PROBLEMCHYLD Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 alright, im done with the browseui.dll file.. read my PM for a download linkreplace it by booting into real dos mode and copying the the new file over the old one in c:\windows\system\I have 2 CONGRATULATE you with a BIG THANK U.I really appreciate it very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROBLEMCHYLD Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 1 last thing guysI wanna change all my default 98SE icons to all the default Windows XP icons. Is thatpossible to do without a unofficial pack or a 3rd party app.Thats all i want. No GUI change or nothing else just the icons.Please some1 help me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 you need to edit shell32.dll for most things like folders mydocs.dll for mydocuments iconexplorer.exe for mycomputer icon (i think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 1 last thing guysI wanna change all my default 98SE icons to all the default Windows XP icons. Is thatpossible to do without a unofficial pack or a 3rd party app.Thats all i want. No GUI change or nothing else just the icons.Please some1 help me out.A resource editor and some time is what you need... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROBLEMCHYLD Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Where are the toolbar icons in 98SE so i can replace them with XP icons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 they are bitmaps in EXPLORER.EXE and BROWSEUI.DLL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROBLEMCHYLD Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 they are bitmaps in EXPLORER.EXE and BROWSEUI.DLLWhen i try to replace the bitmaps in Win98 they show up the same as in winXP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 (edited) i'm not sure if i follow youdo you mean it doesn't show up the same as in winXP ? you don't see the high color depth 'buttons' ?post a screengrab maybe ?if i remember rightly, the 'large' toolbar 'strip' is a different sizeso you have to resize/edit/touch-up the XP onesalso 24 or 32 bit doesn't work, but with clever Palette manipulation you can get the 'strip' down to 256 colours and it still looks good.you can use a custom palette but its best to include the windows colours (i don't know about other apps but psp has this option)the transparent background colour is 255, 0, 255 #FF00FFone of the best ways to get a pallet is use Irfan view to reduce a pictures colour depth to 250 (* 256 minus the 16 windows colours that you put in later) custom colours using Floyd-Steinberg ditheringthen copy the pic into psp (or an alternative) via the clipboard,increase the colour depth to 24 bit,decrease the colour depth to 256 colours (* including the windows colours),have 'Nearest color' reduction method ticked (if available)this kind of palette manipulation is the key to doing good looking pics in these types of situations without increasing the resource 'load'alternatively you could insert your own creations and designsmany people prefer a minimalist style with even less colour.another old trick (for those that like the 9X style icons) is to insert copys of the existing colour 'strips' into the positions of the existing grey ones so that the toolbar buttons are no longer grey all the time except when in a 'mouse over' or 'clicked' state.that is, if i remember rightly.this is all assuming is all your going for a 'minimum resources' type hack. Edited June 5, 2006 by miko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROBLEMCHYLD Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 When i try to replace the bitmaps in win98 they show up the exact same as in winxp meanin winxp has the same bitmaps as the 1s from win98meaning it defeat the purpose of replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 right in XP they're in shell32.dllhere these might help -NEW-TOOLBARS.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROBLEMCHYLD Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Thanks miko. I thought I was crazy for a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 nah, that would be me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROBLEMCHYLD Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 I tryed replacing bitmaps and nothing seems to have change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 (edited) are you sure you replaced the 256 color ones and not the 16 color ones which come first in the resource list.(these are only shown in low color screen modes) and your desktop should be in High or True color mode to see the new ones.in browseui the first (of 4 256 color 'strips') you want to replace is number 265 (which is normally grey) i never used to bother with the 16 color 'strips' because i had no interntion of working in low color screen modes where they would be seen.you have to replace the grey ones with new the colour ones as well for the full XP effect.otherwise you new ones will only show up in 'mouse over' and 'clicked' states.top page to save for reference -http://www.virtualplastic.net/html/hacklist.html Edited June 5, 2006 by miko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROBLEMCHYLD Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 (edited) Thanks again Edited June 5, 2006 by PROBLEMCHYLD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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