Uxtheme Patches

The theme manager (implemented in Uxtheme.dll), introduced back in Windows Codename: Whistler days, is responsible for drawing non-client parts of every window displayed within Microsoft Windows according to the styles defined in your active theme.

To keep the Microsoft Windows branding intact, Microsoft added digital signatures to their themes, of which are validated at theme installation and application (i.e. at boot). Due to this limitation, only a handful of themes can officially be used within Microsoft Windows (i.e. Zune theme).

Since the introduction of digital signatures, however, I have removed the aforementioned checks to provide the Microsoft Windows enthusiast community a free and easy way to enable third-party customization of the entire Microsoft Windows user interface.

This repository represents every patch I have made to date, minus a few that may have gotten lost in transit.

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