Change windows theme, and revert when usb is disconnected

Ok well i used and application called AutoIT. AutoIT lets you create sendkey scripts , it also allows you to convert these scripts into stand alone exe files. AutoIT is freeware so if you Google it then I'm sure you can find it easily.

Any way, i've created a batch file for when i start up and a batch file to shutdown, to portablize my google talk and picasa. any way these batch files just simply export the current registry setting and appdata file and import mine and when the shutdown batch file is run it exports my data and restores the original reg and appdata. these batch files also handle the theme swapping. Still getting there lol.

So i got AutoIT and created a start up script that i converted to and exe that looks like this:

Run("C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl desk,@Themes")
WinWaitActive("Display Properties")
Send("!s")
WinWaitActive("Save As")
Send("C:\restore.theme")
Send("!s")
Send("!y")
WinWaitActive("Display Properties")
Send("b")
WinWaitActive("Open Theme")
Send("C:\MSV.Theme")
Send("!o")
WinWaitActive("Display Properties")
Send("{ENTER}")

this is run at start up automatically by the start up batch file, takes a split second

now this imports the MSV theme, from the system root, which is my theme and exports the current user theme to the system root. I've set up my startup batch file to additionally copy my theme, and the wallpaper image file to the system root and an empty theme called restore.theme that will be over written with the current theme.

on shut down i created this script that i converted using AutoIT into an exe

Run("C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl desk,@Themes")
WinWaitActive("Display Properties")
Send("b")
WinWaitActive("Open Theme")
Send("C:\Restore.Theme")
Send("!o")
WinWaitActive("Display Properties")
Send("{ENTER}")

this is run automaticaly from the shutdown batch file which applies the saved restore theme. Then the shutdown batch file deletes the the MSV.theme, restore.theme and the wallpaper file from the system root.

the msv theme has to initially be edited after creating it using a notepad to change the wallpaper path to just wallpaper.png/jpg so thats its relative to the msv.theme file!

after the shutdown batch file is run then the drive can be disconnected. I've set the start up app to work as an autoplay that starts pstart and i've created a button called shutdown in my pstart that i have set to activate when i exit pstart

tell me what you guys think??

Additionaly i also use a command line utility called nircmd, which is run in the start up and shutdown batch files to hide all the desktop icons and restore them upon shutdowm

Start up:
nircmd.exe win hide class progman

and on shutdown:
nircmd.exe win show class progman

A small detail i overlooked regarding the screen saver. Please download the new MSV.theme file and replace the old MSV.theme file in the Autotheme.zip package. The screen saver will now work correctly. Hope you guys find this useful. One more thing I also forgot to mention is that this will only work on XP systems.

MSV.theme