The composition of the theme

computer shop news <.theme> that is, the theme file part is the icon defined by My Computer in the icon Luna.theme which defines the main parts of my computer, my documents, network neighborhood and recycle bin. It is X:\\WINDOWS\\explorer.exe, 0 is the first icon contained in explorer.exe. The theme that does not contain a specific icon is generally this value. Here you can point to the program file or to the DLL file or icon file. The Control Panel\\Colors> section defines the colors of various Windows components such as title bar, window background, text, etc. The colors defined here are mostly irrelevant because the system will display the color in the color scheme first. Part of it will talk about <Control Panel\\Cursors> which defines the mouse pointer and defines a pointer file for each line. For example, Arrow defines the arrow cursor Wait definition Waits for the cursor Luna is empty here. The default mouse pointer is used. The definition here must be Specific .cur cursor file or .ani animated cursor file <Con Trol Panel\\Desktop> defines the display of the desktop, including the location of the wallpaper image, and whether to activate Wallpaper=%WinDir%web\\wallpaper\\Bliss.bmp in the screensaver Luna is the most popular “blue sky”. Here ScreenSaveActive=X and the following [boot] part SCRNSAVE.EXE=XXX is the corresponding predecessor whether the screen saver is allowed to be the specific address of the screen saver. <VisualStyles> is the most critical part. Here is a desktop theme. The core part: .msstyles visual appearance style file Luna refers to Path=%WinDir%resources\\Themes\\luna\\luna.msstyles. Later, we will talk about going down and defining the sound event and we are in the control panel → The audio device → The items set in the sound are the same. Generally a complete theme basic file structure is a .theme file and a folder for other files such as style files. You can find the name of this folder in the <VisualStyles> section. After you understand the structure of the .theme file, you can edit it to your liking. Just make sure that all the files are pointing to the valid location. Otherwise, the theme cannot be used. Yes. The .meme file is not required. The .msstyles style file is so some themes are only .msstyles files can be used as usual without the .theme file. It is only in the list of the display properties that cannot be seen in the "appearance" It may be important to note that the .msstyles file can only be placed in a subdirectory of the X:\\Windows\\Resources\\Themes directory, and the subdirectory name must be the same as its own file name (excluding the suffix). Luna.msstyles must be placed under X:\\Windows\\Resources\\Themes\\Luna. You can try to rename one of the directories or files and you will find that the style is no longer working. Most of the theme directories will also have a Shell directory here is still the official theme Luna There is a shell directory with Luna.msstyles. Open the shell directory and see that the three subdirectories are Homestead, NormalColor, and Metallic. They correspond to the three color schemes in the Luna theme: olive green, default (blue), and silver. Each of the directories has a shellstyle.dll file. The shellstyle.dll file has a simple function. It defines the style of the public bar on the left side of the Explorer, including bitmaps, fonts, and color configurations. For example, Close and Open “ Details ” button and the note pattern displayed in the background in the lower right corner of the file list when you open the music folder. There are several color schemes in a theme. There will be several shellstyle.dll files. The content of each shellstyle.dll is matched. The color schemes that are targeted are not the same as the .theme files. The shell folder and shellstyle.dll are not required. Many topics do not have this content. Even if you remove the shellstyle.dll, it will not have much impact on the theme. The content defined by it under this color scheme will become By default, you can try to replace the shellstyle.dll file with other color schemes in a color scheme. You can even edit the bitmaps and colors, font definitions, etc. yourself by using tools like Resource Hacker. Sometimes you can achieve unexpected results. The effect!