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Post by The Jackal on Jun 15, 2018 5:11:39 GMT -8
Is it possible to get get the desk.cpl from a later Windows version working with Win8/10? Say the one from Windows XP or Windows 7?
Just asking.
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Post by R.O.B. on Jun 15, 2018 14:51:15 GMT -8
That.. depends. I'm not really 100% sure, to be honest. But I would guess that they probably would. I actually have gotten desk.cpl from Server 2003 to open on 7, however it is completely nonfunctional. It uses the UI from %SystemRoot%\System32\themeui.dll, so it won't look like it did in XP (unless of course you were to swap out themeui.dll, but that still doesn't have any functionality). Here are a few screenshots of it:      Keep in mind that this is on Windows 7. On Windows 8, there would be even less options, as the "Color Scheme" and "Window Color and Appearance" dialogs were removed from themeui.dll in Windows 8. Likewise, Vista should give you the "Themes" tab that was seen in XP. |
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Post by craft on Sept 8, 2023 7:18:03 GMT -8
This might be a very huge bump but i wonder if hexediting the cpl to use the themeui from vista or server 2003 could work as many xp cpls depend on functions depracted or removed in later versions of windows. Again sorry for the big bump just found this interesting  |
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craft
Sophomore Member
UWP stands for unwanted pile of trash
Posts: 167
OS: Windows 11 & Windows 10 LTSC 2021
Theme: Classic Theme on Windows 10 LTSC host and micaforeveryone with a custom theme on 11 host
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with 4 Cores
RAM: 8GB of DDR4 ram
GPU: AMD Raedon Vega 8 Graphics
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Post by craft on Sept 17, 2023 3:14:36 GMT -8
That.. depends. I'm not really 100% sure, to be honest. But I would guess that they probably would. I actually have gotten desk.cpl from Server 2003 to open on 7, however it is completely nonfunctional. It uses the UI from %SystemRoot%\System32\themeui.dll, so it won't look like it did in XP (unless of course you were to swap out themeui.dll, but that still doesn't have any functionality). Here are a few screenshots of it: Keep in mind that this is on Windows 7. On Windows 8, there would be even less options, as the "Color Scheme" and "Window Color and Appearance" dialogs were removed from themeui.dll in Windows 8. Likewise, Vista should give you the "Themes" tab that was seen in XP. Howdy ROB sorry for a big bump but any chance if you remember how you got the cpl working im trying to restore the tabs and this would prove very useful |
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