TUTORIAL: Change Look-n-Feel of Windows XP Start Menu
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This sometimes happen when the system is overloaded... There may be too many processes or programs running...iceeeeman said:dude i m havin a problem
whenever i open my computer n then close it n the after tht when i right clcik on desktop the right clcik menu gets displayed after 2 seconds
can u plz tel me how to overcome this problem
cooldip10
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REY619 said: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.
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.
Hey,the link is not working.It opens up and says -Error 404 File not found.
cooldip10
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REY619 said:Sorry link updated in the previous post. THIS IS the working link.
Thanx buddy..
I performed some part of the tut. and liked it.
BTW I tried to add WMP shortcut in the start menu. But it's not working. ERROR: Destination not found. How do I delete that from registry.
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Vishal Gupta
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^^ Following is the code to delete this key:
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}]
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Vishal Gupta
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^^ Can u pls tell me how u r creating the shortcut? and also in which drive ur windows is installed?
cooldip10
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Vishal Gupta said:
I found this whole thing in your tutorial : How to use the free space under RUN in New Windows XP Start Menu!
Here's the code that I used:
->Used notepad and added the above code and saved it as a ".REG" file.
->Windows is installed in C: drive.Vishal Gupta said:
->There is only one prob. I have WMP11. Will it Affect? I completely forgot to see that.
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Vishal Gupta
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^^ Pls check the filename "wmplayer.exe" in "C:\Program files\Windows Media Player" folder. May be the filename is different?
cooldip10
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Vishal Gupta said:
Sir,The file name is just fine.
I am having a new problem: The shortcut appears in the Menu... But after clicking on it, it says "Cannot creat shortcut here. Do you want to place a shortcut on the desktop? options: |YES| |NO| "
Also can you tell me how did you reduce the icon size in the white space of your pic provided..
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Vishal Gupta
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^^ I hv no idea about ur problem. I never faced such problem and it always worked fine for me.
Regarding to the 2nd point, I'm using my VistaVG theme...
Regarding to the 2nd point, I'm using my VistaVG theme...
cooldip10
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gud to have you online..
Sir.
I found the code to show the texts while shutting down.
But where did you actually replaced the code?
Can you plz explain it how to get to the UIFILE section that you mentioned many times.
->But how did you reduce the size of the icons in the white space in the start menu? I already downloaded the VISTAVG theme and applied it.
Sir.
I found the code to show the texts while shutting down.
But where did you actually replaced the code?
Can you plz explain it how to get to the UIFILE section that you mentioned many times.
Vishal Gupta said:
->But how did you reduce the size of the icons in the white space in the start menu? I already downloaded the VISTAVG theme and applied it.
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Vishal Gupta
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Once I posted a tut to change those text:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35013
And regarding to the size, u can reduce it from "Taskbar & Startmenu Properties".
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35013
And regarding to the size, u can reduce it from "Taskbar & Startmenu Properties".
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