Skinning Win98

[maniacOTaku]

Hi to everyone.

I just came across TClock2, since I like TClock I gave it a try.

The only trouble is that in TClock I can modify my Start-Button as I please, but it lacks the function of making the tray and taskbar things flat.

In TClock2 I can make the tray look flat, but neither the Start-Button nor the task things.

(I think this is because I use Explorer.exe from Win95.)

And it since I don't want to run both at once...

So my questions are:

Which Registry Entries are used to do that?

Does anyone know?

Or is there a way to do make a Explorer.exe hack (would be even better)?

Thx a lot in advance.

[awergh]

you need to edit explorer.exe to do this

[patchworks]

There are *many* interesting links on this 3ad (by me), check them out !

[WildBill]

Have you tried TClock3? You'll probably have to run the Win98 Explorer, but it might be able to skin the whole taskbar with a WindowBlinds skin (download a skin, rename the .wba to .zip and extract it, run TClock3, enable "full skinning", and click the big button to import the WindowBlinds .uis file that was extracted).

[maniacOTaku]

@ awergh

Which parameters need to be changed?

@ patchworks

Are you sure this is the right link?

There is neither a Registry key nor parameters for explorer.exe.

@ WildBill

Don't want to run Win98 Explorer.

Tclock Light seems to be the solution. But I still want to make it "hardcore" ....

Thx anyway.

Edited March 8, 2007 by maniacOTaku

[maniacOTaku]

Just wanted to bring this thread to the front.

[awergh]

you have to edit the bitmaps in explorer with reshack or similar

to do this

[maniacOTaku]

you have to edit the bitmaps in explorer with reshack or similar

to do this

Nope, that wouldn't do it. The bitmaps aren't the problem.

Maybe someone who understands C/C++ could help out. Since I don't understand the source of TClock light.

THX

[awergh]

i was sure that you could edit the bitmaps in explorer to look flat would work

[maniacOTaku]

@ awergh:

which bitmaps do you mean exactly? I'm using XN Resource Editor. Please mind that I'm talking of an Explorer.exe version that doesn't have Internet Explorer integrated. THX

[glocK_94]

I think you can hex-edit explorer to have flat buttons but I don't remember exactly where I read about that.

However, I suggest the use of Hook99. What do you think?