ClippyBeer
Moderator
I hope it's not too late to post this but I've been swamped - I had a few Christmas Windows XP themes archived that I want to share just barely in time for the holidays. Microsoft won't let you use any third-party themes unless you patch your uxtheme.dll. The latest version of UXTheme Multi Patcher can be downloaded from:
https://www.windowsxlive.net/uxtheme-multi-patcher/
Scroll all the way to the bottom and click the download link.
Unzip and run
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2F9qbptt2%2Fuxpatcher.png&hash=463b239d9fafb8658ea39371de7670ae)
Make sure you untick the 'Set Windows X's Live as default homepage' box and hit 'Patch'.
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2FBffCtXG%2Fpatching.png&hash=80c73d31bf832ad395344496157a046f)
Wait a bit while it modifies the .dll file.
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2F4jFrrf4%2Fpatchdones.png&hash=bd72cd29c604196f70ecbc10ef350eb5)
Now you can use third party themes!
I have 3 you can download in 1 zip file:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/21nvwrdibgxklde/ChristmasThemes.zip/file
Extract to \WINDOWS\Resources\Themes
Use Explorer and navigate to one of the folders you extracted and click on the .msstyles file.
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2F5YqVvJn%2Fthemechoose.png&hash=3bd77b425f2b0e8170b6f13f903ec0f0)
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2F5WbN0zr%2Fthemeproperties.png&hash=b525ad791bc375f1cb81d9d742407e34)
Just click 'OK' and you have a festive theme!
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2FRzGHypj%2Fxmas3.png&hash=318770d9b717bc078f38302984c0b62a)
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2FctDB82B%2Fxmas2.png&hash=e75e7efc384c4ef66cf36e845c34955b)
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2FtzdhGSm%2Fxmas1.png&hash=a4aeb28d98ae6ede0655737a209af842)
Happy Holidays!
https://www.windowsxlive.net/uxtheme-multi-patcher/
Scroll all the way to the bottom and click the download link.
Unzip and run
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2F9qbptt2%2Fuxpatcher.png&hash=463b239d9fafb8658ea39371de7670ae)
Make sure you untick the 'Set Windows X's Live as default homepage' box and hit 'Patch'.
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2FBffCtXG%2Fpatching.png&hash=80c73d31bf832ad395344496157a046f)
Wait a bit while it modifies the .dll file.
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2F4jFrrf4%2Fpatchdones.png&hash=bd72cd29c604196f70ecbc10ef350eb5)
Now you can use third party themes!
I have 3 you can download in 1 zip file:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/21nvwrdibgxklde/ChristmasThemes.zip/file
Extract to \WINDOWS\Resources\Themes
Use Explorer and navigate to one of the folders you extracted and click on the .msstyles file.
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2F5YqVvJn%2Fthemechoose.png&hash=3bd77b425f2b0e8170b6f13f903ec0f0)
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2F5WbN0zr%2Fthemeproperties.png&hash=b525ad791bc375f1cb81d9d742407e34)
Just click 'OK' and you have a festive theme!
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2FRzGHypj%2Fxmas3.png&hash=318770d9b717bc078f38302984c0b62a)
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2FctDB82B%2Fxmas2.png&hash=e75e7efc384c4ef66cf36e845c34955b)
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2FtzdhGSm%2Fxmas1.png&hash=a4aeb28d98ae6ede0655737a209af842)
Happy Holidays!