For manual installation of themes, please follow this general procedure:-
Files with the extension .ttf should be extracted to your Windows\fonts directory. Logo.sys, logos.sys, and logow.sys, are the files that will replace your startup/shutdown screens. If you anticipate that you may want to change back to the originals; then please make a backup of them beforehand. Logo.sys should be extracted to your c:\ directory. Logos.sys and Logow.sys should go into your Window's directory. All other files should be extracted to your Plus!\Themes directory (the default installation path for Plus! is C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes). If you would like to remove a particular theme from your system manually, simply delete the particular folder (for example 'Rocky' for Rocky theme) from your themes directory.
NOTE : You need to have Microsoft's PLUS pack or Desktop Architect(available on the CD in \gallery\windowsthemes\desktoparchitect\da20.exe) installed for managing the themes.
Installation Procedure(for PLUS! users):-
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:
Back up these 3 files (just copy them into a backup directory)
1. C:\logo.sys - Startup Logo
2. C:\Windows\logow.sys - Shutdown Logo
3. C:\Windows\logos.sys - Shutdown Complete Logo
Load WinZip 6.0 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'. Click on Extract. This will:
1. Extract the files into C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\(themename)
2. Extract the .Theme control file into C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes
3. Extract the Startup logo file to C:\ (if it contains one)
4. Extract the Shutdown and Turnoff files to C:\Windows (if it has them)
Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Desktop Themes and choose the theme from the dropdown list.
