Hi Forum

I need to change the Theme on 500+ desktops with Win XP, Win7 and Win8.

So far I have packaged up the contents and converted it all to an .exe

The .exe when run, copys the theme to the correct location an applies it to the desktop.

However, when uploaded to Intune, it only manages to copy the theme file to the correct location but never applies it.

What could I do to make this work?

Thanks in advance

NN

Hi NN,

The issue stems from the package running in system context.  You are basically changing the theme for your system account.  I would suggest having the EXE added to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

That should launch each time a user logs in.

Let me know if that works for you.

T

Thank you for the quick response, I will let you know how I get on.

NN

Hi Jon

So this was a great idea, thank you.

BUT...

Intune seems to strip this also, runs fine through the cmd prompt locally, but again Intune seems to strip it out.

Here is the .bat file I am using, I have removed everything but the copy and the reg apply.

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@ECHO

xcopy "theme.themepack" "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes"

%systemroot%\system32\reg.exe add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v "Theme" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Theme.themepack" /f

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Any advice?

Thanks in advance

NN

The reason I am doing this way is that these desktops are not on a domain, but they are on Intune.

Hi,

Try not using a system variable in your reg.exe path.  c:\windows\system32\reg.exe should be fine.

Everything else worked as expected when I changed that.

Just to note, if you change the theme like this it will pop open the theme menu on the desktop each time the user boots up.

Thanks.

Hi Jon

I had that feeling, which is why I started with an apply once .exe.

Not really sure where to go from here. I need to get this pushed out, but I dont want it to constantly apply.

Is there a switch or a run once cmd that can be used, or even better, an alternative that you know of that would work through Intune?

Thanks as always

NN

Hi,

Run Once would work, but it's only going to run one time, so the first user to login will get their theme changed, but no other users would.

If that is acceptable, try:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Thanks.

Hi Jon.L

Thanks for the advice so far. I still cannot get this to apply to the registry. I wonder if you could share your process?

With regards to the options available, they are better than no options at all.

Thanks
NN

Hi

Can anyone help?

Thanks
NN

Hi,

I uploaded a CMD.exe from my Windows 7 client, create a .CMD file, run the REG.exe that you specified earlier.

In the command line options in Windows Intune I use /c FILENAME.CMD /s

It will launch any CMD file you want.

Thanks.

Sorry Jon, still no luck.

This is what I make from what you said.

Create Folder A

Copy cmd.exe to folderA

Create a ThemeApply.cmd with REG ADD and the XCopy cmd lines and place in Folder A

Place the Theme into Folder A

Upload to Intune with cmd.exe as primary including subfolder items above^

Default settings all the way apart from cmd line which is inserted as: /c ThemeApply.CMD /s

Upload.

Deploy to my Test Users to the App Portal

Login to App Portal and click on Install, bar shows installed successful.

Theme is copied in (as always) but the registry change is not.

Anything I have done wrong there?

Thanks for your time and effort
NN

...

PS. the .cmd works locally
quick update, tested this locally as follows: cmd.exe /c Apply_Theme.cmd /s ...and it doesnt apply the reg add.

Now if I run the .cmd alone, it works.

Additional: I opened the cmd.exe and c&p'd the .cmd text into it, it says successful but does not apply to the registry

Did you remove the variables from the Reg.exe command line?  Try using c:\windows\system32\reg.exe instead of the system variable.

That fixed it for me during my testing.

Thanks.

I thought that. But still no.

Can you run a remote call by any chance, see if my process is wrong?

NN

I sorted this, I had to upload Reg.exe to the package.

thanks for the help

NN