Tutorial :

How to Install

Themes on

Windows XP

by

Patching Uxtheme

To install themes on Windows XP you need to follow these steps -

Instructions :-

Before using any XP Visual Style or Theme you need uxtheme patched for your window XP. If your uxtheme is not patched, download and Install

-> Uxtheme-Multi Patcher <- for XP.

Extract (If the folder is .zip or .rar) and Open the desired downloaded theme folder.

Copy the Folder containing Visual Style (.msstyles) , Shell style (if included) ,  .theme file (if included) to c:/windows/resources/themes or You can also apply Visual Styles directly from any folder as long as you don’t rename/delete/move it.