i want to change my icons for my UA install. how should i do this? is there a program that allow me to make my icons into an exe file so that all i need to do is to run that file and it will edit the system files? or should i just copy over my system32.dll and stuff like that?

Just place whatever shell files you have modified in the UA CD \i386 folder.

actually resourcehacker can solve ur problem

what i do is ,

edit shell32.dll (replace all bitmaps, icons, dialogue, strings

and save it as shell32.res....

so to update every release or newer shell32.dll

i use this command to update newer shell32.dll

"ResHacker.exe -modify shell32.dll, shell32.dll, shell32.res,,," (without quotes)

all three files must be in the same folder

then "modifype shell32.dll -c" (without quotes)

then "makecab shell32.dll" (without quotes)

then replace i386\shell32.dl_ with new modified shell32.dl_

can be done with any cpl, dll, exe ********

wow, exactly what i needed, thx

so ResHacker.exe -modify shell32.dll will add the icons to a new shell32.dll?

Edited August 31, 200521 yr by ripken204

nvm

Edited August 31, 200521 yr by ripken204

my respatch.cmd file seems like this

ResHacker.exe -modify explorer.exe, explorer.exe, ex.res,,,

ResHacker.exe -modify iexplore.exe, iexplore.exe, iexplore.res,,,

ResHacker.exe -modify shell32.dll, shell32.dll, shell32.res,,,

ResHacker.exe -modify msimn.exe, msimn.exe, msimn.res,,,

ResHacker.exe -modify msoeres.dll, msoeres.dll, msoeres.res,,,

ResHacker.exe -modify mydocs.dll, mydocs.dll, mydocs.res,,,

ResHacker.exe -modify msgina.dll, msgina.dll, msgina.res,,,

ResHacker.exe -modify zipfldr.dll, zipfldr.dll, zipfldr.res,,,

pause

i got all

resourcehacker.exe

*.dll

*.res

files on the same folder

If you intergrate the updates the shell32 is expanded all ready.

Remove By Gsm old post

Edited April 28, 200620 yr by gunsmokingman

yes it will add all the modification u did in the *.res files to a new file

you need to recompress that...

first run

modifype shell32.dll -c

now compress it

makecab shell32.dll

or u can jcarle utilities to compress (dotnet framework needed)

now replace original shell32.dl_ from ur xpcd\i386 with new created shell32.dl_

Wow, thanks, I was looking how to make a BricoPack but this seems to do just the same thing (doubt its universal language though)

Thats cool

Thankyou

If you intergrate the updates the shell32.dll is expanded.

So why would you want to recompress the shell32 if it left

like that.

yeah,

this is only the way to make those shell packs...

and some little other stuffz

if u left out all the file u modified just in expended form,

then the UAXPCD won't fit on normal 700 MB CD.

coz size matter

my expanded shell32.dll is 45 MB

and compresses is just 11 MB

just see the difference

Edited August 31, 200521 yr by Nepali

I make my shell32 smaller then the original, I would never make mine bigger

it defeats the purpose of hacking the shell.

Original Size Approx 8 mb

My Size Approx 7.5 mb

What My XP Looks Like

cool desktop

i like that

here's my desktop

Edited August 31, 200521 yr by Nepali