WMP 12 Customizing and Windows explorer editing

[Tekken179]

Ok so i know how to skin WMP 12 etc. from the screenshot you can see that i'm a token themer fan and like the dark side of things for a desktop however I prefer using WMP over all other media players but cannot seem to skin it well, the skins add-on that comes with it suck, i can manage to edit it all except the font colour and i'm not sure on how to do this in windows seven any help?


secondly i need something simple here

how to i move that box highlighted in red to the bottom of windows explorer windows?

 

[Vector]

Your desktop looks pretty wicked, mind sharing what you are using?

 

[Tekken179]

sure thing man.

Rocketdock (the dock at the bottom) - Skin is Milk aero (comes by default) About RocketDock - RocketDock.com

Rainmeter - you can get themes at deviantart.com just type in for example my clock 'digital reflective clock rainmeter' rainmeter.com

yahoo widgets - weather pro, calendar pro, recycle bin pro (change bin icon to token bin icon)

rocketdock icons 'lucid icons' - deviantart

taskbar icons - token and token windows explorer with darksoft v2 taskbar (you can find these by searching them in deviantart)

cursorFX - stealth cursor (wincustomize.org)

your gonig to need the UXpatcher for the taskbar

type in token on deviantart you will find other little things under the customize section

also use CAD (Cd album display) although you can't seee it and the skin i use is called 'theframe'

 

[Torongo]

What VS is that? I have used it, I just can't remember the darn name. =/

I'm also curious, what program did you use to change the icons. I'm using Icon Packager, and I can't find a darn good token skin for it. =/

Sorry - I can't help you with the Explorer, be interested in the answer though. =)

~Joshua~

 

[Nem]

The VS is Dark Soft i believe. Tekken browse Deviantart for Rocketdock skin called Glass Curve it's nice and black and looks like a Mac Dock somewhat..will go well with the theme.

EDIT: Rocket Dock skin here

 

[Tekken179]

Ok man thanks for the tip, just been editing other things, put my default browser back to firefox , p.s. check out my other thread i need serious help with windows live problems.. it's in software help section

 

[Tekken179]

Anyways a little off topic now but please any replies in regards to this thread?

 

[Torongo]

I'm not sure if this is easily done, as you have over 130 views.

Just to keep your topic on the top here as well, what system files are you using, they all look really nice here. =)

~Joshua~

 

[Tekken179]

most of them can be found by searching token in deviant art under customization but it's just your standard patch to apply your own visual styles along with the editing the explorer shells i can't remember the exact .DLL's but it's simple as.

Well what i requested isn't hard i don't think i have seen screenshots of the things i want these people just can't seem to find the original owner of the screenshots or how to do what i want oh well i'm patient

 

[Torongo]

Try putting a link in your signature, it really helps believe me.

And make the link a bit bigger then the normal size.

~Joshua~

 

[Tekken179]

um i didn't get the point of that reply? :S

 

[Torongo]

In your signature you have the text - "War Determines Only Who is Left, Not Who is Right."

You had been saying that not many people have replied to this thread. In order for more people to see it, you may want to place a link to it in your signature, with a larger text font. I have done this several times before and leads to a quicker answer to your problem.

~Joshua~

 

[TimStitt]

hey Tekken179,

If you want to change the font color system side then customize the current windows theme. See attachment.

If you want to customize WMP only then I believe that you need to edit the skin *.wms file that's inside the *.wmz archive. I haven't tested this but you could look it up on MSDN and learn more if you need to.

To get you started, look at the default skin here %programfiles%\Windows Media Player\Skins\Revert.wmz (just change the *.wmz to *.zip and extract it). Inside with the pictures is a *.wms file, open this with notepad you should be able to edit the font sizes and colors inside.

I didn't look at closely as I want to leave some of the fun for you ; but here's the text reference on MSDN so that you can learn how to read and edit the string (if you don't know that is).

Good Luck.

 

[Vector]

secondly i need something simple here

how to i move that box highlighted in red to the bottom of windows explorer windows?

Just stumbled across this article which explains moving the details pane to either the top or bottom of the window. A Google search for "shell32.dll topshell" might yield more results if you still have trouble.