My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance tab under display properties.

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I have the same problem. Let me know if you get the answer.


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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good.. why would you want the crappy my first 0s look to xp anyways?


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 7:13 pm, Dan wrote:
>I have the same problem. Let me know if you get the answer.
>
>


>On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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if you don't see it in appearances, have you tried in «Themes»?
kxp.jpg is where you may be able to fix it at. :)


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 7:13 pm, Dan wrote:
>I have the same problem. Let me know if you get the answer.
>
>

>On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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This happened to me. Go to control panel->display>themes and set the theme to xp. This fixed it for me.


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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have you ever been able to fix this problem? If so, how?


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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Look Up XP taskbar....


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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look up XP taskbar in here...


On Saturday, January 12, 2002 at 7:51 am, Xial wrote:
>if you don't see it in appearances, have you tried in «Themes»?
>
kxp.jpg is where you may be able to fix
>it at. :)
>

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Hi! Did anyone manage to resolve this issue as I am now having the same problem. I have windows xp theme installed but when you go into the appearance setting you can only choose windows classic style for buttons and colours. Really beginning to bug me now any advise would be most appreciated. Thanks, Karen.


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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Hi everyone, If you are still trying to find out you Question, i have an answer. Firstly look in directory "C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes" then make sure you have these files called "Luna.*" and "Windows Classic.*" and also a (folder) called "Luna" which comes with the "Luna.*" file. If you dont have these files please E-Mail me at snoop_dogg_6@msn.com and say "I need these files", then i will send a *.zip file with all the file you need in there. Note: If you get the *.zip file it will be made up to extract it self, but make sure it is going to be going in the right directory incase it is not the right directory or is not there at all. The directory you will be looking for is "C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes" Note: The example above is for Windows XP...

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Try the opposite of this hint below :-

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the fix that worked for me was to go into Computer Manager (right-click my computer, manage) under Services, set the Theme service to start automatically, and restart.


On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 6:37 am, Karen wrote:
>Hi! Did anyone manage to resolve this issue as I am now having the same problem.
> I have windows xp theme installed but when you go into the appearance setting you
>can only choose windows classic style for buttons and colours. Really beginning
>to bug me now any advise would be most appreciated. Thanks, Karen.
>
>

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I tried all of these and nothing worked but eventually I realised that placing a copy of uxtheme.dll in c:\windows\ was the problem. I had placed it there so I could copy it over the existing version in c:\windows\system32\. When I attempted to delete the file in c:\windows\ it would not let me because it had been loaded into memory. This was probably causing a conflict somewhere. It seems unlikely that any of you have done this but if you have then this fixed it for me. However do not go around deleting every other copy of uxtheme.dll in windows subdirectories as many of them are necessary. Only delete c:\windows\uxtheme.dll.


On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 6:37 am, Karen wrote:
>Hi! Did anyone manage to resolve this issue as I am now having the same problem.
> I have windows xp theme installed but when you go into the appearance setting you
>can only choose windows classic style for buttons and colours. Really beginning
>to bug me now any advise would be most appreciated. Thanks, Karen.
>
>

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I had the same problem and resolved it by doing the following: 1St) In file explorer, Tools, Folder Options check to make sure of the following: a) Check the check box for "Show hidden Files". b) Uncheck both checkboxes for: Hide Extensions of Known file types and Hide protected operating system files. This will ensure that you will be able to find the file outlined below however, be sure to recheck these boxes afterwards to protect them. 2) Go to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes and locate a file: "Luna.theme" and double click on it. The appearance screen will come up showing "Windows XP Style". Click on apply. Note: I also created a short cut to this file on my desktop just incase this happens again. I do not know what caused the problem to begin with however, this did fix the problem for me.


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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Go to Control Panel Administrative Tools, Services, and make sure "Themes are turned on and set this service to Automatic. This will work. Stevix


On Thursday, May 15, 2003 at 7:06 pm, Mike wrote:
>I had the same problem and resolved it by doing the following:
>
>1St) In file explorer, Tools, Folder Options check to make sure of the following:
>
>a) Check the check box for "Show hidden Files".
>b) Uncheck both checkboxes for: Hide Extensions of Known file types and Hide protected
>operating system files.
>
>This will ensure that you will be able to find the file outlined below however, be
>sure to recheck these boxes afterwards to
>
>protect them.
>
>2) Go to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes and locate a file: "Luna.theme" and double click
>on it.
>
>The appearance screen will come up showing "Windows XP Style". Click on apply.
>
>Note: I also created a short cut to this file on my desktop just incase this happens
>again.
>I do not know what caused the problem to begin with however, this did fix the problem
>for me.
>
>

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I am having a similiar problem to the one described here, but I haven't been able 
to fix it yet by any of the methods suggested. The strangest part is, the problem 
keeps coming and going - it's happened four times now.





On the "Appearance" tab, under "Windows and buttons", for some reason only "Windows 
Classic style" is listed - I normally use "Windows XP style". "Windows XP" *is* listed 
under themes, but selecting and applying it still does not use the new style windows 
and buttons.

The Themes service is set to "Automatic", and I have all the required files in "C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes". 
I have also tried re-installing these files.

The problem occured earlier today, but has now gone away, again. Restarting does 
not fix the problem, the Windows XP style just seems to come back into the list randomly. 
I checked an hour ago and it wasn't there. I checked ten minutes ago, without having 
restarted or even used the PC in the mean time, and it was back.

If anyone has any idea what may be causing this please let me know. Thanks!

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It comes and goes for me too. Whenever a windows update happens, it always reverts back to classic, and I can't choose xp. The choice is not there. After a few days, it mysteriously reappears. Rebooting doesn't seem to help. And sometimes, one or two users will be able to pick it, but others not (we have home, and four users, and sometimes limited users can choose xp, and admistrators can't. bizarre.) I've given up. The next time it happens to me, I'm going to call them up. Apparently you get two free support calls, and I've never used any, ever. So I figure, what the heck... Rob


On Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 11:09 am, Taniniver wrote:

>I am having a similiar problem to the one described here, but I haven't been able 
>to fix it yet by any of the methods suggested. The strangest part is, the problem 
>keeps coming and going - it's happened four times now.
>

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For me Luna.theme was not enough. The real button and task bar information is in "luna.msstyles" file. Somehow that file was dissappeared from my computer. But as soon as I copied it back to the "...\themes\luna" folder the XP style option was available again.

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Ok, For those of you who have tried all of these fixes, here's the one that worked for me. More than likely your c:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\luna.msstyles files has been corrupted. In order to fix this you will need your Windows XP Install CD. Make a new folder in the root of your c: drive (ex. c:\temp). This is where we are going to extract a good luna.msstyles file. Put in your XP Install CD. If it autoruns just close it. Go to a command prompt. (ex. Start, Run, Type command, and hit enter.) You should now see something like this C:\DOCUME~1\youruser>. Type in the name of the CD Drive you put the disk in followed by a colon (ex. D:). Now for the fun part. Type in cd i386. Now type in expand luna.ms_ c:\temp. You should now have expanded the file into your temp folder. Type exit to close the command prompt. Go to your temp folder and rename luna.ms_ to luna.msstyles. Double click on it to set your appearance to XP to see if it works. If it does copy the file to your c:\windows\resources\themes\luna folder. Later


On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 6:37 am, Karen wrote:
>Hi! Did anyone manage to resolve this issue as I am now having the same problem.
> I have windows xp theme installed but when you go into the appearance setting you
>can only choose windows classic style for buttons and colours. Really beginning
>to bug me now any advise would be most appreciated. Thanks, Karen.
>
>

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I made a copy of Msstyles and deleted the current one and then replaced it with my copy, for now it is fixed.

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I have had this only on one of the three windows XP (pro) installations I use. I found the simplest and most "eejut-proof" way is to keep a backup of the "themes" folder somewhere handy and just copy back the themes folder into resources/themes. Its only 4mb. Tip: if you have "lost" the original themes folder, and restore is enabled, just restore to a point where it was all working and copy the themes from there. It works. Just slap it on your desktop and it will still be there when you undo the restore back to the latest. I usually leave restore enabled for a week or two after a fresh install, just in case. Be very grateful if anyone could tell us what is actually going wrong here! this has happened on three different hard drives now, after full format and clean installs.


On Monday, May 19, 2003 at 6:24 pm, Stevix wrote:
>Go to Control Panel Administrative Tools, Services, and make sure "Themes are turned
>on and set this service to Automatic. This will work.
>Stevix
>
>

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seems like the only fix is replacing the 'luna' files in windows. I got the luna files from my brothers computer and it worked but now i have another problem. In user accounts, I had the 'welcome' screen enabled and whenever i restarted/shutdown my computer before, it would say "windows is logging off" or something like that in a little animation like the 'welcome screen'. Now it does it in a window (the way it looks if you have the 'welcome' screen disabled) so that file is messed up now too but i dont know what file it is so i cant replace it. Can anyone help me?


On Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 4:24 pm, Michael Johnson wrote:
>Ok, For those of you who have tried all of these fixes, here's the one that worked
>for me. More than likely your c:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\luna.msstyles files
>has been corrupted. In order to fix this you will need your Windows XP Install CD.
>Make a new folder in the root of your c: drive (ex. c:\temp). This is where we are
>going to extract a good luna.msstyles file. Put in your XP Install CD. If it autoruns
>just close it. Go to a command prompt. (ex. Start, Run, Type command, and hit enter.)
>You should now see something like this C:\DOCUME~1\youruser>. Type in the name of
>the CD Drive you put the disk in followed by a colon (ex. D:). Now for the fun part.
>Type in cd i386. Now type in expand luna.ms_ c:\temp. You should now have expanded
>the file into your temp folder. Type exit to close the command prompt. Go to your
>temp folder and rename luna.ms_ to luna.msstyles. Double click on it to set your
>appearance to XP to see if it works. If it does copy the file to your c:\windows\resources\themes\luna
>folder.
>
>
>Later
>
>
>

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i had the same problem i had to rename a few files to get the options back in WINDOWS\Resources\Themes LUNA~1.TH~ and WINDOW~1.TH~ for the themes changed the names to luna.theme and windows.theme and in the luna folder there was a luna file there i had to rename back to Luna.msstyles for the xp buttons/xp look

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For me, the problem is that it won't let me load a theme because my "theme service is not running." Well, I've done everything I know to do to make sure that it is. It says that it is running, and it is set to automatic. I've stopped it, started it, restarted it ... It seems like an error that I just don't have the brains to fix.

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Thanks dude, it worked perfectly.


On Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 4:24 pm, Michael Johnson wrote:
>Ok, For those of you who have tried all of these fixes, here's the one that worked
>for me. More than likely your c:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\luna.msstyles files
>has been corrupted. In order to fix this you will need your Windows XP Install CD.
>Make a new folder in the root of your c: drive (ex. c:\temp). This is where we are
>going to extract a good luna.msstyles file. Put in your XP Install CD. If it autoruns
>just close it. Go to a command prompt. (ex. Start, Run, Type command, and hit enter.)
>You should now see something like this C:\DOCUME~1\youruser>. Type in the name of
>the CD Drive you put the disk in followed by a colon (ex. D:). Now for the fun part.
>Type in cd i386. Now type in expand luna.ms_ c:\temp. You should now have expanded
>the file into your temp folder. Type exit to close the command prompt. Go to your
>temp folder and rename luna.ms_ to luna.msstyles. Double click on it to set your
>appearance to XP to see if it works. If it does copy the file to your c:\windows\resources\themes\luna
>folder.
>
>
>Later
>
>
>

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Had same problem with my taskbar...Xp colours disappeared after a microsoft upgrade. Copied the file luns.msstyles from a working machine to the c:\windows\resources\luna folder and it worked. Seems xp ugrades sometimes corrupts files....go figure

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Yea, I had the same problem and solved it a lot easier than messing with all that registry crap! It all starts with changing a setting or installing a program and then restarting your computer. You don't relize it has changed untill you reboot. I thought about it for a little bit and then remembered that I set a minimum font size in my web browser. Sure enough I changed it back and restarted my comp. and I was able to select windows XP in my appearance. Your web settings have a profound effect on everything else in a windows OS. Enjoy, Eagle Designer www.dyeworks.us www.dyeworks.us


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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Michael Johnson........Hey Thank you very much for the post. I know the post was from over a year ago, but I was having the same problems that the others were having and your post helped me solve my problem. Just wanted to say Thank You! -Tony


On Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 4:24 pm, Michael Johnson wrote:
>Ok, For those of you who have tried all of these fixes, here's the one that worked
>for me. More than likely your c:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\luna.msstyles files
>has been corrupted. In order to fix this you will need your Windows XP Install CD.
>Make a new folder in the root of your c: drive (ex. c:\temp). This is where we are
>going to extract a good luna.msstyles file. Put in your XP Install CD. If it autoruns
>just close it. Go to a command prompt. (ex. Start, Run, Type command, and hit enter.)
>You should now see something like this C:\DOCUME~1\youruser>. Type in the name of
>the CD Drive you put the disk in followed by a colon (ex. D:). Now for the fun part.
>Type in cd i386. Now type in expand luna.ms_ c:\temp. You should now have expanded
>the file into your temp folder. Type exit to close the command prompt. Go to your
>temp folder and rename luna.ms_ to luna.msstyles. Double click on it to set your
>appearance to XP to see if it works. If it does copy the file to your c:\windows\resources\themes\luna
>folder.
>
>
>Later
>
>
>

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I would like to second that; had a similar problem: the XP theme was available as an option but had an "unspecified error". Followed the steps exactly and it's sorted :) Thank you!!


On Tuesday, January 4, 2005 at 10:42 pm, Anthony Andrews wrote:
>Michael Johnson........Hey Thank you very much for the post. I know the post was
>from over a year ago, but I was having the same problems that the others were having
>and your post helped me solve my problem. Just wanted to say Thank You!
>
>-Tony
>
>
>
>

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i do have the luna files and i opend it so i have the Luna Files..but when i open appearance and theme's and go opens Display properties it has my choice of the theme to XP..it only shows "windows XP theme" under appearance but when i go to click apply a box pops up saying "the visual styles could not be applied. The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion" and i have to click okay for the box to go away. And when I go to "Themes'' under Display properties the XP theme won't show up just the classic type.so does anyone think they can help me out? Email me @ dabomb_04@hotmail.com i'd really appreciate it!

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i do have the luna files and i opend it so i have the Luna Files..but when i open appearance and theme's and go opens Display properties it has my choice of the theme to XP..it only shows "windows XP theme" under appearance but when i go to click apply a box pops up saying "the visual styles could not be applied. The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion" and i have to click okay for the box to go away. And when I go to "Themes'' under Display properties the XP theme won't show up just the classic type.so do you think you can help me out? :(

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The problem I'm having is similar but when I select the Windows XP theme the screen 
goes to black and white (which is normal) then it becomes frozen.  When I try to 
call up Task Manager (Cntrl Alt Del) that pops up, I select Task Manager, then the 
window disappears - the system remaining frozen.  I can only force a reboot at this 
point.

I thought it may be a virus or adware - my AV program, Panda, protection level only 
goes to Low now.  So I ran Spybot and it found a bunch of gunk which is no more; 
rebooted and still can't get Windows XP theme going.

Also, I tried all of that luna stuff, up and down and all I got out of that was it 
trying to change the desktop theme to Windows XP where it did it's thing and freeze 
on me.


Hep me pleez









On Saturday, February 26, 2005 at 12:45 am, brynduh wrote:

>i do have the luna files and i opend it so i have the Luna Files..but when i open 

>appearance and theme's and go opens Display properties it has  my choice of the 
theme 

>to XP..it only shows "windows XP theme" under appearance but when i go to click 
apply 

>a box pops up saying "the visual styles could not be applied.  The service did not 

>respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion" and i have to click 

>okay for the box to go away.  And when I go to "Themes'' under Display properties 

>the XP theme won't show up just the classic type.so do you think you can help me 

>out?

>

>:( 

to the ppl who have been having trouble with switching themes...i have had similar trouble and i discovered that Zone Alarm firewall might be conflicting. here's a site for more info http://www.issociate.de/board/post/159551/ZA_hangs_Display_Properties.html

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I was wondering if you could help me, i'm havin a problem with my XP theme toolbar coming up it isnt available on my theme's when i go to my control panel, people had said you had 2 make sure you have the LUNA files and i do i dont knoe what 2 do please email me if u can help! dabomb_04@hotmail.com

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I solved my problem by uninstalling SP 2.  After that everything came back and my 
PC ran faster.  I have no intention to reinstall SP 2.







On Saturday, February 26, 2005 at 12:45 am, brynduh wrote:

>i do have the luna files and i opend it so i have the Luna Files..but when i open 

>appearance and theme's and go opens Display properties it has  my choice of the 
theme 

>to XP..it only shows "windows XP theme" under appearance but when i go to click 
apply 

>a box pops up saying "the visual styles could not be applied.  The service did not 

>respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion" and i have to click 

>okay for the box to go away.  And when I go to "Themes'' under Display properties 

>the XP theme won't show up just the classic type.so do you think you can help me 

>out?

>

>:( 

We had the same problem with the Xp themes after installing Xp2, not letting us use the luna theme,and locking up when changing themes. We turned off zonealarm and voila-Luna theme is back! If you have Zonealarm turn it off and try changing your themes. Then uninstall zonealarm and get their latest update(you may want to delete all ZoneLabs and zonealarm folders first so you have a clean zonealarm install). And like stated above, make sure you have a good copy of the luna theme.


On Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 4:55 pm, Rogerious wrote:
>I solved my problem by uninstalling SP 2. After that everything came back and my
>PC ran faster. I have no intention to reinstall SP 2.
>
>
>

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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}


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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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}
>
>

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yup.. this worked for me.. thanks so much..


On Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 4:24 pm, Michael Johnson wrote:
>Ok, For those of you who have tried all of these fixes, here's the one that worked
>for me. More than likely your c:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\luna.msstyles files
>has been corrupted. In order to fix this you will need your Windows XP Install CD.
>Make a new folder in the root of your c: drive (ex. c:\temp). This is where we are
>going to extract a good luna.msstyles file. Put in your XP Install CD. If it autoruns
>just close it. Go to a command prompt. (ex. Start, Run, Type command, and hit enter.)
>You should now see something like this C:\DOCUME~1\youruser>. Type in the name of
>the CD Drive you put the disk in followed by a colon (ex. D:). Now for the fun part.
>Type in cd i386. Now type in expand luna.ms_ c:\temp. You should now have expanded
>the file into your temp folder. Type exit to close the command prompt. Go to your
>temp folder and rename luna.ms_ to luna.msstyles. Double click on it to set your
>appearance to XP to see if it works. If it does copy the file to your c:\windows\resources\themes\luna
>folder.
>
>
>Later
>
>
>

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aww you guys are great! restoring the luna.msstyles worked perfectly!

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Ditto. I copied the luna.msstyles file from another XP computer on my network and it was all set. Thanks!


On Friday, July 22, 2005 at 7:59 pm, NVNCBL wrote:
>aww you guys are great! restoring the luna.msstyles worked perfectly!

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Just tryed, when I try to start luna theme it says me that theme service is not started; i checked in services.msc ad it is started and working, and set to automatic... I tried to restart the service but it doesnt work... the bar arrives to a point and dont go ahead.


On Thursday, July 28, 2005 at 7:12 pm, jcarroll wrote:
>Ditto. I copied the luna.msstyles file from another XP computer on my network and
>it was all set. Thanks!
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this happened to me too but when i click in themes and select it is still looks like the classic and in the appearance tab its just gone! . i tried the themes browse C:\windows\resources\themes\luna.theme but that just still shows up as classic. and i also tried the themes service to automatic but it was already set to that! mine dosent come and go its just gone. no my luna.msstyles did not disapeir its been there and its the right one. and omg im writing all of this for nothing u see i just fixed it. omg all of this typing for nothing. o well heres what i did. i went to search/all files and folders/and typed in "luna.msstyles" (strangly located in "resources/themes/luna" or "c:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Desktop\Resources\Resources\Themes\Luna" and double clicked it and that finally loaded it for me to apply. never did it disapear i just had to double click it. THIS WILL WORK FOR SURE UNLESS U SOMEHOW GOT THE POWER TO DESTROY THE luna.msstyles file because theres not just one but one in the unknown recources place and one in each user account i believe and obviously make sure ur theme service is loaded which only an advanced user would now how to turn it off


On Thursday, September 8, 2005 at 9:18 am, GeNe wrote:
>Just tryed, when I try to start luna theme it says me that theme service is not started;
>i checked in services.msc ad it is started and working, and set to automatic...
>I tried to restart the service but it doesnt work... the bar arrives to a point and
>dont go ahead.
>
>
>

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this is the last and final fix from my last post that makes it work for sure ~if u havent already done so, show all files and folders: Click Start. Open My Computer. Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options. Select the View Tab. Under the Hidden files and folders heading select Show hidden files and folders. uncheck hide extensions for known file types Uncheck the Hide protected operating system files (recommended) option. then yes to confirm Click apply then OK. download this file http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/Resources.zip unzip, and locate the file "luna.msstyle" and copy it to the luna folder located in C:\windows\resources\themes\luna then double click the luna.msstyle from that luna folder and click apply when the display properties windows pops up and it will be saved in the appearance tab in the display properties
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> this is to the world.... i am in need of a job . i am gonna loose everything, including my internet (netzero)

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It worked! Thank you so much.


On Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 4:24 pm, Michael Johnson wrote:
>Ok, For those of you who have tried all of these fixes, here's the one that worked
>for me. More than likely your c:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\luna.msstyles files
>has been corrupted. In order to fix this you will need your Windows XP Install CD.
>Make a new folder in the root of your c: drive (ex. c:\temp). This is where we are
>going to extract a good luna.msstyles file. Put in your XP Install CD. If it autoruns
>just close it. Go to a command prompt. (ex. Start, Run, Type command, and hit enter.)
>You should now see something like this C:\DOCUME~1\youruser>. Type in the name of
>the CD Drive you put the disk in followed by a colon (ex. D:). Now for the fun part.
>Type in cd i386. Now type in expand luna.ms_ c:\temp. You should now have expanded
>the file into your temp folder. Type exit to close the command prompt. Go to your
>temp folder and rename luna.ms_ to luna.msstyles. Double click on it to set your
>appearance to XP to see if it works. If it does copy the file to your c:\windows\resources\themes\luna
>folder.
>
>
>Later
>
>
>

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The main problem lies with the Themes Service. Although it says that its started and in Automatic mode, it hasn't really. You'll know this when you click on the Luna file in Windows/Resources/Themes. When you try to stop this service, it stalls half way and times out. Event 1057. What is the solution to the root cause of all the problems. JH http://www.webkept.com

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This is the one that works because it uses your install CD to fix what seems to be a corrupted file in your themes.


On Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 4:24 pm, Michael Johnson wrote:
>Ok, For those of you who have tried all of these fixes, here's the one that worked
>for me. More than likely your c:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\luna.msstyles files
>has been corrupted. In order to fix this you will need your Windows XP Install CD.
>Make a new folder in the root of your c: drive (ex. c:\temp). This is where we are
>going to extract a good luna.msstyles file. Put in your XP Install CD. If it autoruns
>just close it. Go to a command prompt. (ex. Start, Run, Type command, and hit enter.)
>You should now see something like this C:\DOCUME~1\youruser>. Type in the name of
>the CD Drive you put the disk in followed by a colon (ex. D:). Now for the fun part.
>Type in cd i386. Now type in expand luna.ms_ c:\temp. You should now have expanded
>the file into your temp folder. Type exit to close the command prompt. Go to your
>temp folder and rename luna.ms_ to luna.msstyles. Double click on it to set your
>appearance to XP to see if it works. If it does copy the file to your c:\windows\resources\themes\luna
>folder.
>
>
>Later
>
>
>

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This one is so easy it's untrue. Simply run chkdsk /f from the command prompt, reboot and hey presto


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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Thanks Michael, worked perfect for me (well over 2 1/2 years after you posted this message). XP colours are back. My IT-contact folks were suggesting radical treatment - non-destructive recovery of the Windows XP operating system as the only solution available to get back the XP visual style - pretty radical treatment when compared to just following a few lines of instructions below.


On Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 4:24 pm, Michael Johnson wrote:
>Ok, For those of you who have tried all of these fixes, here's the one that worked
>for me. More than likely your c:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\luna.msstyles files
>has been corrupted. In order to fix this you will need your Windows XP Install CD.
>Make a new folder in the root of your c: drive (ex. c:\temp). This is where we are
>going to extract a good luna.msstyles file. Put in your XP Install CD. If it autoruns
>just close it. Go to a command prompt. (ex. Start, Run, Type command, and hit enter.)
>You should now see something like this C:\DOCUME~1\youruser>. Type in the name of
>the CD Drive you put the disk in followed by a colon (ex. D:). Now for the fun part.
>Type in cd i386. Now type in expand luna.ms_ c:\temp. You should now have expanded
>the file into your temp folder. Type exit to close the command prompt. Go to your
>temp folder and rename luna.ms_ to luna.msstyles. Double click on it to set your
>appearance to XP to see if it works. If it does copy the file to your c:\windows\resources\themes\luna
>folder.
>
>
>Later
>
>
>

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awesome tip ..thanks so much ...worked for me ...keep up the great job ...thanks again.


On Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 6:34 pm, raiden22003 wrote:
>this is the last and final fix from my last post that makes it work for sure
>
>
>~if u havent already done so, show all files and folders:
>
>Click Start.
>
>Open My Computer.
>
>Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
>
>Select the View Tab.
>
>
>Under the Hidden files and folders heading select Show hidden files and folders.
>
>uncheck hide extensions for known file types
>
>Uncheck the Hide protected operating system files (recommended) option. then yes
>to confirm
>
>Click apply then OK.
>
>download this file
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/Resources.zip
>
>unzip, and locate the file "luna.msstyle" and copy it to the luna folder located
>in
>C:\windows\resources\themes\luna
>
>then double click the luna.msstyle from that luna folder
>and click apply when the display properties windows pops up and it will be saved
>in the appearance tab in the display properties
>
>>
>>
>>
>this is to the world....
>i am in need of a job . i am gonna loose everything, including my internet (netzero)

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go to control panel, then display, then theme, then change to windows xp, that's it. this worked on my pc, however I have no idea about the couse of the problem, anyways thanx, hope it helped u!

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Thank you very much for your information...I had the same problem with my taskbar reverting back to classic style so I copied the "Luna" file off my mother's computer and replaced my one with that file, and shock horror my xp taskbar came back!! Brilliant advice...now feel very pleased with myself x a x


On Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 4:24 pm, Michael Johnson wrote:
>Ok, For those of you who have tried all of these fixes, here's the one that worked
>for me. More than likely your c:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\luna.msstyles files
>has been corrupted. In order to fix this you will need your Windows XP Install CD.
>Make a new folder in the root of your c: drive (ex. c:\temp). This is where we are
>going to extract a good luna.msstyles file. Put in your XP Install CD. If it autoruns
>just close it. Go to a command prompt. (ex. Start, Run, Type command, and hit enter.)
>You should now see something like this C:\DOCUME~1\youruser>. Type in the name of
>the CD Drive you put the disk in followed by a colon (ex. D:). Now for the fun part.
>Type in cd i386. Now type in expand luna.ms_ c:\temp. You should now have expanded
>the file into your temp folder. Type exit to close the command prompt. Go to your
>temp folder and rename luna.ms_ to luna.msstyles. Double click on it to set your
>appearance to XP to see if it works. If it does copy the file to your c:\windows\resources\themes\luna
>folder.
>
>
>Later
>
>
>

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I had the same problem after uninstalling WindowBlinds. Shutting down ZoneAlarm didn't work for me but this solution just worked !:
>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.

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I'm still having problems. I've done everything stated in this post. I have no problems copying the luna file onto my computer. I go through all of these steps, and when I double click on the new Luna_mssytle file, it takes me to the apperance tab on the display.So it appears that everything is okay. The Apply button is grayed out, so I just hit ok. It then tells me... "The visual styles could not be applied. The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fasion" So I went and checked in the administrative tools. It says that my themes has started and it automatic... Basically, I dunno what I'm doing wrong... HELP


On Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 4:24 pm, Michael Johnson wrote:
>Ok, For those of you who have tried all of these fixes, here's the one that worked
>for me. More than likely your c:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna\luna.msstyles files
>has been corrupted. In order to fix this you will need your Windows XP Install CD.
>Make a new folder in the root of your c: drive (ex. c:\temp). This is where we are
>going to extract a good luna.msstyles file. Put in your XP Install CD. If it autoruns
>just close it. Go to a command prompt. (ex. Start, Run, Type command, and hit enter.)
>You should now see something like this C:\DOCUME~1\youruser>. Type in the name of
>the CD Drive you put the disk in followed by a colon (ex. D:). Now for the fun part.
>Type in cd i386. Now type in expand luna.ms_ c:\temp. You should now have expanded
>the file into your temp folder. Type exit to close the command prompt. Go to your
>temp folder and rename luna.ms_ to luna.msstyles. Double click on it to set your
>appearance to XP to see if it works. If it does copy the file to your c:\windows\resources\themes\luna
>folder.
>
>
>Later
>
>
>

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A simple solution I found by accident: Go to Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management. In left pane, expand Services and Applications, then click on Services. In the right pane, find Themes and double click on it. Under the General Tab, change Startup type to Automatic. Below that is Service status. If that is stopped, click on the Start button, then click Apply, then OK.


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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The other day, Windows update ran and when I rebooted, it had this problem. Crazy taskbar. I even downloaded the Media Center Royale theme to try and fix it. Windows take the theme appearance, but the taskbar stays classic. Trying the chkdsk fix... Anybody else have this problem lately? All services running and all theme files present.

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this morning i have swithced on my pc to encounter the same problem ..i have now tried all fixes above and none have remedied the problem .. can anyone help ?


On Friday, August 18, 2006 at 9:26 am, John wrote:
>The other day, Windows update ran and when I rebooted, it had this problem. Crazy
>taskbar. I even downloaded the Media Center Royale theme to try and fix it. Windows
>take the theme appearance, but the taskbar stays classic. Trying the chkdsk fix...
> Anybody else have this problem lately? All services running and all theme files
>present.

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Finally, I booted off a Win XP disk and did a repair install. That cleaned things up. Then I turned off automatic updates.
>this morning i have swithced on my pc to encounter the same problem ..i have now
>tried all fixes above and none have remedied the problem ..
>
>can anyone help ?

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This worked great for me--thanks! I noticed that almost everything was disabled on my Services list. I enabled everything I thought should be, which fixed a couple of other problems I noticed (like no audio). Does anyone know why everything would have been disabled? A virus?


On Friday, April 25, 2003 at 8:51 am, byron wrote:
>the fix that worked for me was to go into Computer Manager (right-click my computer,
>manage)
>under Services, set the Theme service to start automatically, and restart.
>
>
> This worked great for me! I noticed that when I went to the Services window, almost everything was disabled. I enabled everything that I thought should be, which fixed some of the other problems I've had (like no audio). Does anyone know what might have caused everything to be disabled? A virus? McAfee didn't catch anything, so...

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i can't find my cd is there any other way.


On Monday, December 11, 2006 at 6:12 am, John wrote:
>Finally, I booted off a Win XP disk and did a repair install. That cleaned things
>up. Then I turned off automatic updates.
>
>>this morning i have swithced on my pc to encounter the same problem ..i have now
>>tried all fixes above and none have remedied the problem ..
>>
>>can anyone help ?

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my sound is of and i can;t turn it back on. The toolbarstays classic. It's annoying. PLZ help me.

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You are a star! Great, thanks for the help. I copied the file from a working PC and it worked first time.


On Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 10:02 pm, polygon21 wrote:
>
>yup.. this worked for me.. thanks so much..
>
>

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When I started my computer this morning it was on the classic style. I did the control panel > display> themes to get it back. My question is: Since I have Windows Automatic Updates DISABLED how did it get changed??? I didn't install any new programs or anything I can remember yesterday that should have affected the taskbar. Strange.......

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All the above problems are still being encountered by myself and has nothing to do 
with the luna theme being corrupt whatsoever, the problem seems to have something 
to do with the generic host and svchost.exe. 
When they become modified or changed by malicious files the registry is modifed by 
string options and unless you have backed the registry up you've had it! With me 
when the classic themes appears my telephony is stopped as well as the themes, nothing 
can switch it back on. 
I even tried sfc /scannow from 'start' and 'run' with the OS disk in which should 
restore all the system32 folder files to their original state without any luck. One 
other thing when you want to patch the resources tree, you have to do this in safe 
mode as otherwise the files return to their unaltered state. 
If I find a permanent fix for this, I'll post back with it.

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I have eventually found a permanent fix for the themes/sound/dial-up, at least it worked for me. Some folk might not have configured their malware program correctly mine (AVG anti-spyware) was switching off administrative tools/services virtually everytime I re-booted the machine, so I removed the program completely and this has restored everything back to normality.

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I Have a sortovv diff problem to all u peeps...... I Can change my appearence so all the Bits at the top that have the heading in If u get what i mean ..... I cant change the Bar at the bottom from Windows 98 i installed The windows vista transformation pack and this workd a bit but not to the full...... It turnd my start button into a vista start button and left the bar to be the same old Grey :/ and also the icons on it..... so now: Iv got a Vista Start button and opions in side wich looks cool.... and a grey old windows 98 bar :/ Great :@ wich looks fuc** borin :@..... can anyone help btw : this happen just wen i was in the middle ov sumthing not after a restart or a turn off..... Iv had this for about 4 weeks now:/ and i realli realli need to resolve it.... can anyone help?..... My Msn is tom_ovgy_2k8@hotmail. com if u hav an answer...Tom :)

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Its not cool to write like this - its unintelligible. Hence no answer.

More seriously, you are an idiot to post your mail address on a public forum.

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He is probably not trying to be cool however he may appear to those of his generation. He may not have the education that some of us privileged here. He does have a problem with his machine however, and that is why he came here, for our help. If he was a fool, he should still be heard without condemnation.

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go to control panel> administrative tools> Computer Management> Services> Themes. Make sure that it's turned on and that its set to automatic :-)


On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 4:33 pm, Al wrote:
>My taskbar is no longer the windows xp type but reverted back to windows classic
>and I can not get the XP style back. It is no longer an option in my appearance
>tab under display properties.
>
>

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