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Add a Dream Skin theme on Windows

This guide only adds a theme. It assumes Dream Skin is installed and its Tray shortcut is available on Windows.

01

Confirm Dream Skin is installed

If Dream Skin is missing, complete the Windows installation guide first. Installing the tool and adding a theme are separate procedures.

02

Extract the downloaded theme

In Downloads, right-click codex-skin-lab-<theme-name>.zip and choose Extract All. Keep the extracted folder intact.

03

Open the theme library

Open PowerShell and run the command below. File Explorer opens the themes folder created by Dream Skin.

Invoke-Item "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\CodexDreamSkin\themes"
04

Move the complete theme folder

Move the extracted codex-skin-lab-<theme-name> folder into themes. Do not move theme.json or the artwork separately.

05

Choose it from the tray

Open Codex Dream Skin - Tray from Start. In the bottom-right notification area, right-click the Dream Skin icon, open Saved themes, and choose the new theme. Click the up arrow first if the icon is hidden. Then check Home, an ordinary task, and the composer.

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Codex Dream Skin Windows filesCodex Skin Lab themes

Next, choose a theme

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Add this theme to Dream Skin

Follow the steps for your system. Install Dream Skin first, then move the complete theme folder into its theme library and select it.

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Dream Skin not installed?

Complete the separate installation guide first, then return here.

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  1. 1
    Unzip the download

    Open Downloads and double-click the ZIP. A folder with the same name will appear.

  2. 2
    Open the Dream Skin theme folder

    Press Command + Space, type Terminal, and open it. Copy the command below, paste it into Terminal, then press Return.

    open "$HOME/Library/Application Support/CodexDreamSkinStudio/themes"Dream Skin creates this folder when it is installed. This command only opens it and cannot create, move, replace, or delete files.

    Finder will open the themes folder that Dream Skin created during installation.

  3. 3
    Move the whole theme folder

    Drag the folder you just unzipped into the Finder window. Do not move theme.json or the background image separately.

    Move this folder/

  4. 4
    Switch to this theme

    Copy the command below into Terminal and press Return. It switches by the theme folder ID you just moved.

    ~/.codex/codex-dream-skin-studio/scripts/switch-theme-macos.sh --id If the command reports that the theme or Dream Skin is missing, open the macOS installation guide above.