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I have trouble with setting up Uxstyle theme patcher on Windows 10 pro. Everything is installed properly (UxStyle and skinpack). But after logging off the user or if i lock the screen, some portions of the explorer turns white. I am using Alienware Green skinpack 4.0 and the latest version of UxStyle. Can anyone help me?
EDIT: These are the 'Run' and 'Save As' dialogs where i found this problem
https://1drv.ms/i/s!ApxZIxTi33o6gxDzNKNa_hYHG7lc
https://1drv.ms/i/s!ApxZIxTi33o6gw88I2Qk3PxY9n2c
Some other places i face the same problem includes Task Manager, Resource Monitor, Secpol.msc

me_alok
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  • Well first i checked the old versions which obviously won't work. But when i used the latest version of the UxStyle and Alienware skinpack, it worked. But the only problem being this. – me_alok Jul 20 '16 at 19:16

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UxStyle does not support Windows 10 (Threshold 1) build 10240 or (Threshold 2) which is the current branch of Windows 10 with a build number of 10586.xyz

Both Windows 10 Technical Preview and Windows Codenamed "Threshold" indicate builds of Windows 10 before 10240. In order to resolve the conflicts you describe with UxStyle and Windows 10 the program would need to be modified.

Without the required the modifications to the program's source code there isn't a way to resolve the conflicts. The reason it does not work is there were significant changes between Windows 10 Technical Preview and what ended up being, Windows 10 RTM, which carried a build number of 10240.

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Source: The UxStyle website

You can apply a manual patch to the program, and the program itself will work, but at that point your real challenge is finding a compatible theme that supports Windows 10.

  1. Rename the default C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero\aerolite.msstyles to aerolite.msstyles.bak
  2. Make a new folder in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero\ called aerolite.msstyles

  3. Put your theme in the aerolite.msstyles folder

    C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero\aerolite.msstyles\My Theme\My Theme.msstyles

  4. Make sure your .theme file uses this new directory.

  5. Select your theme from the personalization menu.
Ramhound
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Uxstlye does support Windows 10, but you need to apply a hack to get the 3rd party themes working:

  1. Rename the default C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero\aerolite.msstyles to aerolite.msstyles.bak
  2. Make a new folder in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero\ called aerolite.msstyles
  3. Put your theme in the aerolite.msstyles folder C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero\aerolite.msstyles\My Theme\My Theme.msstyles
  4. Make sure your .theme file uses this new directory.
  5. Select your theme from the personalization menu.

According to your picture

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uxtslye works. Otherwise the theme would not be applied. The glitches are bugs inside the theme. Uxstyle ONLY patches Windows file in RAM to allow setup of 3rd party themes.

magicandre1981
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  • I tried it now, but the results are still the same. After a user log off or lock screen event, some portions turns white again. If i apply the theme again, it turns out back to normal (black). – me_alok Jul 21 '16 at 05:51
  • post a picture of your issue – magicandre1981 Jul 21 '16 at 15:28
  • according to the picture uxstyle works. without uxstyle you would get the old classic look or more garbage. this is a bug in the theme – magicandre1981 Jul 22 '16 at 04:48
  • But this happens only at specific events which i mentioned. If i apply the theme again, it gets back to normal. I'll try another theme – me_alok Jul 22 '16 at 09:08
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For anyone who is still struggling with this in 2017, there is a dirty fix to solve the problem. Get the theme switcher and setup a scheduled task that runs every time you unlock your computer which executes 

P:\ath\to\themeswitcher.exe P:\ath\to\your.theme

and voila, the theme is re-applied whenever you unlock the workstation.

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  • Nice one mate :) But the uxstyle patches stops working with the windows 10 updates. Any tip for that?? – me_alok Sep 03 '17 at 04:46
  • @me_alok: Well, there's the [ultra ux theme patcher](https://www.syssel.net/hoefs/software_uxtheme.php?lang=en), which patches the files on disk instead of the admittedly much more elegant method of patching them in memory. – Jesko Hüttenhain Sep 05 '17 at 21:59