You can open Windows 7 themes to extract the content of the themes. This is only true for .themepack themes, not for .theme files. However, you can open .theme files with a notepad and change some of the theme settings.

Opening Windows 7 theme “.themepack”

The Windows 7 .themepack format is basically a zipped container that includes the actual .theme file, cursors, sounds, screensaver, desktop icons and information about the color scheme, so all you need to open the Windows 7 themes is a good zipping program that supports the file format. 7-zip a very versatile zipping program allows you to open the Windows 7 themes.

You can download 7-zip from here.

If you want to open any of the files inside a Windows 7 theme, you will need an icon viewer for the .ico files, a WAV editor for the .wav files, a scr viewer for the screensaver and a photo editing program for the wallpapers.

Want to know how it’s supposed to look like when you’re opening a Windows 7 theme?

As mentioned above, a Windows 7 theme *can* include cursors and a folder DesktopBackground. It will always include a .theme file at the very least.

Opening Windows 7 theme “.theme”

If you’re opening a .theme file with an editor, you will find system paths and other stuff that will tell Windows 7 where everything is stored:

• [Theme]
• [Control Panel\Cursors]
• [Control Panel\Desktop]
• [VisualStyles]
• [boot]
• [MasterThemeSelector]
• [Sounds]

This can also be modified if you know what you’re doing.

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