Change background in WMP 12 in "Playing Now" mode


  1. Cov
    Posts : 140
    Windos 7 x64
       #1

    Change background in WMP 12 in "Playing Now" mode


    Hi,

    sometimes small things can be a big challenge.
    I'm looking to change the background of Windows Media Player 12 in NOW PLAYING mode into pitch black.
    Have searched high and low, but meh ...

    any ideas please?
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Change background in WMP 12 in "Playing Now" mode-wmp-12.png  
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  2. Posts : 824
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
       #2

    Cov said:
    Hi,

    sometimes small things can be a big challenge.
    I'm looking to change the background of Windows Media Player 12 in NOW PLAYING mode into pitch black.
    Have searched high and low, but meh ...

    any ideas please?
    What are you using to edit WMP? In the past, I have changed a lot of elements in WMP but have reverted back to the original with just some minor changes. I did leave the change I made for the Taskbar toolbar. After registering the dll for that, the Taskbar toolbar was a black image and clashed with my taskbar. Personally, I like the WMP 11 look better but after getting it to work, CPU tended to run a little higher.

    Change background in WMP 12 in "Playing Now" mode-untitled.png

    I have tossed all my notes I had at one time on what each element that I changed was. Looking at wmploc.dll with Resoruce Hacker, 257 > 5321 looks similar.
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  3. Posts : 40
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (main), Windows 8 Consumer Preview x64
       #3

    Found this on deviantART.

    change the wmp background by ~yacine29 on deviantART

    I haven't tried it myself though. For the pitch black background, you can probably just make one at paint.
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  4. Posts : 824
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
       #4

    ziklz said:
    Found this on deviantART.

    change the wmp background by ~yacine29 on deviantART

    I haven't tried it myself though. For the pitch black background, you can probably just make one at paint.
    Ah, so it was the 5321. The link mentions it as being .jpg. Way back when tinikering with this stuff, I could have sworn the image was .png. More than likely, it wouldn't matter either way though.
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  5. Cov
    Posts : 140
    Windos 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    ziklz said:
    Found this on deviantART ...
    Thank you very much !!
    That's exactly what I was looking for


    Change WMP Background

    1. take control over wmploc.dll
    2. open resource tuner* or resource hacker*
    3. open windows ► system32 ► wmploc.dll ► 257 ► 5321 (within RT or RH)
    4. Replace resource with any JPG 800 x 600
    5. Save to different location
    6. Close RT or RH, navigate to the storage folder and move to system32 folder
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  6. Cov
    Posts : 140
    Windos 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Result
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Change background in WMP 12 in "Playing Now" mode-wmp-12-after.png  
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