You don't say where you moved the themes -- but does this from the Help files give you any help? It appears that there are some unique characteristics to the latest versions of the program and how it reads themes.




Themes are installed to a folder at C:\Documents and Settings\Your Username\Application Data\Sony\DVD Architect \5\Themes. Each theme is saved as a .thm file, which is essentially a .zip file that contains the theme's XML file and media.

In previous versions of DVD Architect, themes were installed in a subfolder below the program folder. However, not all users could access the Program Files folder and the theme information. With the current folder location, if two or more people are using DVD Architect Studio from the same computer, the theme information will be duplicated.

The easiest way to create your own themes is to work on a copy of an existing theme.


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Create a copy of the theme you want to modify and rename the file.

Open the .thm file in a program such as WinZip and extract the files to a working folder.

Edit the theme's files as necessary:

You must change the <NAME> field in the <THEME INFORMATION> section to a unique name for DVD Architect software to recognize the theme.

Change the <AUTHOR>, <COPYRIGHT>, and <ABOUT> tags with your own information.

The default.xml file contains all information about the layout, including button positioning/spacing, font, text, graphics, and audio information. Do not rename this file.

The media files in the theme are used for button and menu graphics, backgrounds, and audio. You can use any file format that DVD Architect Studio software supports, including .bmp, .png, .jpg, .gif, .avi, and .wav.

Resave the .zip file, renaming it to a .thm file, in the themes subfolder below the DVD Architect Studio program folder. The program will detect the new theme the next time it starts.

If there are any mistakes or missing files referenced in the default.xml file, the theme will not load.

Thanks Steve. I'd already found the help information, however I found that the help does not go far enough to make it useful.

After a few hours of experimenting I found the solution!!! In pre-5.0 the themes were in .thm folders and not zip files. Here's the steps:
1) Generate a zip (not a rar) of the CONTENTS of the .thm folder.
2) Rename the .zip extension to .thm.
3) Move the zipped .thm file into ALMOST the folder specified in the help doc....here's the path to place the zipped .thm file:
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Username\Application Data\Sony\DVD Architect \5\User Themes

When DVD Architect starts up it will automatically create a new .thm folder in the themes folder based on the contents of the "user themes" folder.

Sony, please update the help file!