Hello I'm new to visual themes and stuff and i was wondering wut u guys recommended to place custom icons so that i could make them install unattendly. Any ideas0=???

i would like that too

Custom icons for what?

If you are refering to the "my computer, network, documents and recycle bin" the you could use a theme and put the hacked uxtheme.dl_ file on your disk. then use the below command in winnt.sif

[Shell]
    CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows\Resources\Themes\yourtheme.theme"
    DefaultStartPanelOff = No
    DefaultThemesOff = No

if you are after changing icons like the default yellow folder or other icons that are contained in various .dll files then you would need to edit those files with a resource editor and then use the hacked sfc .dll to turn off wfp and replace those files and then turn wfp back on.

I have found a way of changing the default folder icon via the registry but it requires you to flush the icon cache and i havent found a way to do that yet without the help of tweakui or a simaler program.

I guess its possible to apply the above fix to other icons but i didnt look as i was only interested in a blue folder

After re reading your post - you may just want to copy over *.ico files during install, in that case you could place them in a folder like below

\$oem$\$$\icons\youriconfile.ico

and they would be copied to a folder called c:\windows\icons

is there any easy way to change the Shell32.dll icons?

MicroAngelo

is there any easy way to change the Shell32.dll icons?

No not realy use Reshacker

tried that one, but its a pain in the @ss, with ResHacker you have to browse icon by icon, with microangelo you can see them all at the same time

As i said above there is a way to change icons that are contained in shell32.dll without editing or touching shell32.dll.

Use regedit and find this key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons\

In the section you will find a bunch of numbers that refer to the icons in shell32.dll

If you edit the number that represents the icon you wish to change and point it to a new icon then it will change it but there is a catch.

You need to flush out the icon cache and i havent found a way to do this without using the option in tweakui to "Rebuild Icons"

There is a catch to doing that and that it will loose all your desktop and icon positions.

As i said before all i wanted was a blue desktop folder instead of a yellow one - so i havent played with any of the other numbers except #3