Hello, everyone. A friend of mine turned on her computer this morning and the visual style that she has been using was gone, replaced with a "classic" theme of the same colors. If I access the display control panel by right-clicking the desktop, I receive the following error in a dialogue box, "The file 'C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Watercolor Light - Ergonoic.Theme' is not a valid theme." The theme has worked perfectly for some time. When I try to select XP's default Luna theme from within Display, I get the error dialogue box, "The theme could not load because one of the needed theme files could not be found. This can happen with themes that are not installed or authored correctly. You should verify that the wallpaper, screen saver, icons, sounds, and other files are in the correct location. Theme: C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Luna.theme." Nothing has changed since she shut down and powered off her computer last night. The problems started as soon as she booted her computer this morning. I have never encountered this error before and have no idea how to remedy the problem. By the way, she is using the free UXTheme Multi-Patcher (version 5.0), and I know several people who use this program and have never had any problems with it. (It allows Windows XP to accept themes that are not signed by modifying 'uxtheme.dll'. I thank you, in advance, for any suggestions! Cordially, David "If Linux does not have the solution, then you have the wrong problem." -- M. Watts

Try uninstalling & see how it goes. UXTheme Multi-Patcher problems http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=UXTheme+Multi-Patcher+problems&btnG=Google+Search&meta=