TUTORIAL: All About Resource Hacker! A Brief Tutorial

[Desi-Tek.com]

@Desi-Tek.com
Its not created by Resource Hacker developer
In fact if u open any file in Resource Editor, Resource Tuner or even in VS.NET, u'll get the same code

well resource editor and resource tuner is based on resource hacker but still i'll ask my friend jingBoy he is a professional cracker
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[-={ SEASER }=-]

The codes come from Microsoft. The are what MS call 'MFC styles'.
Read all about them here

The window styles are used most prevalently in these dialog boxes.

You can also get some more info on the coding here (skip the tut and read lesson 6), and here

 

[sreenidhi88]

vishal i made changes to msgina.dll file and used replacer.and afterr the restart it says"unable to load msgina.dll cantact ur sys admin.and promts fror restart.what shud i do.i cannot logon now.how shud i restore my original file

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Buddy playing with system files is not very safe
U must hv made some mistake while editing the file and thats why the file gon corrupt and giving error.
U can try to repair the windows using XP Setup CD

 

[Ron]

hEY vISHAL...............
tHANKS........U helped me to give a new look to my PC...................

 

[Ron]

Hacking System Properties Dialog Box (Sysdm.cpl file)
PS: Here in the screenshot image saying "ask for Genuine Microsoft software" is the OEMLOGO.BMP which u hv to place at %windir\System32\ folder. I'm attaching it too.

HEy,
Where should i place the OEMLOGO.BMP............Can i get the exact location...

 

[Vishal Gupta]

%windir\System32\ => C:\Windows\System32

NOTE: Here C: is ur system drive, where Windows is installed.

 

[CadCrazy]

Hello vishal,
i have downloaded vistaVG from your website, but i do t no how to apply this theme to my system ?????

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Pls read here:

VistaVG: A New Visual Style for XP Released by Me !

 

[anniyan]

thanks a lot its very useful

 

[iceeeeman]

vishal whenever i double click on a folder a search window opens can ya tel me how to ovecome this problem

 

[n2casey]

vishal whenever i double click on a folder a search window opens can ya tel me how to ovecome this problem

Try this

• Click Start>Run, type regedit & press Enter
• Locate the following keys in the registry:
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
• U will find a String Value in right hand pan.
• Double click it & type none in the Value Data box.
• Click OK & quit Registry Editor.

 

[bopstar]

hi all...great info

quick question, can i change the other tabs in the sysdm.cpl, to make system properties windows looks more uniformed?
i've been able to change the advance tab, but have had no luck with the hardware and remote (remotepg.dll) tabs. can they be hack in any way?

ps. i haven't found the other files in the system32 folder yet, eg. computer name, system restore and automactic updates, so i have tried to alter them yet...

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Other tabs, like "Advanced, Error reporting, visual affects, etc." are present in same file "sysdm.cpl" Just browse thru other dialog boxes in the file

and regarding to "System Restore", "Computer Name", etc tabs, these tabs aint present in "Sysdm.cpl" file but in other files. So u'll hv to search for them in "System32" folder.I was only interested in the first tab so I searched for it. If I get time, then I'll search for other tabs too

 

[iceeeeman]

Try this

• Click Start>Run, type regedit & press Enter
• Locate the following keys in the registry:
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
• U will find a String Value in right hand pan.
• Double click it & type none in the Value Data box.
• Click OK & quit Registry Editor.

hi man THNX

 

[iceeeeman]

1.) Download TweakUI from here
When u'll open it, u'll see an option Repair at bottom of the left side pane. And when u'll select it, u'll get the option to "Repair icons" in right-side pane!

U can also do it manually by deleting "iconcache.db" file (it'll be a HIDDEN file) in following directory:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data

Here Replace C: with ur system drive and "Administrator" with ur username.

2.) To know how to add BITMAPs, pls read my posts on the first page!
Here is a step-by-stpe tutorial for making ur RUN dialog box look-a-like mine:

I hv attached both images, just extract them and add them as following:

1.) Open %windir%\System32\Shell32.dll file.
2.) Add 404.bmp at 404 location.
3.) Add 405.bmp at 405 location.
4.) Now come to Dialog -> 1003 -> 1033 and replace existing code with following one:

1003 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 275, 160
STYLE DS_FIXEDSYS | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_NOIDLEMSG | DS_CONTEXTHELP | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "Windows Vista™ Registered to - Vishal Gupta"
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
FONT 8, "MS SHELL DLG"
{
   CONTROL "Windows Edition", 304, BUTTON, BS_GROUPBOX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 5, 50, 265, 83 
   CONTROL "Windows Vista™ Ultimate", 52, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 25, 65, 162, 8 
   CONTROL "Hacked By : VISHAL GUPTA", 54, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 25, 81, 100, 8 
   CONTROL "Copyright © 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", 0, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 10, 99, 195, 9 
   CONTROL 405, 0, STATIC, SS_BITMAP | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 204, 58, 64, 59 
   CONTROL "", 12298, COMBOBOX, CBS_SIMPLE | CBS_AUTOHSCROLL | CBS_DISABLENOSCROLL | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP, 10, 115, 195, 13 
   CONTROL "&Locate...", 12288, BUTTON, BS_PUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 210, 140, 50, 14 
   CONTROL "&Go!", 1, BUTTON, BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 155, 140, 50, 14 
   CONTROL "", 0, "SysDateTimePick32", DTS_LONGDATEFORMAT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 15, 140, 135, 14 
   CONTROL 404, 0, STATIC, SS_BITMAP | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 0, 0, 274, 44 
}

U can change the strings and can replace my name

hi man can u tel which software did u use to write ur name in the black background
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1.) Download TweakUI from here
When u'll open it, u'll see an option Repair at bottom of the left side pane. And when u'll select it, u'll get the option to "Repair icons" in right-side pane!

U can also do it manually by deleting "iconcache.db" file (it'll be a HIDDEN file) in following directory:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data

Here Replace C: with ur system drive and "Administrator" with ur username.

2.) To know how to add BITMAPs, pls read my posts on the first page!
Here is a step-by-stpe tutorial for making ur RUN dialog box look-a-like mine:

I hv attached both images, just extract them and add them as following:

1.) Open %windir%\System32\Shell32.dll file.
2.) Add 404.bmp at 404 location.
3.) Add 405.bmp at 405 location.
4.) Now come to Dialog -> 1003 -> 1033 and replace existing code with following one:

1003 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 275, 160
STYLE DS_FIXEDSYS | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_NOIDLEMSG | DS_CONTEXTHELP | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "Windows Vista™ Registered to - Vishal Gupta"
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
FONT 8, "MS SHELL DLG"
{
   CONTROL "Windows Edition", 304, BUTTON, BS_GROUPBOX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 5, 50, 265, 83 
   CONTROL "Windows Vista™ Ultimate", 52, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 25, 65, 162, 8 
   CONTROL "Hacked By : VISHAL GUPTA", 54, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 25, 81, 100, 8 
   CONTROL "Copyright © 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.", 0, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 10, 99, 195, 9 
   CONTROL 405, 0, STATIC, SS_BITMAP | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 204, 58, 64, 59 
   CONTROL "", 12298, COMBOBOX, CBS_SIMPLE | CBS_AUTOHSCROLL | CBS_DISABLENOSCROLL | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP, 10, 115, 195, 13 
   CONTROL "&Locate...", 12288, BUTTON, BS_PUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 210, 140, 50, 14 
   CONTROL "&Go!", 1, BUTTON, BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 155, 140, 50, 14 
   CONTROL "", 0, "SysDateTimePick32", DTS_LONGDATEFORMAT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 15, 140, 135, 14 
   CONTROL 404, 0, STATIC, SS_BITMAP | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 0, 0, 274, 44 
}

U can change the strings and can replace my name

hi man can u tel which software did u use to write ur name in the black background!!!!!
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hi man can u tel which software did u use to write ur name in the black background!!!!!

 

[Vishal Gupta]

^^
Its just a BITMAP, which I created in Photoshop
and then added that BITMAP in RUN dialog box using Resource Hacker

 

[iceeeeman]

Vishal can u plz tel me how to get ur name when u right click on desktop?above the arrange icons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Vishal Gupta]

For it u'll hv to edit %windir%\System32\Shell32.dll file and add ur desired string in Menu -> 215 ->1033

So just open the file in Resource Hacker and goto the above mentioned Menu and add following line:

MENUITEM "put_your_desired_string_here", 33333, MFT_STRING, MFS_GRAYED | MFS_DEFAULT

after following lines:

215 MENUEX
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
POPUP "", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{

and then Compile Script and save the file

 

[iceeeeman]

For it u'll hv to edit %windir%\System32\Shell32.dll file and add ur desired string in Menu -> 215 ->1033

So just open the file in Resource Hacker and goto the above mentioned Menu and add following line:

MENUITEM "put_your_desired_string_here", 33333, MFT_STRING, MFS_GRAYED | MFS_DEFAULT

after following lines:

215 MENUEX
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
POPUP "", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{

and then Compile Script and save the file

THNX DUDE N CAN U TEL ME HOW TO GET THE SMALL CLOCK ON DESKTOP