Tuesday 20 December 2011

Use hidden international wallpapers and themes on windows 7

When you first install Windows
7, it asks for your language,
time and currency. Based on
your responses, it installs a set of
wallpapers and themes. If you
choose English (United States) for your time and currency
format, for example, the
available desktop backgrounds
and themes will include a United
States section with scenery from
locations such as Maine, the Southwest and so on. Hidden, though, are
background scenery and themes
from other English-speaking
countries -- Australia, Canada,
Great Britain and South Africa.
Normally, you can't access those backgrounds or themes, but
there is a simple way you can
install and use them:
1. In the search box in the Start
menu, type C:\Windows
\Globalization\MCT and press
Enter. (Note: If Windows 7 is
installed in a drive other than
C:, use that letter instead.)
2. Windows Explorer will launch
and show you a list of
subfolders under C:\Windows
\Globalization\MCT: MCT-AU,
MCT-CA, MCT-GB, MCT-US, and
MCT-ZA. Each subfolder has wallpapers for a specific
country: AU for Australia, CA
for Canada, GB for Great
Britain, US for the United States,
and ZA for South Africa. For any of the countries whose
wallpaper and themes you want
to use, go into its Theme folder,
for example, C:\Windows
\Globalization\MCT\MCT-ZA
\Theme. Double-click the theme you see there (for example ZA). A South Africa theme, ready to
use. Click to view larger image.
3. That will install a shortcut to
the theme and wallpapers in the
Personalization section of
Control Panel. You can now use them as you
would any other theme or
background, by right-clicking
the desktop, choosing
Personalize, and choosing a
background or theme. They will be listed in their own section.

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