Windows 10: apply windows 10 theme with cmd or powershell / programming

Hi All,

I develop the company image and I'm trying to apply a theme with wallpaper and accent color. In the Windows 7 days this VBS line worked for me:

WshShell.Run "rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL %SystemRoot%\system32\desk.cpl desk @TheMes /Action:OpenTheme /file:""C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\HHMX.deskthemepack"""

However when I run this on Windows 10 it doesn't work. Running the following line opens the theme selection window:

rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL %SystemRoot%\system32\desk.cpl desk @TheMes

But the "/Action:OpenTheme" part doesn't work anymore. Does anyone have any suggestions to make this work? Or any other ways. I don't want to lock the theme down with GPO (users complain), and I've tried adding the theme name to my answer file during sysprep, but that also is not working. If anyone has any guidance on apply a theme via an answer file that would be great too. Thanks for any help! *Cool

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how connect in network with cmd or powerShell in windows?

If you want to access a mapped network drive or shared folder over the network today, you can easily do it through Network and File Explorer. When connecting to network resources from the command line, the net use syntax is required followed by the \\MACHINE-NAME\NETWORKSHARE.
In my example below, I want to connect to another computer named ELITEBK-INSIDER. If the network resource is password protected, you will be prompted to enter one along with a username. After connecting, you should see: “The command completed successfully.”

You can go ahead and browse the contents of the folder using the same commands we previously demonstrated.

If you want to connect to a specific subfolder over the network, you can use the pushd command followed by the network path, example: pushd \\ELITEBK-INSIDER\Wiki Projects. This is similar to change directory command.

Source:

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/10-command-lin...

 

how connect in network with cmd or powerShell in windows?

como conectar-se a uma rede wi-fi com powerShell ou cmd, por favor, eu não quero "netsh wlan exportar ..." ou conectar em uma rede salva, eu quero conectar em rede externa.
Ninguém tem que salvar em seu desktop !!
se voce sabe por favor me ajude!
desculpe pelo meu inglês orrivel !!
obrigado desde ja !!

 

Hi, for what it's worth (= not an exact answer), here's how I do it from within an AHK script:
run, "D:\GUI tweaks\Theme Switcher\ThemeSwitcher\Themeswitcher.exe" "Paler yellow, blue-green title.theme"
Themeswitcher.exe is a tool produced by Winaero
Winaero Theme Switcher

 

Thanks for your reply. I'd rather not use a tool like that. Also my companies firewall blocks anything from winaero. What is interesting is if I simply execute a theme file using CMD it changes the theme, but when I put it in a script, it doesn't work. Sadness.

 

Just to customize the default user profile, including customizing the theme and other visuals, see this tutorial: Default User Profile - Customize in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

To completely customize your Windows image in Audit Mode with sysprep, see this tutorial: Windows 10 Image - Customize in Audit Mode with Sysprep - Windows 10 Forums

 

Thanks! Is there any elegant way to enter audit mode after I've already started to set up my image under the local admin? Do I sysprep /audit without answer file into audit mode, make customizations, then sysprep /oobe /unattend ? Thanks for your help!

 

WIN + R, type %windir%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /audit /reboot, hit Enter to restart in Audit Mode.

Notice that as you already have existing user accounts, all customizations will only apply to new user accounts, not existing ones.

 

I ended up using the solution provided by dalchina, thank you.

 

figured this out after my win 7 script failed in 10

#PS
Start-Process "C:\Path\to\yourtheme.theme"
Start-Sleep -s 10
#US english
(New-Object -comObject Shell.Application).Windows() | where-object {$_.LocationName -eq "Personalization"} | foreach-object {$_.quit()}
#UK english
(New-Object -comObject Shell.Application).Windows() | where-object {$_.LocationName -eq "Personalisation"} | foreach-object {$_.quit()}