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Hi - I'm a long time lurker, posted a couple of times tho. Huge fan of XPize. But I have a couple of a requests for future releases. The first is about the custom PNG icon - great idea, Windows doesn't actually have an icon for PNG files. But when you install the office 2003 picture manager, it applies it's own PNG icon which looks like this: Looks great, the only problem is that it has the ugly office picture manager icon superimposed in the top left-hand corner. Now wouldn't it be great if we could use this icon for PNGs but without the office picture manager logo? This way, we would have an icon for PNG files dinstinct from the other icons that still fits in with the "XP" feel. Sure, we would have to be creative & clever about the space where the office logo disappears, but i'm sure it could be done - I at least think it's a really good idea. I'm sure one of the clever resource artisits working in the XPize project could do it! The second idea is a bit easier to implement. How about a custom icon like this for ISO, NRG, CUE, BIN, etc. files? I actually have the icon myself, I think I got it from deviantart or somewhere. I can do a search if you guys want. My third request is a bit of an odd one, so I'm not to sure whether it can be taken on board or not, but it's worth a shot. Ok, I use Microsoft Reader to read and view eBooks. It's a great program, the only problem is, is that the icons for it look like something predating Windows 95: Ok, I know it's not the most common of apps. But again, it would be great if someone could download the reader and give it a bit of a facelift - the icons I mean. Just to make it fit in with XP. And a custom file icon for MS Reader ebooks (.lit) would be great too. Even if it doesn't become part of XPize, I'd still appreciate it. I would try all of this myself btw, only my graphics creation skills are, well... they don't exist! Well that all I can think of for the moment. Some more custom file type icons in the future would be fantastic too, perhaps for some more common filetypes like PDF, or a generic HTML/Web icon. Well thanks for a great program Xpero and team!

Why not just install normal XPize on your system, extract the specific resources you want, and custom build your own version of XPize. Sure you won't have a fancy installer (though I guess you could make one if you're clever enough...), but you can get the results you want using Resource Hacker scripts, and Replacer to replace your system files. Just write a batch-file in notepad and you're good to go...!

Nice work. Can we expect a "Luna" version anytime soon?

Ok thanks, I appreciate it. Here are some of my ideas for what could be "XPized" in the new version. The "My Breifcase" animations and icons are still frightfully ugly: Examples: If you notice in the last picture, the dialog does not display the windows icons at their full colour depth - instead, only with what looks like 256 colours. All my other icons appear fine. I don't know if this is a windows bug, or something that could be fixed with a simple reshacking operation, but might be worth further investigations. Thanks guys, keep up the good work. I'll keep my eyes open for anything in need of the "XPize" treatment.

LOL. Quoting myself. Anyone else prefer the LUNA style? It's this something that will likley happen with XPize 4.0.... Just curious... -zero.

XPero, your "XPize" pack is sheer genius... well done to you and your associates I've been using XPize since version 2.5 and loving it. However, I'm not a great fan of Royale, and prefer the default Luna theme. I must admit I was a little dissapointed with the BMP replacements (eg. in the Wizards, etc) that came with version 3 onwards - certainly they blend seamlessly with Royale and look great when using Royale - but to be brutally honest I just prefer the more ordinary "un-Royalised" BMPs that you did for version 2. Would you consider adding an option in the next version to choose from either a Luna or Royale set of BMPs when installing XPize? It would be great if we could have this option...