Where can I download Microsoft's standard WPF themes from?

Question

Microsoft has made their Classic, Luna, Royale, and Aero themes for WPF available for download as XAML resource dictionaries.

Where can I download them from? I can never find the link!

Solution

The download links are identical between .NET 3.0 and .NET 3.5--only the online documentation is different.

Themes for .NET 3.0

• Classic (download)
• Luna (download)
• Royale (download)
• Aero (download)

Themes for .NET 3.5

• Classic (download)
• Luna (download)
• Royale (download)
• Aero (download)

WPF Documentation Samples for .NET 4 and .NET 4.5

• Themes (download) (No longer available)
• Classic
• Luna
• Royale
• Aero

Comments

[Justin]

These themes have changed from .Net 4.0 to .Net 4.5 (you can see this by decompiling the installed assemblies, look at the template for ListView and there is an extra condition to account for the VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping property) however I cannot find a corresponding download for the updated themes - any idea where they can be found?

[naeron84]

I second Justin, where are they? For example I can't find the ribbon stuff.

[Xcalibur37]

Ribbon wasn't in the original library. That was a separate library from Microsoft specifically for that control. msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff799534(v=vs.110).aspx

[Erusso87]

The links are broken and are also missing the Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 themes, where can I get those?

[sourcenouveau]

@bitbonk I've fixed the links. I don't believe Microsoft has released WPF themes for Windows 8 or 10. Feel free to update the answer if you discover any.

[Philip Stuyck]

None of the links work anymore and therefore these xaml's don't seem to be available anymore. Pity.

[Eric]

In Developer Command Prompt $env:VSINSTALLDIR\DesignTools\SystemThemes\Wpf a.k.a. %VSINSTALLDIR%\DesignTools\SystemThemes\Wpf which is usually like C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Preview\DesignTools\SystemThemes\Wpf