Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Unlock Hidden Themes in Windows 7 http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/previewImages/100/477957_100x75.jpg Channel 9 - Unlock Hidden Themes in Windows 7 In addition to the handful of themes built in to Window 7, there are others which can be downloaded from the Windows 7 web site, and those created by independent third-party designers. But did you know that there are even more themes hidden within the OS itself? According to WinVistaClub, these hidden themes were meant for different regions like Australia, Canada, Great Britain, United States and South Africa. But thanks to their handy instructions, you can unlock these themes easily so you have more options with which to customize your Windows 7 desktop. To unlock the hidden themes, do the following: 1. Open Windows Explorer 2. Click Organize, and select Folder and Search Options. 3. Go to View tab. 4. Select Show hidden files, folders and drivers and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended). If prompted with confirmation, click Yes. 5. Click OK. 6. Browse to the following folder: \Windows\Globalization\MCT\ 7. There are five folders in the name with format MCT-XX (where XX is AU, CA, GB, US, or ZA) which represents globalization settings for each region. Go into the folder that you want to activate its theme. Note: AU, CA and ZA regions have the same themes. 8. Open the Theme folder inside the selected region folder. 9. Double click on the XX.theme file to apply the theme to the Windows 7 desktop system. Once a theme is ran and activated, the theme will be remembered and saved into Personalization options, so that user can change or select the theme again directly from Personalization settings screen. 10. Now to go to Folder Options to reverse the first 5 steps to hide the hidden and protected system files and folders again. After unlocking, there will be more themes for available for customization. en Wed, 22 May 2013 05:38:07 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 05:38:07 GMT Rev9 Re: Unlock Hidden Themes in Windows 7 The MCT folder isn't present on my home Win7 Ultimate machine. Perhaps because I haven't installed the language packs?

posted by JamieEi

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Sarah/Unlock-Hidden-Themes-in-Windows-7#c633893169310000000 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:35:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Sarah/Unlock-Hidden-Themes-in-Windows-7#c633893169310000000 JamieEi Re: Unlock Hidden Themes in Windows 7 He he. Cool!  Love the penguins hanging out on the beach in the South Africa theme.  LOL.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Sarah/Unlock-Hidden-Themes-in-Windows-7#c633893201070000000 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:28:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Sarah/Unlock-Hidden-Themes-in-Windows-7#c633893201070000000 radtravis