What's your preferred method for enabling the Classic Theme?
Jan 29, 2017 12:05:43 GMT -8
Post by R.O.B. on Jan 29, 2017 12:05:43 GMT -8
When WinClassic first launched almost a year ago, there were really only two known methods for enabling the classic theme. The first involves setting the login screen to automatically log in to your user account, and then renaming Aero.msstyles (or the Aero folder). This method is considered to be more dangerous, and it requires sacrificing the login screen.
The second method is one of the main things that led to the creation of WinClassic: ClassicTheme.exe. This method is generally much safer than the former, as it doesn't require sacrificing the login screen, and it's usually easier to fix if you know what you're doing.
However, since then, a couple of other methods for doing this have been discovered. One of them still involves using ClassicTheme.exe, but it is done by renaming it to ClassicThemeA.exe and then enabling it through of Scheduled Tasks.
The other method is a bit more interesting. It involves changing the user rights on the ThemeSection handle. While I personally haven't tested this method yet, I would really like to, as it should allow you to switch between visual styles and the classic theme.
There is also one other method I have discovered. However, it still requires quite a bit of work before it can be considered finished, and there are some issues with it that I'm currently trying to fix before I publish it. I would also like to test it a bit more on Windows 8 just to make sure it's safe, as we have had some problems with it (I have already tested this method quite a bit on Windows 7, and it does allow for you to use the classic theme while keeping desktop compositioning enabled, but it still produces the "The page failed to load." message on certain Control Panel pages, just like on Windows 8). Expect to see something from either myself or Splitwirez on this topic soon.
Anyway, with all of these methods for enabling the classic theme, I was wondering which method most people prefer to use. From the methods I've used thus far, I normally go with using ClassicTheme.exe/ClassicThemeA.exe via Task Scheduler. But I would really like to test the ThemeSection user rights method when I have the time. But what's your personal favorite method? Feel free to vote in the poll I have in this thread, or otherwise post a response on this thread.
The second method is one of the main things that led to the creation of WinClassic: ClassicTheme.exe. This method is generally much safer than the former, as it doesn't require sacrificing the login screen, and it's usually easier to fix if you know what you're doing.
However, since then, a couple of other methods for doing this have been discovered. One of them still involves using ClassicTheme.exe, but it is done by renaming it to ClassicThemeA.exe and then enabling it through of Scheduled Tasks.
The other method is a bit more interesting. It involves changing the user rights on the ThemeSection handle. While I personally haven't tested this method yet, I would really like to, as it should allow you to switch between visual styles and the classic theme.
There is also one other method I have discovered. However, it still requires quite a bit of work before it can be considered finished, and there are some issues with it that I'm currently trying to fix before I publish it. I would also like to test it a bit more on Windows 8 just to make sure it's safe, as we have had some problems with it (I have already tested this method quite a bit on Windows 7, and it does allow for you to use the classic theme while keeping desktop compositioning enabled, but it still produces the "The page failed to load." message on certain Control Panel pages, just like on Windows 8). Expect to see something from either myself or Splitwirez on this topic soon.
Anyway, with all of these methods for enabling the classic theme, I was wondering which method most people prefer to use. From the methods I've used thus far, I normally go with using ClassicTheme.exe/ClassicThemeA.exe via Task Scheduler. But I would really like to test the ThemeSection user rights method when I have the time. But what's your personal favorite method? Feel free to vote in the poll I have in this thread, or otherwise post a response on this thread.
