" How to Unlock Windows 7 Hidden Themes "

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How to Unlock Windows 7 Hidden Themes


Windows 7 hidden themes, well, yes! windows 7 has some hidden themes which
has unknown to many. Generally windows 7 has default 5 themes but Windows 7
beta 1 build 7000 onwards has several hidden and locked themes, which has
been provided for regional countries such as Australia, Canada, Great
Britain, United States and South Africa. Well for revealing those regional
themes you have to unlock it. So follow the guidelines from bellow.



How to Unlock Windows 7 Hidden Themes


Method 1 -
Unhide the Windows 7 System and Protected Operating System files from
Windows explorer -> Organize -> Folder and Search Options -> view tab
And navigate to C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT , you will see 5 folders.

Namely MCT-AU for an Australian theme, MCT-CA for a Canadian theme, MCT-GB
for a British theme, MCT-US for an American theme and MCT-ZA for a South
African theme

Open the Theme folder in the selected region folder

Now select the .theme file to use it





NOTE Once you have select the theme, the Windows 7 will save it so that
you will be able to change or select this theme again from within the
normal Personalization window location



Method 2 -
Go to \Windows\winsxs Directory

Search for *.theme

Now double click themes with name in the format of XX to apply and save the
theme




Method 3 -
Open Notepad and copy the following code



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\InstalledThemes\MCT]



“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-AU\\Theme\\AU.theme”=””



“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-CA\\Theme\\CA.theme”=””



“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-GB\\Theme\\GB.theme”=””



“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-US\\Theme\\US.theme”=””



“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-ZA\\Theme\\ZA.theme”=””



[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers\KnownFolders\Windows
Wallpapers\MergeFolders]



“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-AU\\Wallpaper”=””



“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-CA\\Wallpaper”=””



“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-GB\\Wallpaper”=””



“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-US\\Wallpaper”=””



“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-ZA\\Wallpaper”=””



Now save it as allregional.reg on desktop
And simply double click on it (allregional.reg)

Well, that is it, Now you can access all Windows 7 Hidden & Locked Themes
via right clicking on desktop and personalize settings