explorerframe.dll problem?

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by gbspengler, Jan 23, 2012.

  1. gbspengler

    gbspengler MDL Novice

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    Hello,

    I've been trying to apply some simple themes to windows, and they've only been half working - most of the theme is there, but buttons like min, max, and close are being covered up by the default/aero theme buttons.

    I've turned off UAC, tried the Universal Theme Patcher, tried Windows Theme Installer (which also patches) and I've taken ownership of explorerframe.dll but I can't seem to remedy the problem.

    Is there a way to safely replace explorerframe.dll? I'm running 32bit Windows 7 with the Daz Loader.

    Any help/insight would be super appreciated! Thanks!
     
  2. ambidav

    ambidav MDL Guru

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    are you running sp1 or sp0?
     
  3. gbspengler

    gbspengler MDL Novice

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    Service Pack 1
     
  4. ambidav

    ambidav MDL Guru

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    can you link me to the theme your trying to apply?
     
  5. gbspengler

    gbspengler MDL Novice

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    Not really because I have less than 20 posts but it's called "SLAVE" by GuillenDesign on DeviantArt
     
  6. gbspengler

    gbspengler MDL Novice

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    I should also mention that I've had this problem with *some* other themes, but not all (some others have worked), so that's what led me to think that explorerframe.dll could be my problem - but obviously I'm no expert...
     
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  8. dareckibmw

    dareckibmw MDL Expert

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    I tested that Visual Style and it works fine. I think the problem is when you change fonts/text size...if you did, change it back to smaller 100% which is default.

    Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Display
     
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  9. gbspengler

    gbspengler MDL Novice

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    THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! This was the problem!

    I was going around in circles - patching this, taking ownership of that - probably messed up my computer real good.

    Thanks so much for the help guys!!
     
  10. dareckibmw

    dareckibmw MDL Expert

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    Same thing happened with my wife's Asus laptop 15" 1920x1080, all fonts were so small i couldn't see the damn thing, so I changed the size to 125% and then all custom Visual Styles were messed up :biggrin:
     
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  11. gbspengler

    gbspengler MDL Novice

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    That's exactly it; ironically, I was thinking that this theme was going to be easy on the eyes, but now I can't see a damn thing :p
     
  12. dareckibmw

    dareckibmw MDL Expert

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    That Asus supposed to be mine but I couldn't deal with it since I've been working with Visual Styles a lot, then bought me Toshiba with 1366x768 instead ... wife wasn't that picky, she lucky I guess :p
     
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  13. gbspengler

    gbspengler MDL Novice

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    Yeah, mine's pretty much happy as long as she can get on the interwebs and use office. ;)