Modify the Progress Bar

[htc]

I think it's time to say "Silence is Gold" - execpt ypu are a IT-Expert of world class and very sure what you say.

So you can only post your solution here - for Setup Billboard!

"Silence is Gold" !

[gmx]

so any hex guru around to help us move the progress bar

[muiz]

saw this before (not win xp ) http://www.softechsoftware.it/cprogressctrlst.html

http://www.sundialsoft.freeserve.co.uk/sddocs003.htm

[devil270975]

it is possible to move the progress bar, i know cus i have done it, BUT and it is a big BUT you can only move it up or down and how you do it is by increasing/decreasing the font size of the text on the left, mainly the setup will complete in blah and then using blanks for the text, i must stress though that it is not very accurate and you can get some indesirable results - ie progressbar missing completely off the bottom of the screen, oh yeah nearly forgot, the height of the progressbar is in relation to the font size, so big font = tall progressbar. i have since reverted back to leaving it well alone, i just wanted to prove a few people wrong.

edit syssetup.dll to do it, cant remember the exact lines to edit as i tried it months ago

[Kelsenellenelvian]

There is a program called boot editor that allows you to click and drag the progress bar up and down to place it where you want then you just save.

P.S. it is also freeware.

[MCT]

i dont think he wants that.. as he posted in

"Setup Billboard Screens for Windows" which isnt modifications to ntoskrnl.exe

[Refuse_]

in the i386\system32 dir on the installation media there is a file calles smss.exe

While is was editting this file i found the progress bar here.

So maybe you can edit and/or change size here.

I don't think you can set the location of the progress bar with the smss.exe.

I haven't editted the progress bar myself yet so i don't know the outcome.

Hope this is of any use