Error loading visual styles

They do!

I can´t read that properly because the loop of the G is in the way. You downloaded what? A patch??
How are you trying to load it? with the display properties menu , or with a 3rd party app?

The rundll thing can be a nightmare... try reading ~ [LINK] ~ but try everything else before you go down this path.

That didn´t help me at all dude. Maybe I need to make it more clear. I installed a msstyles visual style and then I downloaded a uxtheme.dll patcher and pathed the file. When I restarted and tried to load a visual style it came up with the errors listed on my other post. I even contacted microsoft and ibm (my computer´s manufacturer) and they didn´t know what to do. The only thing I know to do is try a repair of my OS or reinstall XP. Someone PLEASE help I dont want to have to reinstall windows just because of a visual error.

BTW mickeblue, your link just went to the message board page.

Depends what patch you used. If you used one of the multi patchers you can usually just run it again and reboot to "unpatch it"... try going back to the site you downloaded from and look for any FAQ´s.

This was the link ~ [LINK]

I fixed it! By myself!! No one could help so I found the problem myself. So far, I think I have had the only case of this error but just incase, here is the cause and solution.

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This may also apply to other people´s PCs.
Note: This problem occured on an IBM Thinkpad 600 running Windows XP Home.

Problem: Uxtheme.dll multi-patcher didn´t work and caused an error when trying to load visual styles. Didn´t allow any styles to work therefore everything looked like Windows 98. Unpatching didn´t work either.

Solution: In order to still be able to use 3rd party skins, I had to manualy patch uxtheme.dll by downloading a version from the net and replacing it with replacer. Then I rebooted and all styles worked again, error free.

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