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* Probably quite future-proof
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* Fixes LogonUI resetting some colors on locking
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## Limitations
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## Operating System Support
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Styles must still have a format-wise valid signature appended, it is just not verified. For this reason themes need to be applied with the tool, rather than in Personalization / Themes.
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## Operating System Support\*
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* Windows 8.1
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* Windows 10
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* Windows 11 (tested: 21H2, 22H2)
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* Future versions\*\*
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\* Windows 7 or older will never be supported due to the way themes are implemented.
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\*\* The current code doesn't depend on any code, binary or memory layout of uxtheme and related dlls, therefore should work unless major changes are made to how themes in general work.
Locking Windows makes LogonUI reset certain colors and ignore the currently set style. This tool can fix this problem. A picture comparison showing the Task Manager opened after locking Windows without and with the fix can be seen here:
I recommend [DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/tag/windows10themes) for finding themes, although it is a bit noisy. Alternatives are [7themes.su](https://7themes.su/) which is much more organized (but be wary of fake adware download buttons! use the one that says Яндекс.Диск). Also, you can just search for themes with your favorite search engine. Make sure that the theme you're about to apply is compatible with your windows version.
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## Donations
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This software is provided completely free of charge to you, however I spent time and effort developing it. If you like this software, please consider making a donation:
I recommend [DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/tag/windows11themes) for finding themes. Make sure that the theme you're about to apply is compatible with your Windows version.
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## Frequently Asked Questions
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### **Q: Help, SecureUxTheme broke my install and it's login looping now**
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### **Q: Help, SecureUxTheme broke my installation, and it's login looping now**
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A: [Help: Login loop after installing SecureUxTheme](https://github.com/namazso/SecureUxTheme/wiki/Help:-Login-loop-after-installing-SecureUxTheme)
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### **Q: Help, a theme broke my install and it's login looping now**
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### **Q: Help, a theme broke my installation, and it's login looping now**
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A: [Help: Login loop after setting a theme](https://github.com/namazso/SecureUxTheme/wiki/Help:-Login-loop-after-setting-a-theme)
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### **Q: I just want a themed Windows, what do I do with all this?**
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A: [Help: Step by step installing SecureUxTheme and a custom theme](https://github.com/namazso/SecureUxTheme/wiki/Help:-Step-by-step-installing-SecureUxTheme-and-a-custom-theme)
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### **Q: I have 1909 or later, and the Address bar / Search bar is weird when clicked**
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A: Consider using OldNewExplorer which fixes this. Alternatively, see [Issue #6](https://github.com/namazso/SecureUxTheme/issues/6).
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### **Q: Can you make themes per-program?**
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A: Unfortunately, this is [close to impossible](https://github.com/namazso/SecureUxTheme/issues/9#issuecomment-611897882). However for Office programs, there is a [plugin](https://github.com/matafokka/ExcelDarkThemeFix) for fixing this.
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A: Unfortunately, this is [close to impossible](https://github.com/namazso/SecureUxTheme/issues/9#issuecomment-611897882). However, for Office programs, there is a [plugin](https://github.com/matafokka/ExcelDarkThemeFix) for fixing this.
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### **Q:**`SelectTheme: pTheme->GetVisualStyle failed with 80070002`
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A: You probably installed a theme by opening / double clicking. Custom themes cannot be installed like that, they must be moved to `%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes` with all their accompanying files.
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## Is it SecureUxTheme or ThemeTool? And what does it stand for anyways?
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Naming has been pretty messy in this project, I admit that. Originally this project was for myself, and consisted of only the hooking dll, and required hex-editing the invalid signature to the themes. The project was named SecureUxTheme. In hindsight, this was a pretty bad naming. While it contains "secure" in the name, it is rather "safe" instead of "secure". The UxTheme part comes from the dll name (`uxtheme.dll`) which needed to be patched on XP when visual styles were introduced. This dll is no longer containing the signature verification code since Windows Vista, however the name stuck, and all software similar to this are called uxtheme-patchers. Anyways, after deciding to release, I added a new component named "ThemeInvalidSigner" for adding the invalid signature to themes, and also an NSIS installer so that you don't have to run .reg files. This was the initial release. Later I grew tired of various problems and issue reports with the built-in Personalization I was using for letting users set themes, and this is when ThemeTool was born. It originally was a proof-of-concept app for setting themes via the IThemeManager2 COM interface I reverse-engineered, however it soon got the capability of patching themes, and eventually replaced the installer too. This also improved on the virus detections, for unknown reasons.
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**TL;DR**: SecureUxTheme is the project and the hook dll, ThemeTool is the installer / UI component.
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## Building
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### Requirements
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* Visual Studio 2022 (or above) with x86, x64, ARM64 toolchains
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### Compiling
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Note that the order of the builds is important, building ThemeTool will fail if some architecture is missing SecureUxTheme build.
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