Hi - I use Windows 7, and recently I've been thinking it would be nice to have Windows XP's Luna theme with it. Does anyone know of a good way to do that? recently I found this online, which has a Luna theme for Windows 7: http://satukoro.deviantart.com/art/Luna-port-to-Windows-7-Aero-136960235 However, I wasn't able to fully install it, since it requires replacing explorer.exe, and Windows 7 doesn't give permission to mess with the Windows files.

Nightfox

Re: Luna theme for Windows 7
By: Nightfox to All on Fri Dec 10 2010 14:54:44

Hey Nightfox,

Hi - I use Windows 7, and recently I've been thinking it would be nice to have
Windows XP's Luna theme with it. Does anyone know of a good way to do that? recently I found this online, which has a Luna theme for Windows 7: http://satukoro.deviantart.com/art/Luna-port-to-Windows-7-Aero-136960235 However, I wasn't able to fully install it, since it requires replacing explorer.exe, and Windows 7 doesn't give permission to mess with the Windows files.

The way I get around this is to modify the registry to point to another shell (more or less the unix equivalent of editing the /path/to/sh in the /etc/passwd).

Run regedit in administrator mode (right click, run as administrator) and modify the hive here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>Windows NT>CurrentVersion>Winlogon. You may want to export a backup before, but it's an easy hack. Change exporer.exe there to suit you.

I think you can do this at the HKEY_LOCAL_USER hive and it might even have the added benefit of scoping the shell.exe change to the user, however I haven't actually tried this.

Hope that helps and hope all's well otherwise, been a while since we spoke :)

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Re: Luna theme for Windows 7
By: art to Nightfox on Wed Dec 15 2010 20:39:42

Run regedit in administrator mode (right click, run as administrator) and modify the hive here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>Windows NT>CurrentVersion>Winlogon. You may want to export a backup before, but it's an
easy hack. Change exporer.exe there to suit you.

Oops, forgot to mention but fairly obvious:

- if you want to jump to the new shell immediately, kill explorer.exe and run (from file menu in task manager) the new shell.
- otherwise, logoff and log back in.

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Re: Luna theme for Windows 7
By: art to Nightfox on Wed Dec 15 2010 20:39:42

The way I get around this is to modify the registry to point to another shel (more or less the unix equivalent of editing the /path/to/sh in the /etc/passwd).

Ah, that's a good idea.. Thanks for the suggestion.

Hope that helps and hope all's well otherwise, been a while since we spoke :

Yeah, it has been. :) Things are alright for me - I hope things are well for you.

Re: Luna theme for Windows 7
By: Nightfox to All on Fri Dec 10 2010 02:54 pm

Hi - I use Windows 7, and recently I've been thinking it would be nice to have Windows XP's Luna theme with it. Does anyone know of a good way to do that? recently I found this online, which has a Luna theme for Windows 7: http://satukoro.deviantart.com/art/Luna-port-to-Windows-7-Aero-136960235 However, I wasn't able to fully install it, since it requires replacing explorer.exe, and Windows 7 doesn't give permission to mess with the
Windows files.

I don't know what "Luna" is, though to be honest, I've never been a fan of Themes and such. They just tend to take up more memory. Not effiecent.
If you need to replace explorer.exe, the easiest way is to install easypeasy
on a thumb drive or memory card, then boot from it and copy the new explorer.exe ontop of the old. It's how I remove the really stubbern viruses that manage to find the access to get into places that they shouldn't have access to muck with...


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Re: Luna theme for Windows 7
By: John Guillory to Nightfox on Mon Dec 20 2010 17:04:16

I don't know what "Luna" is, though to be honest, I've never been a fan o

Luna is the name of the cartoonish theme that is the default in Windows XP.

If you need to replace explorer.exe, the easiest way is to install easypeasy on a thumb drive or memory card, then boot from it and copy the new explorer.exe ontop of the old. It's how I remove the really stubbern viruse

Thanks for the suggestion. :)

Nightfox

Re: Luna theme for Windows 7
By: John Guillory to Nightfox on Mon Dec 20 2010 05:04 pm

I don't know what "Luna" is, though to be honest, I've never been a fan o Themes and such. They just tend to take up more memory. Not effiecent.

it's not bad looking and doesnt bog down the computer if you have a half
decent one. runs just fine on a computer that's about 5years old.


regarding copying another shell over explorer.exe, that shit may have worked okay with windows 95/98 but i wouldnt try it with today's windows OS.


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Re: Luna theme for Windows 7
By: Jas Hud to John Guillory on Mon Dec 27 2010 04:30:29

regarding copying another shell over explorer.exe, that shit may have worked okay with windows 95/98 but i wouldnt try it with today's windows OS.

That's true, and I wondered why they recommended doing that in the guide I was reading, particularly if Windows 7 won't let you. I found a different guide that offered a different solution, using a piece of software to patch some UI-related DLL files: http://www.askvg.com/how-to-install-use-3rd-party-custom-themes-in-windows-7

Nightfox

Nightfox wrote:

Hi - I use Windows 7, and recently I've been thinking it would be nice to have
Windows XP's Luna theme with it. Does anyone know of a good way to do that? recently I found this online, which has a Luna theme for Windows 7: http://satukoro.deviantart.com/art/Luna-port-to-Windows-7-Aero-136960235 However, I wasn't able to fully install it, since it requires replacing explorer.exe, and Windows 7 doesn't give permission to mess with the Windows files.

Yuck.. win7 aero is the first nice ootb ui shell windows has ever had (aside from maybe the XP MCE shell).

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Tracker1 wrote to Nightfox <=-

Yuck.. win7 aero is the first nice ootb ui shell windows has ever had (aside from maybe the XP MCE shell).

While not technically OOTB, the Royale Noir shell is nice. It's not a far
cry from the default Fisher-Price XP shell, but darker and much better
looking with dark backgrounds.

http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061029/royale-noir/

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Re: Re: Luna theme for Windows 7
By: Tracker1 to Nightfox on Fri Jan 14 2011 01:11:19

Yuck.. win7 aero is the first nice ootb ui shell windows has ever had (aside from maybe the XP MCE shell).

I often find the new Windows themes hard to get used to.. Aero just bugs me for some reason..

Nightfox