TUTORIAL: Change Look-n-Feel of Windows XP Start Menu
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Vishal Gupta
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@poorlyduck
thnx for ur sweet comments.
Regarding to the &, its used for displaying shortcut key "Underlined". for example, if u put "Vis&hal", then it'll show "h" underlined, so that u can know about the shortcut key.
Its not necessary...
thnx for ur sweet comments.
Regarding to the &, its used for displaying shortcut key "Underlined". for example, if u put "Vis&hal", then it'll show "h" underlined, so that u can know about the shortcut key.
Its not necessary...
poorlyduck
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Man, how do you know all that? I would never thought about it, this site is just awsome , thank you so very muchVishal Gupta said:@poorlyduck
thnx for ur sweet comments.
Regarding to the &, its used for displaying shortcut key "Underlined". for example, if u put "Vis&hal", then it'll show "h" underlined, so that u can know about the shortcut key.
Its not necessary...
I managed to make my first bootskin yay!
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Vishal Gupta
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thnx buddy. Its just a few years experience of doing R&D with registry and Resource Hacker.
and ur boot screen is looking cool.
and ur boot screen is looking cool.
saurabh kakkar
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hi vishal
i have been using ur VistaVG 2.0 theme for long and just want to ask a question .I use windows classical view a lot but in ur theme the icons are of xp. HOW CAN I CHANGE THESE ICONS TO THAT OF VISTA.
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i have been using ur VistaVG 2.0 theme for long and just want to ask a question .I use windows classical view a lot but in ur theme the icons are of xp. HOW CAN I CHANGE THESE ICONS TO THAT OF VISTA.
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Vishal Gupta
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^^ For it u'll hv to edit "Shell32.dll" file.
saurabh kakkar
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hi vishal thanks 4r the reply can u provide me the steps to replace icons in "shell32.dll" . plz buddyVishal Gupta said:^^ For it u'll hv to edit "Shell32.dll" file.
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Vishal Gupta
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Open "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" file in resource hacker and expand "Icon Group". Now check which icon u want to change and replace it with ur desired icon.
poorlyduck
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Im using Icon tweaker with vista icon themes, but Im having a hard time to change dvd drives, memory stick and others (see picture below) even I do change each individual drive, but when I restart he computer the original icons comes back, please anyboy can help, thank you in advance.
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infra_red_dude
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hmmm.. i used icontweaker/iconpackager but this problem persists for me too. except the optical drive all other icons are perfect! any help wud be appreciated!
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Vishal Gupta
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I hv also faced this problem when I used XP. All icons are changed bu CD/DVD drive icon wasnt changed, even after rebuilding the icon cache.
What I did, either change those icons manually in "Shell32.dll" file or use "Tuneup Utilities". Its Styler can change those icons without any problem.
What I did, either change those icons manually in "Shell32.dll" file or use "Tuneup Utilities". Its Styler can change those icons without any problem.
poorlyduck
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Vishal Gupta said:I hv also faced this problem when I used XP. All icons are changed bu CD/DVD drive icon wasnt changed, even after rebuilding the icon cache.
What I did, either change those icons manually in "Shell32.dll" file or use "Tuneup Utilities". Its Styler can change those icons without any problem.
Thank you vishal. I did what you told me dnd installed tuneup UT bust still the same problem, do I have to remove the tweaker and just use tuneup to apply the vista packages and if I do where I can find tuneup vista icon packages?
somehow before even I install the tuneup I went to safe mode and there, the CDrom icons shows as vista icon, but in normal windows wont, weired!
TIA.
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Vishal Gupta
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^^ Just replace the icon in "Shell32.dll" file with Vista one. thats the BEST solution.
poorlyduck
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Vishal Gupta said:^^ Just replace the icon in "Shell32.dll" file with Vista one. thats the BEST solution.
thank you vishal, I guess that what I would do, I .st need to locate the .ico folder in windows and post the ones I need there then open shell32 with SH and change the .ico right? if it is then my last question is where the windows .ico located, and which number I will look in SH to modify just to be in the safe side, thank you vishal for your help and effort you put on this site.
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Vishal Gupta
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^^ For Vista icons, u can get all icons in "%windir%\System32\imageres.dll" file in Vista.
Now u hv to open XP "Shell32.dll" file in resource hacker and then change what icon u want to change. For changing icons, etc. u can follow my Resource hacker tut.
Now u hv to open XP "Shell32.dll" file in resource hacker and then change what icon u want to change. For changing icons, etc. u can follow my Resource hacker tut.
ITTechPerson
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Vishal thnks a lot, ur posts help to give a vista look to my xp.
VIstaVG is a visual style(with extension .msstyle). By Default XP doesnt allow third party visual styles. But you can use third party visual styles by patching your uxtheme.dll file.cooldip10 said:
Use Neowin UXtheme multipatcher to patch your uxtheme.dll file. Then download Vishal's VistaVG and simply double click on it. it will be applied automatically.
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