Guest LouCypher Posted October 6, 2001 Posted October 6, 2001 I'm just posting the link, not the whole thing:http://overclockersclub.com/xpstartbutton.shtmlIt does work, and also mentions a way I've not seen mentioned before of working around WFP (filelist.xml). It doesn't seem to mention however that the change ONLY works if you Desktop is set for XP style (Luna, etc.) instead of the Classic style (like Win2k).Grab Resource Hacker at:http://www.rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker/
FthrJACK Posted October 16, 2001 Posted October 16, 2001 DONT TRY THIS!!and if you have already press ctrl alt del and tell me what happens.. i started this.. then decided it looked s*** on the site.. so i pasted the xml file and the explorer file back.. and my pc now does something odd when u hit ctrl alt del.. let me know it might be unrelated.. funny coincidence though eh?
FthrJACK Posted October 16, 2001 Posted October 16, 2001 the menu under ctrl alt del is all messed up.. theres no top on the box so i can check out system performance etc.. or close the box either.. i have to right click on the green cpu usage icon in the tray and shut it like that :S
Micropocalypse Posted October 16, 2001 Posted October 16, 2001 strange, well thats what happenes when you modify microsoft code.
Windowsxp88 Posted October 19, 2001 Posted October 19, 2001 Any1 else try the hack? It looks pretty cool, but i dont know if it will mess anything up like it did to someone else..FthrJACK i think..
Aaron Posted October 19, 2001 Posted October 19, 2001 FthrJACK is a very unlucky guy! First NIS f***ed his PC up, and now the start button utility. LOL
Windowsxp88 Posted October 19, 2001 Posted October 19, 2001 Hey i tried the hack and it works just fine...i hope he finds a hack for the color of the start menu..green is kinda boring...And the color of the taskbar..etc all these things are cool..
Guest LouCypher Posted October 20, 2001 Posted October 20, 2001 The graphics for the Luna scheme are all in the Luna.msstyles file in WindowsResourcesLuna directory. You can open this file in reshack (download from first post above) and edit the graphics in much the same manner as the startup screens, etc. There are three styles mentioned in Luna.msstyles, blue, homestead, and metallic. I believe the homestead corresponds to "Olive Green" and metallic is "Silver" visual styles. blue is the default blue style.If you want edit the color or even change the shape of your start button then that would be the place to start. Look under the Bitmap resources for Luna.msstyles for BLUE_STARTBUTTON, etc.
FthrJACK Posted October 21, 2001 Posted October 21, 2001 its not the hack thats caused this problem.. it WAS just a coincidence as i put everything back as it should be!! i wanted a black start button but realised it wouldnt be possible with this hack so i stopped doing it and put everything back.. i think its caused by something else on my system that ive installed or wiped off by mistake, ill run repair tool later and see if that fixes it.. if not its no biggie until the next format
Windowsxp88 Posted October 21, 2001 Posted October 21, 2001 The msstyles thingy is protected and unless you get a crack you cant edit or create msstyles files. I tried to make the start menue blue and it didnt work cuz of the protection..i found the crack but i cant replace the **** file... If any1 figures out how to replace the file i need to replace pls tell me...
Windowsxp88 Posted October 21, 2001 Posted October 21, 2001 I found this really cool theme on the Neowin Board. Notice: IT IS NOT MY THEME, AND IM NOT STEALING IT FROM ANY1. Timan made it... Here is a screenshot: http://timan25.net/images/logobluemod.jpgAnd if you want to download go here: http://timan25.net/xp/bluetheme.zip
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