.THEME File Extension

Theme file for Microsoft Plus!, a software enhancement to the Windows operating system; contains images, colors, and other settings used to customize the Windows desktop; may be included with the Microsoft Plus! software or may be custom made by the user.

The first Plus! package was developed as Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95. The enhancement software was later created for Windows 98 and Windows XP as well. It was discontinued after the release of Microsoft Vista, which included many of the Microsoft Plus! features.

The Windows 7 THEME file format includes new features that were not available in previous versions of Windows. Older versions of Windows can still read these files, but they ignore the unrecognized sections.

NOTE: WineHQ can use THEME files to stylize the skins of Windows programs on the Linux platform.

Theme index file used by GTK, a tool used for programming user interfaces in Linux; contains desktop theme settings, including name, type, comment, icons, background image, window preferences, fonts, sounds, and color schemes; stored in a plain text format.

THEME files may be included as part of a .GTP theme package or a gzip-compressed-tar archive, both of whichinclude an index.theme file. Theme packages may be installed under the /home/[username]/.themes/[themename]/ directory in GNOME and XFCE.

User interface theme file used by COMODO, an antivirus application; contains colors and styles that change the appearance of the program; used for personalizing and changing the look and feel of the software.

Comodo themes that use the ".theme" extension use the same format as .MSSTYLES files.