Themes Service Defaults in Windows 8
Provides user experience theme management.
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Automatic |
| Display name: | Themes |
| Service name: | Themes |
| Service type: | share |
| Error control: | normal |
| Group: | ProfSvc_Group |
| Object: | LocalSystem |
| Path: | %SystemRoot%\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs |
| File: | %SystemRoot%\system32\themeservice.dll |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Themes |
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Default Behavior
Themes is a Win32 service. In Windows 8 it is starting automatically during the operating system startup. Then the Themes service runs as LocalSystem in a process of svchost.exe, sharing it with other services. If Themes fails to start, the error details are added to Windows 8 error log. When the operating system startup is complete, the user is being notified that the Themes service hasn't been started.
Restore Default Startup Configuration of Themes
1. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator.
2. Copy the commands below, paste them into the command window and press ENTER:
sc config Themes start= auto
sc start Themes
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The Themes service is using the themeservice.dll file that is located in the C:\Windows\system32 directory. If the file is removed or corrupted, read this article to restore its original version from Windows 8 installation media.