Guyver - Desktop Theme
 

 For More details on how to use themes and install them, please visit the site, www.freethemes.com

 

2017 NOTE: The Guyver Desktop Theme located within this site was designed for Windows 98 as are the instructions. Installing this on a modren computer is at the users risk.
 

 

Step 1 - Downloading the Theme

Downloading your desired theme is as easy as clicking on its name in its
listing on FREETHEMES. This should prompt you to either save or open
the file. In order to preserve the theme for a later installation or to give to
your friends, we recommend that you save the theme in a folder on your
computer. After clicking 'save', the browser will prompt you for a location to
save the theme. If this is the first time you have downloaded a theme from
FREETHEMES.COM, you will need to create a folder to save the themes
in. We suggest making a new folder on the desktop of your system to keep
them in, so that the folder is always accessible. Save the theme in the
folder created on the desktop, which should be listed and easy to find in
the drop down list available in the save dialog. Select the new folder and
click ok, and the file will begin downloading to your computer. Once the file
has completed downloading (which will be obvious by the dialog) then you
are ready for step 2.


Step 2 - Opening the file

Now that you have the file on your system, you need to open it and extract
out the theme from inside. This is accomplished by using one of many
Compression Tools to 'unzip' the file. If you do not already have one of
these utilities installed on your computer, Click Here to download one of
the many available here on FREETHEMES.COM. They will download as
an executable file, so simply double click on the downloaded file to install
the utility. (Compression Utilities link http://cadvision.freethemes.com/editcomp.htm)

When you have installed the compression utility and are ready to
decompress or extract the theme from the zipped file you downloaded,
double click the zip file so that your compression utility opens the file for
you. The programs will display the contents of the theme file that you
opened, and you are ready for step 3.


Step 3 - Extracting the theme

Once the file is open and ready to be extracted, you need to examine the
contents in order to determine how to extract the files correctly so that they
end up in the right place. Generally, each desktop theme needs to be
placed in a directory of its own, appropriately named, in the C:\program
files\Plus!\themes\ directory. Unfortunately, the way that the theme files
are saved in the zip file, they will often contain the original directory
structure that the file resided in, or at least some portion of it. You will have
to look at the contents of the file, plainly visible once you have opened it as
directed above, and determine if it has the original directory structure was
saved in the archive. Once you figure out where the program will want to
put the files, make sure that all but the .theme file end up in a subdirectory
of the C:\program files\Plus!\themes\ directory, and that the .theme file
ends up in the C:\program files\Plus!\themes\ directory. (Or the
appropriate corresponding directory in the international versions of
Windows 95) Most themes that include screensavers or startup and
shutdown screens will retain the full path of all the files in the archive,
meaning that you simply need to extract the files to the C: drive and let it go
at that. It is important to remember that the logo.sys (startup screen) will
have to reside in the root startup directory, so if your computer uses a
compressed drive, you need to locate the file on the host drive, not in the
compressed volume. Getting the file into the right directory is most
important when installing the theme, so take the time to do it right. Once it
has been properly extracted, you are ready to go onto the final step, step
4.


Step 4 - Using the themes

In order to use the newly installed theme, you need to either have Microsoft
Plus installed or install one of the various Installation Utilities available for
download here at FREETHEMES.COM. Click Here to go our download
section for these utilities and download one to suit you. (installation Utilities link,
http://cadvision.freethemes.com/editinstall.htm)

If you have MS Plus! or Windows98 installed, you can use the theme by
opening the control panel and selecting the "desktop themes" icon. Click
on the drop down list of installed themes, select the one you want, and click
'ok.' There are a good deal of options to select here, mainly to
enable/disable elements of the theme itself. If the theme you installed
does not appear in the drop down list, you have made an error and will
need to reinstall the theme again according to the directions above.

If you do not have either of the above software packages installed in your
computer, use one of the utilities in the Installation Utilities section to use
the themes. They all work somewhat differently, so take the time to read
the instructions before trying them out. These third party programs can be
somewhat more involved than the control panel desktop themes program,
but they all do pretty much the same thing in a different way.

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Last Modified:Feb 18th, 1999