How to PROPERLY Make Windows 7 Accept MORE Regional Themes
PLEASE TURN ON SUBTITLES (CC) IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH COMPREHENSION.
You may know Windows 7 has themes and wallpapers for a limited number of regions. However many tutorials just lead to the themes being treated by Windows as custom-installed and not in the Aero Themes section. This video will show you how to make Windows 7 regional themes and wallpapers show up in the Personalization Control Panel as you have selected the corresponding Windows region at setup or Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE)
0:00 Regional themes overview + how Windows handles them
1:28 What many do/did
1:59 How to properly get regional themes
Windows GeoID list: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/win...
Original Windows 7 MCTs: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D6bM...
Registry entries where Windows controls allowed MCT: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MCT and its sub-keys. Values:
"Link": Specifying bookmarks to be added to Internet Explorer.
"RSSFeed": Specifying RSS feeds.
"Theme": Specifying the theme file to be used.
"Wallpaper": Specifying the list of images to be listed as wallpapers in the Personalization Control Panel, separated by pressing Enter.
Registry entries Windows will create after setting the region with MCT configured:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MCT (+ sub-keys)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\InstalledThemes\MCT (+ sub-keys)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers\KnownFolders\#\Windows Wallpapers\MergeFolders (+ sub-keys; replace # with the number starting from 0)
When you change the Windows region, a new regional theme will appear without removing the previous theme. Delete responsible values and keys from these registry paths if you want to revert.
Q: Why is this video long?
A: To make it easier for non-tech-savvy audiences to follow.
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