How to restore or recover original windows start orb

[blue_moon]

Hi,

I have recently downloaded the windows theme installer and installed a new theme in my computer. After changing to the new theme and wanted to return my window theme to the original windows 7 theme, I was unable to do so.

Even when I used the restore to original system file button in the window installer theme.

I would like to kindly ask if there is a way to get back my original windows 7 start button orb?

Thanks in advance.
blue_moon

[HappyAndyK]

The best and easiest way to do it, in such a case, would be to do a system restore. If that is not an option, then run sfc /scannow or System File Checker.

To run the System File Checker in Windows 7 or Vista, type cmd in start search box. In the result, which appear, right click on cmd and select Run As Administrator.

In the command prompt window which opens, type sfc /scannow and hit Enter.

The sfc utility will run for a while and if any corruptions are found, replace them on re-boot.

More on that here: Run System File Checker (sfc /scannow) & Interpret its logs in Windows 7 & Vista | The Windows Club

[rkonit]

Run Command Prompt as Administrator and execute the SFC command for a single file (explorer.exe - contains start orb images)

SFC /SCANFILE= "C:\Windows\explorer.exe"

[Zindex]

It didn't work for me

2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    Starting TrustedInstaller initialization.
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    Loaded Servicing Stack v6.1.7601.18766 with Core: C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.18766_none_675144b3de10d6f7\cbscore.dll
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000001@2015/7/14:07:10:37.704 WcpInitialize (wcp.dll version 0.0.0.6) called (stack @0x7fee9bff0dd @0x7feeb4898b5 @0x7feeb4534e3 @0xff10e97c @0xff10d799 @0xff10db2f)
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000002@2015/7/14:07:10:37.704 WcpInitialize (wcp.dll version 0.0.0.6) called (stack @0x7fee9bff0dd @0x7feeb4d6816 @0x7feeb4a2b18 @0x7feeb4535b9 @0xff10e97c @0xff10d799)
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000003@2015/7/14:07:10:37.704 WcpInitialize (wcp.dll version 0.0.0.6) called (stack @0x7fee9bff0dd @0x7feeef68738 @0x7feeef68866 @0xff10e474 @0xff10d7de @0xff10db2f)
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    Ending TrustedInstaller initialization.
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    Starting the TrustedInstaller main loop.
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    TrustedInstaller service starts successfully.
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    SQM: Initializing online with Windows opt-in: False
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    SQM: Cleaning up report files older than 10 days.
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    SQM: Requesting upload of all unsent reports.
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    SQM: Failed to start upload with file pattern: C:\Windows\servicing\sqm\*_std.sqm, flags: 0x2 [HRESULT = 0x80004005 - E_FAIL]
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    SQM: Failed to start standard sample upload. [HRESULT = 0x80004005 - E_FAIL]
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    SQM: Queued 0 file(s) for upload with pattern: C:\Windows\servicing\sqm\*_all.sqm, flags: 0x6
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    SQM: Warning: Failed to upload all unsent reports. [HRESULT = 0x80004005 - E_FAIL]
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    No startup processing required, TrustedInstaller service was not set as autostart, or else a reboot is still pending.
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    NonStart: Checking to ensure startup processing was not required.
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000004 IAdvancedInstallerAwareStore_ResolvePendingTransactions (call 1) (flags = 00000004, progress = NULL, phase = 0, pdwDisposition = @0xc7fd80
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000005 Creating NT transaction (seq 1), objectname [6]"(null)"
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000006 Created NT transaction (seq 1) result 0x00000000, handle @0x214
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000007@2015/7/14:07:10:37.736 CSI perf trace:
CSIPERF:TXCOMMIT;404
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    NonStart: Success, startup processing not required as expected.
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CBS    Startup processing thread terminated normally
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000008 CSI Store 16596576 (0x0000000000fd3e60) initialized
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000009 [SR] Verifying 1 components
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    0000000a [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    0000000b Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17567_none_afa79dc39081d0ba\explorer.exe do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" :
  Found: {l:32 b:A3sw9KZwO+MKuYJ10m18Xkqxmau6PJ1QNOyew0vEMcQ=} Expected: {l:32 b:a+0aOpVqhZ70Qg/rJGbAQIAOrwHvUyFO+dq1Ou/xz/A=}
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    0000000c [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" of Microsoft-Windows-explorer, Version = 6.1.7601.17567, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    0000000d Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17567_none_afa79dc39081d0ba\explorer.exe do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" :
  Found: {l:32 b:A3sw9KZwO+MKuYJ10m18Xkqxmau6PJ1QNOyew0vEMcQ=} Expected: {l:32 b:a+0aOpVqhZ70Qg/rJGbAQIAOrwHvUyFO+dq1Ou/xz/A=}
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    0000000e [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" of Microsoft-Windows-explorer, Version = 6.1.7601.17567, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    0000000f [SR] This component was referenced by [l:154{77}]"Package_1_for_KB2515325~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0.2515325-2_neutral_GDR"
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000010 Hashes for file member \??\C:\Windows\explorer.exe do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" :
  Found: {l:32 b:A3sw9KZwO+MKuYJ10m18Xkqxmau6PJ1QNOyew0vEMcQ=} Expected: {l:32 b:a+0aOpVqhZ70Qg/rJGbAQIAOrwHvUyFO+dq1Ou/xz/A=}
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000011 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17567_none_afa79dc39081d0ba\explorer.exe do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" :
  Found: {l:32 b:A3sw9KZwO+MKuYJ10m18Xkqxmau6PJ1QNOyew0vEMcQ=} Expected: {l:32 b:a+0aOpVqhZ70Qg/rJGbAQIAOrwHvUyFO+dq1Ou/xz/A=}
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000012 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:28{14}]"\??\C:\Windows"\[l:24{12}]"explorer.exe"; source file in store is also corrupted
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000013 Repair results created:
POQ 0 starts:
     0: Move File: Source = [l:192{96}]"\SystemRoot\WinSxS\Temp\PendingRenames\2a73722f04bed001030000009c11b407._0000000000000000.cdf-ms", Destination = [l:104{52}]"\SystemRoot\WinSxS\FileMaps\_0000000000000000.cdf-ms"

POQ 0 ends.
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000014 [SR] Verify complete
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000015 [SR] Repairing 1 components
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000016 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000017 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17567_none_afa79dc39081d0ba\explorer.exe do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" :
  Found: {l:32 b:A3sw9KZwO+MKuYJ10m18Xkqxmau6PJ1QNOyew0vEMcQ=} Expected: {l:32 b:a+0aOpVqhZ70Qg/rJGbAQIAOrwHvUyFO+dq1Ou/xz/A=}
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000018 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" of Microsoft-Windows-explorer, Version = 6.1.7601.17567, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    00000019 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17567_none_afa79dc39081d0ba\explorer.exe do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" :
  Found: {l:32 b:A3sw9KZwO+MKuYJ10m18Xkqxmau6PJ1QNOyew0vEMcQ=} Expected: {l:32 b:a+0aOpVqhZ70Qg/rJGbAQIAOrwHvUyFO+dq1Ou/xz/A=}
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    0000001a [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" of Microsoft-Windows-explorer, Version = 6.1.7601.17567, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2015-07-14 09:10:37, Info                  CSI    0000001b [SR] This component was referenced by [l:154{77}]"Package_1_for_KB2515325~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0.2515325-2_neutral_GDR"
2015-07-14 09:10:38, Info                  CSI    0000001c Hashes for file member \??\C:\Windows\explorer.exe do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" :
  Found: {l:32 b:A3sw9KZwO+MKuYJ10m18Xkqxmau6PJ1QNOyew0vEMcQ=} Expected: {l:32 b:a+0aOpVqhZ70Qg/rJGbAQIAOrwHvUyFO+dq1Ou/xz/A=}
2015-07-14 09:10:38, Info                  CSI    0000001d Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17567_none_afa79dc39081d0ba\explorer.exe do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" :
  Found: {l:32 b:A3sw9KZwO+MKuYJ10m18Xkqxmau6PJ1QNOyew0vEMcQ=} Expected: {l:32 b:a+0aOpVqhZ70Qg/rJGbAQIAOrwHvUyFO+dq1Ou/xz/A=}
2015-07-14 09:10:38, Info                  CSI    0000001e [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:28{14}]"\??\C:\Windows"\[l:24{12}]"explorer.exe"; source file in store is also corrupted
2015-07-14 09:10:38, Info                  CSI    0000001f Repair results created:
POQ 1 starts:
     0: Move File: Source = [l:192{96}]"\SystemRoot\WinSxS\Temp\PendingRenames\8cdf872f04bed001050000009c11b407._0000000000000000.cdf-ms", Destination = [l:104{52}]"\SystemRoot\WinSxS\FileMaps\_0000000000000000.cdf-ms"

POQ 1 ends.
2015-07-14 09:10:38, Info                  CSI    00000020 [SR] Repair complete
2015-07-14 09:10:45, Info                  CBS    Archived backup log: C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CbsPersist_20150714071037.cab.

[hackerman1]

It didn't work for me

Do you have the same problem as the original poster ?

[Zindex]

I installed a theme that came with my keyboard. Changing theme changes everything except for the Start button. I don't have a restore point, it is turned off.