Friday, August 28, 2009

ACCESS HIDDEN REGIONAL THEMES IN WINDOWS 7

Windows 7 offers you location specific Aero themes based on the language and location you pick during installation.  Here we will take a look at accessing other hidden themes from different countries.
When you first start the Windows 7 installation the first thing you will do is select a language, time and currency format.  This is where Windows determines what themes you’re presented with by default.
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I am just giving a example for u....
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To access the other international themes copy and paste the following path into the search box and hit Enter.
C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT
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In the MCT folder you will find additional themes for Canada, Australia, South Africa, and Great Britain.
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You can go in and grab just the Wallpapers…
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Or go into the Theme folder double click on the the thumbnail to add it. 
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Here you can see I added all of them and now they will be available under the My Themes section for when you want to change them around.
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This is a neat little trick that will let you customize Windows 7 with hidden themes already available.  Also if you want to get more themes head over to the Microsoft site.