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Category: windows 7 themes

  • Windows 7 Tips

    How to Create Themes in Windows 7?

    In Windows 7 it is possible to personalize and customize windows 7 with self-made custom themes. Windows 7 has several default themes and you can create your own Windows 7 themes using the steps below. Also there has been launch of Several Official Themes from Microsoft time to time.
    A theme pack contains following things:
    • Desktop Wallpaper
    • Screen saver
    • Sounds
    • Slide shows
    • Color of the theme
    • Mouse Pointers
    • Desktop icons

    And good thing about Windows 7 is you can customize all of these without pain.

    1. Right Click on your Desktop and Select Personalize from Context Menu
    2. Now click on desktop background to set background wallpaper of Theme.
    3. Click Browse to locate folder of wallpapers
    4. Select check images/wallpapers for slideshow feature in your theme & save changes.
    5. Set Windows color to change color of windows, background, and cursor for theme.
    6. Click on sound to change system sound default
    7. Click on Screen Saver to set screen saver for the Theme.
    8. After setting all the components of the Theme Pack click on save theme option in your personalization window.
    9. Enter theme name and select theme pack as save type

    10. Double Click on the theme pack to install it. 

  • Use Hidden International Wallpapers and Themes

    When you first install Windows 7, it asks for your language, time and currency. Based on your responses, it installs a set of wallpapers and themes. If you choose English (United States) for your time and currency format, for example, the available desktop backgrounds and themes will include a United States section with scenery from locations such as Maine, the Southwest and so on.

    Hidden, though, are background scenery and themes from other English-speaking countries — Australia, Canada, Great Britain and South Africa. Normally, you can’t access those backgrounds or themes, but there is a simple way you can install and use them
    This is what you will need to do:
    1. In the search box in the Start menu, type C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT and press Enter. (Note: If Windows 7 is installed in a drive other than C:, use that letter instead.)
    2. Windows Explorer will launch and show you a list of subfolders under C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT: MCT-AU, MCT-CA, MCT-GB, MCT-US, and MCT-ZA. Each subfolder has wallpapers for a specific country: AU for Australia, CA for Canada, GB for Great Britain, US for the United States, and ZA for South Africa.
    For any of the countries whose wallpaper and themes you want to use, go into its Theme folder, for example, C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT\MCT-ZA\Theme. Double-click the theme you see there (for example ZA).
    3. That will install a shortcut to the theme and wallpapers in the Personalization section of Control Panel.

    You can now use them as you would any other theme or background, by right-clicking the desktop, choosing Personalize, and choosing a background or theme. They will be listed in their own section.