalization panel and find our established theme and click on it. After 1-2 seconds the desktop design will change

5. The installation process for most themes ends here, but some still have graphic elements that have not yet been changed, in our case these are the Explorer navigation buttons and the design of the start button.

6. In this case, replacement is necessary system files

Replacing system files

Here are the main ones:
Explorer.exe(changes the design of the Start button) - location C:/Windows
ExplorerFrame.dll(changes the design of the explorer navigation button) - location C:/Windows/system32
Shell32.dll(changes the background on the left side in the control panel) - location C:/Windows/system32

1. Firstly, in order to be able to change these system files, you need to obtain access rights to them. Read about how to do this here
2. Now you need to rename the “Explorer.exe” file to any other one. (For example in Explorer2.exe, Explorerorigin.exe, etc.)

3. Open our folder with the theme that we downloaded, copy the file “Explorer.exe” from there and paste it into the C:/Windows directory

4. We do the same actions with the remaining two files

5. After all these steps, for the changes to take effect, we need to restart the explorer or system

Rebooting Explorer

Many people know from experience that design Windows sooner or later it gets boring and you want to change it somehow. And this is a problem, because to use third-party themes you will have to change system files, or buy expensive software. It's over now because UltraUXThemePatcher can do this automatically. Fast and free, because if your windows version will not be able to accept the patch, he will determine this and will not change anything.

System Requirements:
Windows: XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10

Torrent Patch for third parties Windows themes- UltraUXThemePatcher 3.2.2 details:
What's new:
·Support for Windows 10 Insider Update up to 16266
Better error handling

Installing themes:
·We download any theme of your choice for your OS, be it XP\Vista\7\8\10.
· Install the patch for third-party themes - UltraUXThemePatcher - and restart the computer.
·Extract the archive with the theme and copy the theme files to the directory "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\

IMPORTANT!!!:
Note. This application makes changes to system files, this may cause unexpected problems or completely crash Windows!

Windows 10 TH2 1511 (10.0.10586) is not supported!

Screenshots Patch for third-party Windows themes - UltraUXThemePatcher 3.2.2 torrent:

Many different topics for Windows 7 will help you create a unique, stylish shell that is unlike any other shell of your operating system. You can use your favorite wallpapers, color combinations and graphic filters for windows, which in combination with a set interesting gadgets will help you create your exclusive Windows 7.

In special sections of our website you can:
See the link to download Universal Theme Patcher at the end of the article.

To work topics in windows 7 you will need to install a patch Universal Theme Patcher.

Step 1. Let's run the program as administrator (included are both for x86, and for x64 bit version of your system).

Figure 1. Run as administrator

Step 2. Let's press the button "OK" to confirm the selected language.

Figure 2. Confirm selected language

Step 3. Next, press the button again "Yes" for confirmation.

Figure 3: Installation Information

Step 4. After which a window will open in which in this case you need to patch 3 files. To do this, next to each file, click "Patch". After each action you will be notified that the operation was successful.

Figure 4. Patch information for using themes for Windows 7

Step 5. Once you have changed all the files, you will be prompted to restart your computer. Click "Yes" to reboot.

Figure 5. Reboot confirmation window

Step 6. Next you need to copy the contents of the theme into the folder C:/Windows/Resources/Themes.

Step 7. In the section "Personalization" (“Start” - “Control Panel” - “Personalization”) you will see a newly installed theme.

Step 8. As a last resort, re-running this patch allows you to restore the changed files. To do this, click next to each file. "Restore" and restart your computer again.

Figure 6. Patch for installing themes for Windows 7