Can I prevent theme from loading on startup?

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Mark

Hello,

I am new to WindowsXP but not new to Windows. I recently
bought a new computer and I have XP Pro on it. Last night
I was playing around with themes and I did something
wrong, I'm not sure what, but the theme that I loaded is a
black background with black text. I can see icon images,
I can click things but I cannot read them. I am able to
get into the system using the Administrator account at
which time I re-named the *.theme file that I think caused
the problem. My thinking was that when I re-booted that
theme would not be found and hopefully XP would use the
standard XP theme by default. Good idea but it didn't
work.

Does anybody know if there is a way to prevent a theme
from loading when you start windows? Or does anybody have
any other suggestions?

I am thinking as a last resort I'll re-install XP over my
current installation but I am wondering if that will mess
up currently installed drivers and apps?

Thanks in advance,
Mark
 
Actually, when I opened it in Outlook Express, the Display Properties sheet
automatically popped up. This should do the same for you.

message : I have attached a file "Help.Theme" to this reply. Try putting it on
your
: dysfunctional computer and double-click it. It should automatically
: reassign the theme that it contains (which, by the way, is the default
: Windows XP Theme).
:
: Write back if things go well, or if they don't.
:
:
: : : Hello,
: :
: : I am new to WindowsXP but not new to Windows. I recently
: : bought a new computer and I have XP Pro on it. Last night
: : I was playing around with themes and I did something
: : wrong, I'm not sure what, but the theme that I loaded is a
: : black background with black text. I can see icon images,
: : I can click things but I cannot read them. I am able to
: : get into the system using the Administrator account at
: : which time I re-named the *.theme file that I think caused
: : the problem. My thinking was that when I re-booted that
: : theme would not be found and hopefully XP would use the
: : standard XP theme by default. Good idea but it didn't
: : work.
: :
: : Does anybody know if there is a way to prevent a theme
: : from loading when you start windows? Or does anybody have
: : any other suggestions?
: :
: : I am thinking as a last resort I'll re-install XP over my
: : current installation but I am wondering if that will mess
: : up currently installed drivers and apps?
: :
: : Thanks in advance,
: : Mark
:
:
:
 
Thanks for the reply. I was able to blindly click on my
desktop and revert the theme to the XP theme. I tracked
the problem down to a theme that I downloaded. The
application background and the text were both set to
black. I know they were not that way when I installed
it. I have no idea what happened but I am back to normal
now.

thanks again.
Mark
 
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