How To: Install Hidden Themes on Windows 7

May 29, 2012

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Do you know that Windows 7 has hidden themes? When you are installing Windows 7, you should select the country. The theme will be installed is in accordance with the country that we choose. If we choose the US, Windows 7 will install US Theme. Themes from other country is not installed. We can install them by doing some tricks. 1. Open Windows Explorer and go to “Folder and Search Options” from “Organize” button.
2. in the tab “View” and check on “Show hidden files, folders, and drives” and and remove check mark on “Hide protected operating system files (Recomended)“. There will be a warning dialog, just click “Yes”.
3. Now, you should go to folder “C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT”. There are will be 5 folders. MCT-AU is for Australia, MCT-CA is Canada, MCT-GB is United Kingdom, MCT-US is US, and MCT-ZA is South Africa. In every folder there a Theme folder. In the theme folder there is theme installer, you can doubleclick to install the themes.