************STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER/PENNY LANE DESKTOP THEME FOR WINDOWS 95**************
This theme is intended for use with Plus!
Unzipping the strawfie.zip file should have given you:
This SFFreadme.txt file
Strawberry Fields.theme file
.wav,.ico,.cur,.ani.and.bmp files
********INSTRUCTIONS********
Unzip into your Program Files/Plus!/Themes folder. All the files are named so that they stay together in the Themes folder, but you may prefer to place them in a subfolder of Themes. If you do this, you MUST name the folder Strawberry Fields and you MUST put the Strawberry Fields.theme file back be out in the Themes folder itself.
To start the theme, go to Control Panel, Desktop Themes, and find "Strawberry Fields" in the drop down menu. Select it and then click "OK."
********SOUNDS**********
You may find the theme is simply too "noisy" for your tastes (or for some poor non-Beatle soul who has to share a computer with you), in which case you need to go to Control Panel, Sounds and deselect some of the sounds by replacing them with "none." If you have your computer set to open multiple programs on start up, you will get repeated playing of the "open program" .wav when you boot up and the 'close program .wav when you shut down. You need to select "none" for the "open program" and "close program" sounds. Remember to save this change under Desktop Themes or all those sounds will be back next time you boot up! (Instructions on that later.)
The sounds have been saved in Microsoft ADCPM format to reduce their size. If they will not play on your system, e-mail me and request the Abbey Road Sounds in 8 bit stereo.
***********ICONS/CURSORS/ANI'S***********
There are EXTRA ICONS included in this group so you can replace the default ones or use them for other items if you like.
TO REPLACE ANY OF THE DEFAULT ICONS: go to Control Panel, Display, Plus, click on the icon to be changed, then on "Change Icon", and "Browse." Find Program files/Plus!/Themes/Strawberry Fields and select another icon. Repeat for each icon you want to change, then click on "Apply" and then on "OK."
There are also EXTRA ANII's and CURSORS included. The barber pole can be replaced with an animated cursor that flips through the Beatles album covers. (It has nothing to do with SFF or PL, but it is cool!)
If you do fine detail work, you might find the guitar pointer not quite accurate enough and you'll want to switch back to the plain arrow pointer (included).
TO REPLACE THE DEFAULT ANI's or CURSORS: go to Control Panel, Mouse, Pointers, and select the Barber pole OR guitar, then click on "Browse..." Find Program Files/Plus!/ Themes/Strawberry Fields and select SFFalbums.ani" or the blue arrow pointer. Click on "open." Back on the Pointers menu, click on "Apply" and then on "OK."
You may note that the blue cursors used are the same as those for The Golden Era theme. If you want to take the time you can delete the ones included here and select the ones used for Golden Era in order to avoid duplication and free up a little memory. (Or do what I did and delete that incredibly ugly Golden Era theme!)
********Changing Sounds/Cursors*******
To make changes stay in place after reboots, select the sounds/cursors you want. When they are in place, go the Control Panel, Desktop Themes, and click on "Save as", then on "Abbey Road.theme." (Remember that this is out in the Themes folder itself, not in the Abbey Roads folder.) A prompt will tell you this file already exists and ask if you want to replace it. Say "yes." This will change the default sounds for this theme so you won't have to re-select everytime you turn the computer on. You can switch back to the original icons by using the same steps (Control Panel, Sounds, etc.) any time you want.
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I hope you enjoy this theme. If you have problems using it or suggestions, e-mail me at liveletdie@worldnet.att.net. Unless you are a real newbie with a simple problem, I probably won't be able to help much, but I'll have a go at it!
