theming issues?

imanalien · 25 Apr 2021

Anyone use any theme patcher like UltraUXthemepatcher or UXthemepatcher? I have had to reinstall windows using 21H1 builds 3 times in 2 weeks cause of issues(green screens, crazy wierd issues etc) anyway i couldnt get theming to work at all. Then I realized when I reinstalled windows i chose my SSD the C: Drive that windows was installed oon originally but somehow it loaded it onto a different HDD drive wiping out 5000 pdfs I had..SMH. Anyway I fixed that issue by reinstalling to my SSD and fixing partition issues. However when I tried theming again it worked immediately. So my guess is htis type of theming has severe issues on HDDs? Anyone else having an issue applying themes to an HDD?

jbcarreon123 · 25 Apr 2021

I don't have a issues regarding on appling themes in an hard disk drive. I'm usually using my custom-made themepacks and I'm not using a applications that patchs my themes. And also I'm not an insider.
You can try this steps:
1 is don't use any external apps;
Or 2 is use Stable Windows.

imanalien · 26 Apr 2021

jbcarreon123 said:

I don't have a issues regarding on appling themes in an hard disk drive. I'm usually using my custom-made themepacks and I'm not using a applications that patchs my themes. And also I'm not an insider.
You can try this steps:
1 is don't use any external apps;
Or 2 is use Stable Windows.

I downgraded and installed build 2004 and I am staying on build 2004, I disabled all Windows update services etc. This build is error free and runs like butter. I don't have all the time in the world to keep clean installing every week, lol.

jbcarreon123 · 26 Apr 2021

I'm Using 20H2 with no problems..

teots · 29 Apr 2021

imanalien said:

Anyone use any theme patcher like UltraUXthemepatcher or UXthemepatcher? I have had to reinstall windows using 21H1 builds 3 times in 2 weeks cause of issues(green screens, crazy wierd issues etc) anyway i couldnt get theming to work at all. Then I realized when I reinstalled windows i chose my SSD the C: Drive that windows was installed oon originally but somehow it loaded it onto a different HDD drive wiping out 5000 pdfs I had..SMH. Anyway I fixed that issue by reinstalling to my SSD and fixing partition issues. However when I tried theming again it worked immediately. So my guess is htis type of theming has severe issues on HDDs? Anyone else having an issue applying themes to an HDD?

Where did you get 21H1 from ?

dalchina · 29 Apr 2021

21H1: - there's even an iso download link here apart from Insider previews...
Windows 10 21H1 now available for commercial pre-release validation

Then I realized when I reinstalled windows i chose my SSD the C: Drive that windows was installed oon originally but somehow it loaded it onto a different HDD drive wiping out 5000 pdfs I had..SMH. Anyway I fixed that issue by reinstalling to my SSD and fixing partition issues.

Hard to imagine if this was a clean install as clean installs are to unallocated space, unless as you suggest there were problems on your disk.

Some recommend precautionary measures- only having the system disk in place/ accessible when installing Windows.

Theming - as your system disk is (meant to be!) your SSD, I don't understand how theming could possibly impact other disks.

I have had to reinstall windows using 21H1 builds 3 times in 2 weeks

How can you often avoid clean installing Windows? Especially when hacking/ modifying/ or just routinely using Windows, as is endlessly recommended here, use disk imaging.

Given a set of disk images of different dates (e.g. base + 3 differential images gives you 4 different dates) you can restore an imaged partition to as it was when imaged, saving time and stress. All partitions comprising your O/S whould be imaged as a minimum- e.g. using Macrium Reflect (free).

jbcarreon123 · 29 Apr 2021

@dalchina is correct. Do not use clean install, use a disk imaging program.
Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect