Universal UXTheme Patcher v2.1

[Sranshaft]

Double post NC - tsk tsk!

[nightcrawler1089]

Sorry about that guys, Double Post Deleted, Stupid Idiotic Member Warned. Thanks Sranshaft .

-NC

[nightcrawler1089]

Sorry for the bump, but I want flyakite to see this.

Do you mind if I sticky this? I just think it's a very useful tool that deserves to be stickied, but if you diagree...

-NC

[flyakite]

Sure, go ahead and stickie this. Sorry I haven't been on or around recently, but I have been very busy. I'm trying to catch up with e-mail now (about 300 of them), and hopefully I'll be online in the next week or so. Take care.

Alrighty, cool . -NC

[fant0mkid1412]

hi, i am new here,

i greatly appreciate flyakite's work

recently, i reformatted my computer and (after i installed all those windows updates) i tried installing flyakiteOSX 3.5 - the tiger theme would not apply, i've read multiple forums and found out that my uxtheme was not patched... i tried the patcher in this post and would not avail

so after seeking around, i have found:

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=140707

the second post is the important one... seems maybe a recent windows update has increase data protection and prevented the patching... i used the replacer method that second post and got it to work

hope this may help other people facing the same problem

[mac wanna be]

hi,

I was wondering if this patcher, or if anyone knows of a uxtheme patch that supports the XP professional sp2 version 5.1.2600.2562? because without it can't 'mac-ify' my xp and this is the only promising patcher I can find

any help will be much appreciated, thank you

mac wanna be xxx

[.stan]

Hey I was just wondering if there will ever be a 64bit Version of this wonderful tool. It would be so sad if you will never build something like that which u said in the first post

[flyakite]

As of a few minutes ago, I've updated the version to 1.5. It basically just adds support for the most current uxtheme versions and fixes a minor internal bug.

hi,

I was wondering if this patcher, or if anyone knows of a uxtheme patch that supports the XP professional sp2 version 5.1.2600.2562? because without it can't 'mac-ify' my xp and this is the only promising patcher I can find

any help will be much appreciated, thank you

mac wanna be xxx

The problem isn't the XP version, the problem is the uxtheme.dll version. Go into WINDOWSsystem32 and find uxtheme.dll. Then check it's properties and look at the file version. That's what we need to know. However, my tool should work for every existing 32bit uxtheme version, so give it a try and see what happens.

Hey I was just wondering if there will ever be a 64bit Version of this wonderful tool. It would be so sad if you will never build something like that which u said in the first post

Hopefully sometime, but I'm not promising anything. The problem is 64bit is much different than 32bit and I originally never had a 64bit version to do testing on. However thanks to academic programs and licensing, I have a 64bit xp license and might be able to do some work on 64bit compatibiliity in the coming weeks. We'll see.

[Raats]

I think I speak for many users globally in expressing my profound thanks to Flyakite for his suite of products. A staggering standard of work, that raised the bar..

[flyakite]

Well, because I feel the need to tell someone, I am about 1/3 of the way finished with 64bit support. As of a couple of hours ago I have x64 loaded up in VMware, and have been doing hex comparisons on uxtheme files to find the right offsets to patch, and did a test to see if I could binary edit 64bit files from a 32 bit installer.

It turns out I can, and then I found out how to disable the 64bit system file redirection for 32bit apps (by default they access the 32bit folder SysWOW64, not system32).

So by the end of tomorrow I will probably have a new version supporting 64bit. If anyone wants to help me do some quick testing PM me and include your uxtheme version please. Thanks!

[flyakite]

Update: v2.0 has been released which includes 64bit support

[firecracker6]

hey fk,

I was wondering if there'd be any benefit to installing this updated UXTheme Patcher2.0 over the one that installs with FlyakiteOSX3.5?

Thanks in advance,

fc

[flyakite]

hey fk,

I was wondering if there'd be any benefit to installing this updated UXTheme Patcher2.0 over the one that installs with FlyakiteOSX3.5?

Thanks in advance,

fc

Nope, it's simply a tool that makes it so you can use 3rd party visual styles. If those are already working from the FlyakiteOSX 3.5 patch, then you're good.

[Austin123]

I was wondering if there will be a new pack and if so what improvements/addons wil the pack contain?

[flyakite]

Updated to v2.1 (fixed a few bugs I missed when adding 64bit compatibility), and figured out a way to do some things differently so that I could make the tool even smaller (66.5kb total now). Supports all uxtheme files (other than Vista) and takes about 1 second to patch.

I was wondering if there will be a new pack and if so what improvements/addons wil the pack contain?

Eventually, and I don't know. I haven't started work on it yet, but I will soon. My first priority is to release an updated version of FlyakiteXP (you can find info for it somewhere on the forum here, it's been quite awhile)

[.stan]

I sent u a mail about a unsupported version.

[.stan]

no reaction? kinda lame..

[flyakite]

I don't think I got the e-mail, I just searched my inbox and found nothing. Can you resend the e-mail, and attach your uxtheme.dll file from system32? (flyakite19 at hotmail)

[michele.c]

Hi Fly,

I thin I've a uxtheme.dll version that cant be patched with the current patcher (6.0.2900.2845)

maybe it helps...

uxtheme.zip

[flyakite]

Hi Fly,

I thin I've a uxtheme.dll version that cant be patched with the current patcher (6.0.2900.2845)

maybe it helps...

32-bit or 64-bit Windows? And this is with the most recent 2.1 patcher? Because I just checked the code and that version is in the installer for 32-bit.

[michele.c]

The version I sent was patched with the most recent patcher and it said that it has successfully patched the dll, but I can't apply any unsigned themes.

Maybe it's helpful when I attach the unpatched version? (6.0.2900.2180)

and: it's 32bit Windows pro

Thank you!

uxtheme_unpatched.zip

[.stan]

I don't think I got the e-mail, I just searched my inbox and found nothing. Can you resend the e-mail, and attach your uxtheme.dll file from system32? (flyakite19 at hotmail)

Ok I sent it again

[DZGH_Operator]

I really like your tool, it's awesome! Will you make a version that works with Vista as well? I'm using Windows Vista Business Final [Version 6, Build 6000]. If it helps you, I can mail you the uxtheme.dll.

[smoovie]

I really like your tool, it's awesome!

LMAO Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays.

[DZGH_Operator]

*gg* Thanks!