Custom Themes, Icons and Start Buttons.

[t41]

I love these icons i just wish there was a simple way of applying them

There is - ask Mr. Grimm to upload a copy or link to shell.32.dll and imageres.dll - but he may not want to

I can give you a link to this blue one, which is nice - http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1053192/blue.zip

 

[Mark]

Here is the BlueRay icon for you, and i was thinking about uploading them dll's as well for all interested.

 

[Static]

Here is the BlueRay icon for you, and i was thinking about uploading them dll's as well for all interested.

Hey Grimm. Sounds like a fantastic idea. Much easier for us Iconically Challenged atm.

But before you do, there a chance at you making a blue libraries one to throw in? or which one of your blue do you substitute for the libraries one?

Also, I'm sure I can translate from the post you made on page 2 or 3, but a simple "This is where you copy paste the two .dll files and this is the thing you delete," would be nice too!

 

[Mark]

OK are you still using build 7100, I'm not sure if it makes a difference but I may have to change the version number for different builds.

For the Blue explorer icon you need to replace the one in the Explorer.exe or just right click on the icon you want to change go to properties and change the icon that way.

The 2 dll's you need to change are located in system32 for x86 and if you are running x64 then you will also need to make the changes to them in SysWOW64 as well, unfortunately the dll's in SysWOW64 are not the same as the ones in System32 (even though they have the same name) so you need the correct ones for the correct locations.

That also means I have to send everything twice which means about a 60MB download and unfortunatley I have just hit my usage limit for peak hours so I will have to wait untill Offpeak to upload them which is another 5 and a half hours away.

I will give you some more instructions when I post them.

 

[Static]

OK are you still using build 7100, I'm not sure if it makes a difference but I may have to change the version number for different builds.

For the Blue explorer icon you need to replace the one in the Explorer.exe or just right click on the icon you want to change go to properties and change the icon that way.

The 2 dll's you need to change are located in system32 for x86 and if you are running x64 then you will also need to make the changes to them in SysWOW64 as well, unfortunately the dll's in SysWOW64 are not the same as the ones in System32 (even though they have the same name) so you need the correct ones for the correct locations.

That also means I have to send everything twice which means about a 60MB download and unfortunatley I have just hit my usage limit for peak hours so I will have to wait untill Offpeak to upload them which is another 5 and a half hours away.

I will give you some more instructions when I post them.

I'm not computer savvy enough or in that big a need of these icons if it's that big of a pain. Thank you for the attempt. and if someone else wants the .dll's they can request it I guess.

You are still the king Grimm. Thanks!

 

[Mark]

I'm not computer savvy enough or in that big a need of these icons if it's that big of a pain. Thank you for the attempt. and if someone else wants the .dll's they can request it I guess.

You are still the king Grimm. Thanks!

OK, well I will try and make it fairly easy for you, I will make all the correct directories and then you can just put it straight in your c:/ directory and they will all be placed in there correct locations.

The only thing you will need to do is make some backups of them first and take ownership, which can be very easy if you have added the take ownership shortcut to the context menu.



Take Ownership Shortcut

Another tip is to change the view to sort by size and then the files you are trying to find will be at the top of the list as show in the pic.

 

[Static]

lol Grim. Thanks for the update. I really was just trying to make things easier for you. Not make you explain it more in depth!

Thanks for the assistance either way. Much appreciated.

 

[Mark]

OK here they are, they are from the latest build 7264 so unless you are using that build I am not sure if they will work so use at your own risk if not and make sure you make a restore point first.

One more very important thing you will have to do is clear the icon cache, located in your user name/AppData/local/IconCache.db to see the AppData folder you will need to set the folder options to show hidden folders.



Windows Custom Icons dll's.7z - Windows Live

End Result

 

[Mark]

OK here they are, they are from the latest build 7264 so unless you are using that build I am not sure if they will work so use at your own risk if not and make sure you make a restore point first.

One more very important thing you will have to do is clear the icon cache, located in your user name/AppData/local/IconCache.db to see the AppData folder you will need to set the folder options to show hidden folders.

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Windows Custom Icons dll's.7z - Windows Live

End Result

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So no one brave enough to try this out yet?

 

[maccik]

So no one brave enough to try this out yet?

Mr Grim .. i give a try ..but i don t understand what i have to do correctly

 

[Mark]

Mr Grim .. i give a try ..but i don t understand what i have to do correctly

The best way to do this is if you are dual booting, have you got a second OS to boot up?

 

[maccik]

what should i do ??

Nope .. i dont have a second os ... :|

 

[Mark]

what should i do ??

Nope .. i dont have a second os ... :|

Not sure what that error is exactly but I have the same problem with replacing them while Windows 7 is running and thats why I asked if you have a dual boot with another OS, that way you can boot into the other OS and make all the changes from there without having to worry about a file being in use.

 

[maccik]

Not sure what that error is exactly but I have the same problem with replacing them while Windows 7 is running and thats why I asked if you have a dual boot with another OS, that way you can boot into the other OS and make all the changes from there without having to worry about a file being in use.

i understand you ...but if its in use ..dont have to do anything ...

 

[Mark]

• File-In-Use Replace Utility (inuse.exe): InUse is a command-line tool that performs on-the-fly replacement of files that the operating system currently uses. To download this tool, click the following link:http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/inuse/1.0/nt5/en-us/inuse.exe

This may be of some use, haven't tried it yet but it looks like it might do the job, that's if it works with Windows 7.

 

[maccik]

i downloaded ..but still shows the same error : file in use

 

[Mark]

Sorry that didn't work for me either when I just tried it, I'm trying to search for a solution and the only thing I have come up with so far is this but it's a bit complex.

How to replace files which are in use in Windows

Replacing files which are in use. For non-core files, the simplest solution is often to reboot to Safe Mode and attempt to replace the files. However, some files, such as core-system files, may be in use even in Safe Mode.


Windows offers the ability to replace files on the next boot. This functionality is used by many software installers. To replace a file follow these steps:

1. While logged in as an administrator, launch your registry editor. Note: On Windows NT and Windows 2000 systems, you must use REGEDT32 as the registry value is a Multi-String (MULTI_SZ) type, which is not supported in REGEDIT. REGEDIT on Windows XP or 2003 systems does support MULTI_SZ.
2. Browse to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
3. Open the MULTI_SZ registry value PendingFileRenameOperations. Create it if it does not exist.
4. The format of the entry is as follows:
   • On the first line enter \??\ followed by the path of the new file which will be used as a replacement. The replacement file should be located on a local hard disk to ensure it will be accessible on reboot! It is best to put it in a different folder on the same drive as the file it is replacing.
   • On the second line enter !\??\ followed by the path of the old file which will be replaced.
   • Click OK to save the changes.
   • Close the registry editor.

Example:
I want to update C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NTOSKRNL.EXE with a new kernel C:\NEWKERNEL\NTOSKRNL.EXE. I edit PendingFileRenameOperations so it reads as follows:
\??\C:\NEWKERNEL\NTOSKRNL.EXE
!\??\C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NTOSKRNL.EXE

Entries made in this value will cause the files to be changed the next time the system is rebooted or started and all entries will be automatically removed from PendingFileRenameOperations.



You should, of course, use extreme caution whenever replacing files, particularly system files, as it could easily render your system non-functional.


Microsoft also MV.EXE as part of the [ame="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&tag=techbytes0a-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2F0735622329%2Fqid%3D1133466124%2Fsr%3D8-2%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_2%3Fn%3D507846%2526s%3Dbooks%2526v%3Dglance"]Resource Kit[/ame]

which will automate this registry change through a command-line utility.

http://www.techbytes.ca/techbyte101.html

 

[Mark]

Anyone else no of a good way of replacing a file in use, feel free to jump in.

 

[Barman58]

Hi Mark,

In addition to your above post the funcionality is provided by the Movefile and pendfiles command line utilities which are part of Sysinternals

PendMoves and MoveFile

 

[Mark]

OK not sure if this will work but it seemed to when I just tried it, drag the file you want to replace to the desktop and then replace it with the one you downloaded and repeat for each file and let me know when you have done that and we will go from there.