re: Missing a taskbar theme and tried the above? Thursday, May 5, 2005 at 7:50 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Sal (1 messages posted) Folks, the same thing happened to me and here's the fix. I'm sure it will work for most of you. Follow the following steps: 1) Go to Control Panel - Adminsrative tools - Computer Management 2) Double Click on services and applications 3) Double Click on services 4) Double Click on Themes 5) Click "Start" Go back to your desktop and look for Windows XP Style under the Appearance tab. It'll be there. This should fix mostly everybody's problem unless you have somehow deleted the "Luna.theme" file from your computer. To check, go to C:\windows\Resources\themes. You should see both a Luna folder and a Luna.theme here. If you don't that is your problem. Download these, install them under the director above and then look for the Windows Xp theme again on your desktop. This should do it. Sal On Thursday, April 14, 2005 at 7:13 pm, 8Ball wrote: >I can honestly say, I had tried all the suggestions mentioned on this page. However >most are pretty simply. >1. Check the themes service is running - right click my pc, manage and click services >and application, then services - scroll to Themes service and check its running. > >2. Check themes are installed - open C:\%system_volume%\resources\themes this should >have luna.theme and a Luna folder containing the luna.msstyles and etc... if not, >copy them in. > >3. Install SP2 - yes thats right. If you already do have it, reinstall it. >(This should restore and update sytem files, such as uxtheme.dll which may affect >how themes appear on your pc.) > >3a. Not tested - but try installing a skinning application, like styleXP or XPSP2 >patcher. > >{Got a question, you ask the 8 ball} > > Written in response to: Missing a taskbar theme and tried the above? 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