# Help installing WinXP Theme **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [August 15, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604 "2003-08-15T16:32:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mdipi](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mdipi/32/49_2.png) [@mdipi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mdipi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/1 "2003-08-15T16:32:54Z")
Ok guys i got this skin over at [www.neowin.net](http://www.neowin.net) 's forums. but see i followed the directions to installing but it wont show up on my seletion list. i know unflux has this skin its called **Classix 10k** if anyone else has this skin and had troubble installing it please help! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/2 "2003-08-15T17:09:52Z")
Basically, you have to hack a file called uxtheme.dll. Search google for that file and you will come across loads of instructions for how to change it. Also, is the file a .msstyles or a .theme file? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/3 "2003-08-15T17:18:28Z")
i asked the boards that i got it at and they said the same thing, but i got style xp and it works great now! i cant belive how much i love this style! w00t. yeah i odnt want to go around chaning files…to risky :-\ thanks anyway though! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/4 "2003-08-15T17:44:09Z")
here are some links of it, this is soo sweet! [www.mdipi.com/sorry/dtop\_classix1.jpg](http://www.mdipi.com/sorry/dtop_classix1.jpg) [www.mdipi.com/sorry/dtop\_classix2.jpg](http://www.mdipi.com/sorry/dtop_classix2.jpg) [www.mdipi.com/sorry/dtop\_classix3.jpg](http://www.mdipi.com/sorry/dtop_classix3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/5 "2003-08-15T22:45:10Z")
It’s nice, but not my kind of thing 😛 I’m trying to make one :thumb: - Soul :s: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/6 "2003-08-15T22:49:36Z")
u wanna see a really cool theme? check out lynchknot’s panther theme and his smooth stripes ooooh, pretty!!! [www.studiotwentyeight.com](http://www.studiotwentyeight.com) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/7 "2003-08-15T23:13:32Z")
mdipi:that theme is sweet! can i have the link to it? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/8 "2003-08-16T00:23:25Z")
that looks shweet man… [grumbles] grr, he’s got galaxies…sonofa…[/grumbles] meh, anyway, yeh good job, it looks niiice 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/9 "2003-08-16T01:51:18Z")
> \*Originally posted by Soul \* > \*\*It’s nice, but not my kind of thing 😛 I’m trying to make one :thumb: - Soul :s: \*\* What program do you use to make your own is it style Xp or what ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/10 "2003-08-16T02:45:59Z")
i think its called skin xp? not to sure. um sushis, gimme a few to find it and i would be glad to help you out! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/11 "2003-08-16T03:02:33Z")
for those who wanted it: > **[\[vs\] Classix 10k](https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/73484-vs-classix-10k/)** > > This visual style is a modification of Classix with elements inspired by k10k. I created the initial design, it was tweaked and polished by Saint Dark and B... these are the best styles around! [http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=36](http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=36) edit: windows blinds is another thing you use to make XP skins. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/12 "2003-08-16T06:55:43Z")
thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/13 "2003-08-17T02:01:10Z")
no prob dude. glad i could help! to get it to wokr you will need styleXP though. [www.styleXP.org](http://www.styleXP.org) [www.download.com](http://www.download.com) - they have it there, but iu dont know the address for the direct link ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-installing-winxp-theme/28604/14 "2003-08-27T12:55:47Z")
hey guys while helping ahmed install this theme i found this. neowin lost their server HD’s so my neowin links no longer work. > **[Classix 10k 2](http://unr3al.deviantart.com/art/Classix-10k-2-1883531)** > > Updated version: SD versions added and a new Bant version added so that makes a total of a theme divided in 2 msstyles files and each one in 8 subthemes (16 subthemes) virtualy bugfree there is a download there. here is teh [download.com](http://download.com) link for styleXP > **[Classix 10k 2](http://unr3al.deviantart.com/art/Classix-10k-2-1883531)** > > Updated version: SD versions added and a new Bant version added so that makes a total of a theme divided in 2 msstyles files and each one in 8 subthemes (16 subthemes) virtualy bugfree