Fix: Windows can’t Find one of the files in this Theme [Complete Guide]

Windows 10 is the latest addition to Microsoft’s Famous Operating System and it works adequately for most users. However, for others, it often springs up really annoying bugs and errors and one of these bugs is the ‘Windows can’t find one of the files in this Theme‘ Error. In this article, we will focus on completely fixing this issue with the operating system so you can continue to use it normally.

What Causes Windows can’t find one of the files in this Theme Error?

After digging through the issue, we came to the conclusion that the following are some of the most prominent reasons behind the occurrence of this error.

• Active Theme: If you are getting this error with a particular theme, it is possible that Windows is unable to properly access all of its files due to which this error is being triggered. Therefore, as indicated in the solution below, you can change the active theme which should fix it completely.
• Theme Sync: Some users run into the ‘Windows can’t find one of the files in this theme’ error whenever they try to enable the Theme sync feature on their operating systems. It is important that this feature is kept disabled to ensure complete fluidity with the OS.
• Custom Screensaver: It is also very important that you haven’t set a custom screensaver because if so, Windows tends to often spring up this error while trying to use it. You can check if that is the case by removing the custom screen saver and if the error is fixed, it means that it was the selection of this option that was causing this issue from the start.

Now that we have told you about the reasons due to which this issue arises in the first place, we can finally move on towards implementing fixes to rectify this issue completely.

Before we start:

1. Click on the “Search” button on the taskbar and type “cmd” in the text field.
2. Now right-click on the “Command Prompt” option and select “Run as administrator”.

   

3. Type the following commands in the command prompt and hit the “Enter” key on the keyboard to execute them.

   sfc /scannow
   Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
   Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
   Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

4. When the above commands are executed successfully, check and see if the error persists.

Fixing the Windows can’t find one of the files in this Theme Error:

Solution 1: Change the active theme

1. Right-click anywhere on your desktop and select “Personalize” from the pop-up menu.

   

2. Select “Theme” from the left pane and select a different theme from the right side of the window.
3. After making the changes, hopefully, you will not encounter this error on your computer again.

Solution 2: Re-download the theme

1. Right-click anywhere on your desktop and select “Personalize” from the pop-up menu.

   

2. Select “Theme” from the left pane and select a different theme from the right side of the window.
3. Now right-click on the troublesome theme, and then select “Delete” from the pop-up menu to delete it permanently.

   

4. Right-click on the “Windows” icon located on the taskbar and select “Run” from the pop-up menu.

   

5. When the Run box appears, type “%windir%\Resources\Themes” in its text field and hit the “Enter” key on the keyboard.

   

6. Now select the faulty theme and hit the “Delete” key on the keyboard to permanently remove all the resources associated with that theme.

   

7. Now click on the “Get more themes in the Microsoft Store” button and download the theme again that you have just deleted.

   

8. After downloading the theme, switch to the new theme and see if you encounter the same error again.

Solution 3: Set Picture as a background

1. Right-click anywhere on your desktop and select “Personalize” from the pop-up menu.

   

2. Select “Background” from the left pane and choose “Picture” from the drop-down menu located under the “Background” section, from the right side of the window.

   

3. After applying the changes, check and see if the same error occurs again on your computer.

Solution 4: Disable the Theme Sync Settings

1. Click on the “Search” button located on the taskbar and search for “Sync your settings”.

   

2. Now disable the “Theme” toggle button located under the “Individual Sync settings” section and reboot your computer to check if the issue has been eliminated from your computer.

   

Solution 5: Disable the Custom Screensaver

1. Right-click anywhere on your desktop and select “Personalize” from the pop-up menu.

   

2. Select “Lock Screen” from the left pane and click on the “Screen saver settings” option located on the right side of the screen.

   

3. Now select “None” from the “

   

   ” drop-down menu and click on the “Apply” button to save the changes.

4. After making the above changes, reboot your computer and see if you encounter the same error again with your computer’s themes.

Solution 6: Reinstall the suite of native Windows apps

1. Right-click on the “Windows” icon located on the taskbar and select “Powershell (Admin)” from the pop-up menu.

   

2. Type the following command in the command prompt and hit the “Enter” key on the keyboard to initiate the reinstallation of all System Apps.

   Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

3. After the successful execution of the above command, reboot your computer and see if the issue persists.

Workaround:

1. Launch a browser on your computer and download Copernic Desktop Search from its official site.
2. Now double-click on the downloaded file to open its installation wizard and follow the on-screen instructions to install the tool on your computer.
3. When the tool is installed successfully, launch it and search for the missing files that are the main reason behind this “Windows can’t find one of the files in this theme” error.

Hopefully, the error might have gone by now but if you need further assistance, contact here.