lewp91

hi
i saw this fourm and thaught that maybe i could be saved =]

well basicly long story short i attemted to add some patched dll files
only to add the wrong ones (i think i stuck 64bit ones on my 32bit system)
the files are:

themeui.dll
uxtheme.dll
shsvcs.dll

before anyone asks i did try to use the patch for new themes
but back to the problem

my laptop will start in safe mode
with explorer failing ect
so all i have is the CMD
starting in ''C:\Windows\system32\''

i do have the origonal 3 files under the
extensions of .old

so basicly all i need to know is how to rename the .old files back to .dll
is it possible?
cheers

lew

jamiemac2005

lol... if you can get a command prompt then type:


you may first have to delete the files securely, it's adviseable to just create a batch file with the commands you need... e.g:

If you need more help then post back...

Cheers,
Jamey

secarrol

If that doesn't work just copy them off of the Windows CD...

Go into the Recovery Console, get to the Command Prompt, cd to i386.

and type

expand <filename> c:\windows\system32

It will copy a fresh copy of the DLL over the old one.

Hope this helps!

lewp91

thanks!
i used ''del C:\windowsECT''

and renamed the files so im working now
buuuut
my vista looks like win95!
as aero wont work :/
should i try that off the disk?

cheers

lew

lewp91

ok the aero theme is actually missing!
when i use the drop down menu from the personalization>theme
all it has is current theme, and windows classic

help me please =[

jamiemac2005

Okay, well this sounds like a job for recovery console or whatever it's called, google for information on fixing stuff like that. You may just have to use the vista disk to re-install the theme (because once vista is installed it's an effort to customise)

Sorry i can't be of more help,
jamey

ssj4Gogeta

if i'm not wrong, u made him delete the ORIGINAL .old file. he should have deleted the .dll, and then renamed the original. so, it should have been:
now what you can do is use Vista recovery, as jamiemac2005 said.
or, i think, just getting those files from a friend and copying them should do, but I'm not 100% sure. try copying and if that doesn't work, use Vista DVD to recover.

lewp91

dont worry i didnt enter the codess word for word and yes i did delete the new ones and renamed the .old ones to .dll
im all working now =]
cheers guys..

just need to fix my bloddy external harddrive now
i dropped it... n now it clicks
i think it may have had a head crash...

thanks anyways guys! =]

jamiemac2005

Sorry all, it was a late night.

But ssj4Gogeta is completely right. Glad you got it sorted despite my non-help.

Cheers,
Jamey