Original vista style, something gone terribly wrong...

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I made the mistake of installing a theme i found on the web (seemed nice on the photos) called "xion". The thing is, after i noticed somehting was wrong, i tried to uninstall with the proper uninstallation tool which did not work. The result was to revert back to the original vista aero theme and visual, however some buttons in windows explorer are stuck to the xion thing and also the logon screen as well. (some x's here and there too).

I tried window blinds to see if i could restore the original vista theme and lose the xion leftovers but nothing helps. Can someone point me to the right direction? (Other than re-installing vista).
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
When installed does it appear in add/remove programs? If so you may want to re-install it and then uninstall it with Revo UninstallerWWW Link set on advanced,then reboot.It will clean out your registry properly without removing anything you don't want it to.It's free and safe to use.
.Revo can also clean-up without "xion" being installed at all,but I have never used "hunter mode" so that's why I say to reinstall the "xion" theme first. Good Luck.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
tried install/uninstall and no it doesnt appear in add/remove. the solution must be somehow to re-insert the "damaged" dll's in system32 folder without completing destroying windows! :-(
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ok found solution after hard thinking...

i ran ntfs4dos (through ultimate boot cd) and copied the originals of these files:
c:\windows\system32\authui.dll
c:\windows\system32\browseui.dll
c:\windows\system32\oobefldr.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\branding\\shellbrd\shellbrd.dll
c:\windows\system32\wmploc.dll
c:\windows\system32\shsvcs.dll
c:\windows\system32\themeui.dll
c:\windows\system32\uxtheme.dll


These files intervene in the browser mode of the explorer and such, i.e. buttons, etc.

case closed, all back to normal.


hope this helps other ppl.
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Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks for posting your fix.   :CONGRAT:  :)
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Great job on posting the fix.  This is the problem and the hassle of installing visual styles in vista.  With Xp it was easy and programs like StyleXp got very popular, but because there are so many files that deal with different aspects of the theme, Style Xp just faded out i guess.  I occasionally pop in a visual style if i find one i really like and end up changing a lot of systems files.  (speaking of which i have one on right now)

Always create a restore point prior to changeing themes otherwise you won't know where to go back.