Taskbar Problems - Classic Mode in Luna

[Anonymous]

My taskbar is in Classic mode, while the rest of my windows are in
Luna (Windows XP Style). Here's how it happened:

- I was into 3rd party visual styles (Microsoft's Luna is a visual
style)
- Windows XP doesn't support 3rd party visual styles, so I was trying
to get a patched Uxtheme.dll file
- At the time the problem occurred, I was using Windows XP SP2 RC2
- None of the patchers/patched files I tried worked
- I had booted my PC to uninstall SP2 RC2, and then I got the problem
- I hadn't done System Restore (and I should have) to fix the problem.

I got onto Tech support with Microsoft via phone, AND THEN e-mail,
neither of the reps could help me.

I believe there is a problem with the shellstyle.dll file on my PC.

PLEASE HELP ME!

Sincerely,
Anonymous

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soon. I will then release the URL to that picture in a future post.
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[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

My taskbar is in Classic mode, while the rest of my windows are in
Luna (Windows XP Style). Here's how it happened:

- I was into 3rd party visual styles (Microsoft's Luna is a visual
style)
- Windows XP doesn't support 3rd party visual styles, so I was trying
to get a patched Uxtheme.dll file
- At the time the problem occurred, I was using Windows XP SP2 RC2
- None of the patchers/patched files I tried worked
- I had booted my PC to uninstall SP2 RC2, and then I got the problem
- I hadn't done System Restore (and I should have) to fix the problem.

I got onto Tech support with Microsoft via phone, AND THEN e-mail,
neither of the reps could help me.

I believe there is a problem with the shellstyle.dll file on my PC.

Have you tried a repair installation as described on Doug's website?

How Do I Do a "Repair Installation"?:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm

 

[scotty_newsgroup-use]

I have tried the .vbs file there. It did not work. Also, I don't want
to spend $5 to fix the problem. Thanks for the suggestion, though.
Sincerely,
Anonymous

http://www.scottywz.com/

 

[scotty_newsgroup-use]

The repair installation didn't work.

Sincerely,
Anonymous