That will install a shortcut to the theme and wallpapers in the Personalization section of Control Panel. Double-click the theme you see there (for example ZA).ģ. 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.įor 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.
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. (Note: If Windows 7 is installed in a drive other than C:, use that letter instead.)Ģ. In the search box in the Start menu, type C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT and press Enter. Normally, you can't access those backgrounds or themes, but there is a simple way you can install and use them:ġ. Hidden, though, are background scenery and themes from other English-speaking countries - Australia, Canada, Great Britain and South Africa. 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. Based on your responses, it installs a set of wallpapers and themes. When you first install Windows 7, it asks for your language, time and currency.
Use hidden international wallpapers and themes We'll start with a few nifty tips that can make your desktop more interesting, make it easier to get around and increase your computer's power efficiency. If you like them, we'll keep more coming.
We've got plenty of tips, hacks and secrets to keep you busy for a long time, including automatically opening Windows Explorer to a folder of your choice, speeding up taskbar thumbnails, finding hidden desktop themes, forcing User Account Control to act the way you'd like, keeping your Explorer searches secret from others, and more. Just got your hands on Windows 7 and want to bend it to your will? No problem.