This tutorial will show you how to save your custom theme to a .theme or .deskthemepack file in Windows 11.
A theme is a combination of the desktop background, lock screen background, colors, sounds, and mouse pointers.
You can save your custom theme to a .theme or .deskthemepack file.
When you save your custom theme to a .theme file, it is saved to the %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes folder for the current user. The saved theme will now be available to select when changing your theme.
A .deskthemepack file can be used as a backup and for sharing your custom theme. The person you shared the .deskthemepack file with can double click/tap on the .deskthemepack file to save and apply the theme to their account.
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- Option One: Save Custom Theme to .theme file in Settings
- Option Two: Save Custom Theme to .deskthemepack file in Settings
- Option Three: Save Custom Theme to .theme file in Control Panel
- Option Four: Save Custom Theme to .deskthemepack file in Control Panel
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Personalization on the left side, and click/tap on Themes on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Save at the top. (see screenshot below)
You will only have Save available if you made unsaved changes to your theme.
4 Type a name (ex" "My Theme") you want for this theme, and click/tap on Save. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Personalization on the left side, and click/tap on Themes on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Right click on a custom theme you want, and click/tap on Save theme for sharing. (see screenshot below)
4 Perform the following actions: (see screenshot below)
- Navigate to where you want to save the .deskthemepack file to.
- Type a name you want for the .deskthemepack file.
- Click/tap on Save.
5 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Open Run (Win+R).
2 Copy and paste the
shell:::{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}
command into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Personalization in the Control Panel.3 In My Themes, right click on a custom unsaved theme you want, and click/tap on Save. (see screenshot below)
4 Type a name (ex" "My Theme") you want for this theme, and click/tap on Save. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close the Personalization Control Panel if you like.
1 Open Run (Win+R).
2 Copy and paste the
shell:::{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921}
command into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Personalization in the Control Panel.3 In My Themes, right click on a custom theme you want, and click/tap on Save theme for sharing. (see screenshot below)
4 Perform the following actions: (see screenshot below)
- Navigate to where you want to save the .deskthemepack file to.
- Type a name you want for the .deskthemepack file.
- Click/tap on Save.
5 You can now close the Personalization Control Panel if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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