scrwed up xp theme, all black cept for browser

[poseyjmac]

i can't sven seethis text right now, but i was fooling with atheme from themexp.org and somehow it went all black, icons show up but nothing else. is there a way to retore to default? safemode keeps this sdcrewed up theme, if i had some kind of .vbs to switch to default theme that would be nice. any ideas?

 

[blahblahblah]

Try system restore.

 

[poseyjmac]

never used system retore, how would i do that? there is technically nothing wrong with windows,

 

[Shuzer]

If at all possible,

Start > run > services.msc > Themes

And disable it and restart. That should force themes to run as default (ie. no special themes)

 

[poseyjmac]

every single menu is solid black including text. the only stuff that show sup is html, which is why i got in ths page. i can't see right click menu, nor start menu, solid black

 

[poseyjmac]

if you could make a .reg file wthat disables the themes services that would do the trick!

 

[Shuzer]

Try this:

Hold the Windows key and hit r. type "services.msc" without the quote and hit enter. Hit tab, then hit t 7 times. Hit enter. Then hold alt and hit t.

 

[poseyjmac]

i get a 'ding' when i do the alt tright now its manual and enabled

 

[Shuzer]

Hm. But you're at the themes service window? Can you see if it's ACTUALLY running?

Okay, here's an easier way:

Start, run, C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Luna.theme

 

[poseyjmac]

gives me an error when i do that

uits all black, just imagine a big black square onas every window

 

[Shuzer]

There was no space in luna, dunno why the forum put it there..

I'll make you a reg file, if you know where in the registry it'd be stored (the themes service switch)

 

[poseyjmac]

damn, i do have the path in the registry but i can't see it to get it argh.

 

[blahblahblah]

System restore is a little built-in utility to fix nuissance-type problems. System restore doesn't work with actual problems, just things like "my media player won't work" or possibly "my XP theme is screwed up."

I don't think system restore will work since everything is black on your desktop and you won't be able to see what you are doing. Give me a minute to think or another solution.

 

[poseyjmac]

i think i have systme retored disabled too

 

[poseyjmac]

fixed. used a friends computer to figure out a chain of keyboard commands to restore it