Make sure the themes service is enabled and that you used the correct version of uxtheme.dll.
Replace the files with following procedure:
- Login as a Administrator.
- Goto %systemroot%\System32
- Right-click uxtheme.dll and click properties.
- Take ownership of the file and close dialogs.
- Do same for themeui.dll and shsvcs.dll
- Right-click uxtheme.dll and click properties.
- Give yourself (or group) Full Control permissions and close dialogs.
- Do same for themeui.dll and shsvcs.dll.
- Rename uxtheme.dll to uxtheme.old.
- Rename themeui.dll to themeui.old.
- Rename shsvcs.dll to shsvcs.old.
- Copy downloaded patched files into %systemroot%\System32
- Reboot your pc.
- Done! enjoy