Custom made country flag orbs/icons.

tw33k said:

there's a good "how to" in the Custom Themes, Icons and Start Buttons. thread. Look through that and you'll find it

edit: if you can't find it post back and I'll sort it when I get home

I found a guide that tells you to use Resource Tuner, but when I try it, it can't open explorer.exe. Is there another program that will work?

Also, do I have to modify only the explorer.exe file in C:\Windows or do I have to do it in C:\Windows\System32 and C:\Windows\SysWOW64 as well?

Here was the guide:

How to edit:

• Open your explorer.exe backup with Resource Tuner (or a comparable tool)
• Extract the image files
• Modify the file(s) to your likes
• In Resource Tuner select “Edit Resource” to add the edited image. (Important: the filename has to be the same as the original file)
• Select “Save File as…” and create a copy of explorer.exe somewhere
• Make sure all explorer windows are closed
• In Task Manager, kill explorer.exe
• Replace the old file with the newly created one
• In Task Manager restart explorer.exe (File --> new task --> explorer)

Repeat steps 3 -9 untill you’re satisfied. Enjoy!

By the way, how do you replace the explorer.exe file if explorer isn't being used, meaning you can't open anything?

TheBull said:

Here you go! :)

Thanks really appreciate it.

Kari said:

A bit problem here now. I got Start Orbs. Took ownership, renamed explorer.exe to explorer.old and replaced original with the one you sent. Couldn't use it ("Class not registered").

Could not restore explorer.old because even I could start command prompt elevated from Task Manager, I could not rename explorer.exe to something else to be able to restore explorer.old. Had to do System File Scan with /scannow option to restore it.

Build issue?

Kari

I would think so but here's a guide on how to do it yourself:

Your gonna use:
Restorator (http://www.bome.com/Restorator/)
Registry key (from the zip I sent to you) applied
BMP file (attached)
and last of all: Common sense

How to:
First backup explorer.exe
Open explorer.exe with restorator.
Find the folder "bitmap" and replace:
6801.bmp
6805.bmp
6809.bmp
with the one attached, overwrite the explorer.exe in the windows folder with this one.
Open task manager kill the process explorer.exe, and start it again

Kari said:

Tried first with Restorator. Got this when trying to replace bitmaps:



Tried then Anolis Resourcer, thinking maybe my Restorator 2007 was an outdated version. Anolis gives this dialog when trying to save:



Would appreciate if you still got some tips but please, this is not so important so I do not want you to use too much time for this. You have better things to do.

Kari

Okay, one question: Can you open explorer.exe with restorator and replace the Bitmap (Without saving)?