Create Your Own Windows 7 Theme Pack

Windows 7 introduces theme packs, which are .cab files that contain all of the necessary assets to implement a theme, including sound files and images. If you want to create your Own Theme pack, It’s actually not that hard to do at all. To create a theme Just read the Tutorial Below and Create Your own Windows 7 Theme Pack.

Components of a Theme Pack

A Theme pack is a file that contains the following items:

* Desktop backgrounds
* Optional customizations for Aero glass, sounds, screensavers, icons, cursors, etc.

Creating a Theme

For creating a Theme you just customize your desktop the way you want it :

1. Desktop Wallpaper
   
   
   • Right click on the desktop and click on Personalize
     
     
   • Desktop Background option at the bottom of the window.
   
   
2. Desktop icons
   
   
   • Right click on the Desktop and click on Personalize
     
     
   • Click on the Change Desktop Icons option at the upper left corner
     
     
   • Select a desktop icon of which want to change the icon , and click on the Change Icon button.
   
   
3. Screensaver
   
   
   • Right click on the desktop and click on Personalize
     
     
   • Screen Saver option at the bottom of the window.
   
   
   
4. Slideshows
   
   
   • Right click on the Desktop and click on Personalize
     
     
   • Desktop Background option at the bottom of the window
     
     
   • Select your desired wallpapers from the list.
     
     
   • Set the time interval between wallpapers in slideshow.
     
     
   • Select Shuffle and Picture Oosition
     
     
   • Click on Ok.
   
   
5. Sounds
   
   
   • Go to Control Panel
     
     
   • Select Sound icon
     
     
   • Do change in Sounds tab.
   
   
   
6. Mouse Pointers
   
   
   • Go to Control Panel
     
     
   • Choose Mouse icon
     
     
   • Make settings in Pointers tab
   
   
7. Window Color or Theme Color
   
   
   • Right click on the desktop and click on Personalize
     
     
   • Window Color Option at the bottom of the window
     
     
   • Choose color,Enable or Disable Transparency
     
     
   • Advanced appearance settings Etc.

Then click “Save theme” on the Personalization page in the Control Panel. Just make sure to choose the “theme pack” type in the drop-down list when doing so. That’s really all there is to it.

Once done follow the following Procedure to create ThemePack.

• Right click on the Desktop and click on Personalize
  
  
• In My Themes Option click on the Save Theme.
  
  
• Give name to your Theme, and click on the Save.
  
  
• Now right click on Current theme and choose Save Theme For Sharing.
  
  
• Save as type drop down, select Theme Pack (*.themepack).

Getting More Advanced

If you want to edit the themepack file directly or create a file from scratch in a text editor, you should check out this resource over on MSDN: “Creating and Installing Theme Files.” The documentation there provides details on the various sections of a theme file and what sort of syntax should be used.

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