Change the notification area icons!

[darkstar09]

Two quick questions. How do I change the icons and the shutdown thing as shown in the attachments.

The shutdown thing looks so bad!

 

[Antman]

Click the notification area arrow and choose Customize. You can also drag and drop the icons in and out of hidden/shown status.

 

[Antman]

Right click the task bar, properties.

Start Menu tab

Select your preferred action.

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[darkstar09]

Cheers for that but I was wondering weather I could make the shutdown area look like vistas? Because they way it is laid out is horrendous. Its like MS have just plonked it in there. And I was actually looking the change the actual look of the icons. So they aren't white and boring.

 

[daonline]

.....So they aren't white and boring.

full agree. in every new win they gave us a more colorfull desktop and made us to addicts, last they gave us aero and now such boring icons? :shock:


that much i found out:
the iconns are located in \System32\taskbarcpl.dll
but i have no idea, how to change them.

anybody with more skills then me?

 

[moinmoin]

Copy the taskbarcpl.dll on another partition.
Then open the dll with Restorator (x32, x64) or Reshacker (x32) and change them.

 

[daonline]

i tested this with two icons (volume control, network). changing the icons in taskbarcpl.dll with restorator an writing the new file back to win directory made less problems than expected but had no effect on the icons shown besides the clock. only the icons at "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Notification Area Icons\System Icons" changed (which i don´t care).

perhaps my assumption was wrong? anybody with new ideas?

 

[koumy]

Strange , I have to test that and tell you

Otherwise you can try this tool but not updated for win 7

PS Tray Factory is the system tray manager (traymanager) by PS Soft Lab. Screenshots.

 

[koumy]

Edit: ok got it ^^

see my deviant page

Hacking Win 7 Network icon by ~Mykou on deviantART

I presume you want something like that ? lol

 

[whs]

You guys are real artists. But why bother? It does not make the system run any better.

 

[daonline]

Edit: ok got it ^^
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thanks! great job!

now i have to find the file with the volume control icon, but i think it´s just a matter of time.

 

[koumy]

Edit: ok got it ^^
....

thanks! great job!

now i have to find the file with the volume control icon, but i think it´s just a matter of time.

hmm try SndVolSSO.dll , I almost sure it's there

 

[daonline]

and once again: thank you very much!

 

[daonline]

my first attempt:

a little fine tuning and it will be perfect.

 

[maranello]

glad i found this topic, just installed restorator 2007 and i'll give it a try, thanks guys

 

[CJW]

Koumy-Since I am running 7 Pro 64Bit SP1, I have pnidui.dll in multiple places:
1. C:\Windows\System32
2. C:\Windows\SysWOW64
3. C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-netshell_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_none_33a9704224aa536e
4. C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-netshell_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_none_d78ad4be6c4ce238

For each 1; I opened the file using Resource Hacker, navigated to 'Icon Group>3048>1033' & Replaced Resource w/an icon of my choosing. I then clicked 'Save' & Resource Hacker saved my edit as well as renamed the original file to: pnidui_original.dll

I then rebooted, but nothing has changed; am I missing something?

There are also 4 pnidui.dll.mui in the same folders, do I need to edit these as well? If so, do you know what resource numbers to edit?

 

[Bongo]

Koumy-Since I am running 7 Pro 64Bit SP1, I have pnidui.dll in multiple places:
1. C:\Windows\System32
2. C:\Windows\SysWOW64
3. C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-netshell_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_none_33a9704224aa536e
4. C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-netshell_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_none_d78ad4be6c4ce238

For each 1; I opened the file using Resource Hacker, navigated to 'Icon Group>3048>1033' & Replaced Resource w/an icon of my choosing. I then clicked 'Save' & Resource Hacker saved my edit as well as renamed the original file to: pnidui_original.dll

I then rebooted, but nothing has changed; am I missing something?

There are also 4 pnidui.dll.mui in the same folders, do I need to edit these as well? If so, do you know what resource numbers to edit?

You only need to do them in C:\Windows\System32 and C:\Windows\SysWOW64 and just the pnidui.dll no .mui

Did you work on copies of the pnidui.dll ?
You should work on copies and then take ownership and give yourself permission and then rename the original and then move or copy the new modified one in place.
Look at post #6 in this thread and it will tell you how to take ownership and give permission and rename and replace http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/179502-basic-networking-information.html#post1525656
then restart and you should have it.

3. C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-netshell_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_none_33a9704224aa536e
4. C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-netshell_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_none_d78ad4be6c4ce238

These should be put back to original by following the above and renaming the modified ones and renaming the originals to their original name. Then restart and go back in and delete the modified ones so they are not there.
Jerry

 

[CJW]

Yes, I did take ownership of all files before I edited (just double-checked) & worked on the originals (since I made copies to the desktop & Resource Hacker makes copies as well).

I'm going to start over just in case I missed something. Does it matter that the icon I use stay in the same folder as when I 1st use it & perhaps SP1 is the culprit in not letting this happen?

 

[CJW]

Hmmm...
Before I retry using my own icon, I'm going to try these three:
Classic XP Network Blinking Icon
Network Activity Indicator
GabNetStats

 

[Bongo]

Yes, I did take ownership of all files before I edited (just double-checked) & worked on the originals (since I made copies to the desktop & Resource Hacker makes copies as well).

I'm going to start over just in case I missed something. Does it matter that the icon I use stay in the same folder as when I 1st use it & perhaps SP1 is the culprit in not letting this happen?

You need to take ownership and give permission and rename them before you replace the .dll to you should follow that guide from post #6 from above.
As far as the icon goes after you have saved it in the .dll it doesn't matter where the icon is then because it's in the .dll. The original icon size is 32 x 32 pixels did replace it with the same size?
Jerry