You need to merge it into App.xaml like this:
<Application.Resources> <ResourceDictionary> <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> <ResourceDictionary Source="Generic.xaml"/> </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> </ResourceDictionary> </Application.Resources> If you are already doing that, you need to post your code to give more info.
EDIT: Did you set upTry following the AssemblyInfoinstructions here.cs Particularly, the parts about having to findset your dictionaries to Resource and using the Themes?full path in Source.
[assembly: ThemeInfo(ResourceDictionaryLocation.SourceAssembly, ResourceDictionaryLocation.SourceAssembly)]