Instructions for Windows XP.

  1. download the theme & double click on the downloaded file.
  2. Extract the files, I suggest making a new folder and calling it Themes.
  3. Now right-click on your desktop and select "properties"
  4. Click on the drop-down menu and select "Browse"
  5. Browse to the "themes" folder where you unziped your files
  6. click on the file ending with .theme
  7. click ok
  8. then press apply.
  9. You should now have your theme installed, if the theme has an error, this theme is not compatible with windows XP.

Other Operating System Instructions

Theme Requirements

To install desktop themes, you'll need these 3 things to use the themes:

  1. Windows 95/98/Me (Can be made to work in WinNT/2000/XP or MacOS)
  2. Microsoft Plus Pack or a similar Desktop Theme installer.
  3. WinZip or any other related unzipping programs. ( you do not need winzip if you have xp)

    If the theme contains MP3 sound files, you will also need 'Windows Media Player' in order to use this theme. You can download 'Windows Media Player' from Microsoft. For more information on how to install MP3 sounds found within a theme, please visit ThemeDoctor.com.


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Installation Steps
Create a directory on your harddrive to download the themes to (usually C:\Download) or download them to where you usually download files to. After you download the theme:

1. Back up these 3 files (just copy them into a backup directory)

    C:\logo.sys - Startup Logo
    C:\Windows\logow.sys - Shutdown Logo
    C:\Windows\logos.sys - Shutdown Complete Logo

2. Load WinZip 8.0 or higher and Open the (theme).zip file. Click on Extract.

In the 'Extract to' box put C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\
Make sure 'All Files' is selected
Make sure there is a check next to 'Use Folder Names' and
Overwrite Existing Files'


3. Click on Extract. This will:

    Extract the files into C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\(themename)
    Extract the .Theme control file into C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes
    Extract the Startup logo file to C:\ (if it contains one)
    Extract the Shutdown and Turnoff files to C:\Windows (if it has them)

4. Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Desktop Themes and choose
the theme from the dropdown list.