- Open Windows Explorer
- Click Organize, and select Folder and Search Options.
- Go to View tab.
- Select Show hidden files, folders and drivers and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended). If prompted with confirmation, click Yes.
- Click OK.
- Browse to the following folder: WindowsGlobalizationMCT
- There are five folders in the name with format MCT-XX (where XX is AU, CA, GB, US, and ZA) which represents globalization settings for each region. Go into the folder that you want to activate its theme.
- Open the Theme folder inside the selected region folder.
- Double click on the XX.theme file to apply the theme to the Windows 7 desktop system. Once a theme is ran and activated, the theme will be remembered and saved into Personalization options, so that user can change or select the theme again directly from Personalization settings screen.
- Now to go to Folder Options to reverse the first 5 steps to hide the hidden and protected system files and folders again.