neo Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 [Tutorial] Customize your Shell Style – Changing colors of Toolbar and Detail PaneIn Windows Vista, Microsoft has introduced new Explorer UI includes Navigation Pane, Forward & Backward buttons, Toolbars, Address bar, Search box, Detail pane etc…Here is simple and straight guide to customize shell style…that helps to change colors of Toolbar and Detail pane.Requires:Resource Editor: Resource HackerText Editor: my favorite NotepadHow to:Extract a text file from shellstyle.dll, open the file in ResHacker Changing Toolbar colorOpen the text file (1.txt) in Notepad and search for stringGradient(argb(255,4,80,130),argb(255,17,101,132),argb(255,29,121,134),3)Actual color code for Toolbar - its gradient color, combination of three colors.Search occurrence will be two times…Explanationargb(X,R,G,B )Where X ->Transparency, R -> Red, G -> Green, B -> Bluebackground="Gradient(argb(255,R1,G1,B1),argb(255,R2,G2,B2),argb(255,R3,G3,B3),3)"Replace the code with desired one. I have replaced with this.Gradient(argb(255,15,55,107),argb(255,50,110,210),argb(255,15,55,107),3)Full Article: MeraWindows.Com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzozero Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Guess this what i've been looking for, no heavy memory usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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