Solved Windows 7 start orb chage

[Hikeman]

Hey guys! I have a question!
I would really like to change my Windows 7 Start orb, and when i do it as I understand it is modifying my Explorer.exe, which is causing some problems.
and the problem is:
Some programs which were installed before modifying Explorer.exe starting to loose their icons!!! And I can not fix it anyhow!! Unless I reinstall that program. It is ok to do that, as soon as it's a little program like Skype or Ccleaner but the thing is that sometimes it happening with programs like Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Office and I need to reinstall entire program to fix that problem. And it's not happening just with 1 or 2 programs, but with a lot of them.
So can you pleas tell me how to avoid this, but in a same time to be able to change my start orb ???
Thanks

 

[Anak]

Hi! Hikeman welcome to 7F

Have you seen this tutorial? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/73616-how-create-custom-start-orb-image.html

 

[A Guy]

This may help you restore the icons

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

To easily change your Start Orb, I personally use this

http://www.sevenforums.com/customiz...nger-ultimate-tool-change-your-start-orb.html

A Guy

 

[Arc]

Yes, dont modify explorer.exe. Just use Windows 7 Start Orb Changer: Ultimate Tool To Change Your Start Orb .

EDIT : Your problem looks highly interesting to me . Coz apparently these icons dont have a direct relation with explorer. Can you please tell me how did you modify the explorer.exe ? It may help me to learn a new thing .

 

[Hikeman]

Hey

Ok Arc !!! Here are the tools I used before to modify my explorer.exe to change my Start orb:
Windows 7 Start Orb Changer v3 | Theme Bin | Free Download
and
StartOrbz v3.1.a by ~Blizo on deviantART
I can not which one exactly I used and i cause the problem, but i was using both of them, until I realize that this is what is causing my problem, and the problem is that I am not only loosing file types associations, but the original icon of the software is missing from .exe file, for example, once it happened with Mozilla Firefox and I the icon of the firefox.exe was missing and as i mentioned it is not happening only with on or two programs, but with a lot of them, like with Microsoft Word or with Eset Smart Security and so on.....
So hey Arc!! this Windows 7 Start Orb Changer, what you suggested is it absolutely safe to use, are you using this by yourself?

Thanks

 

[Hikeman]

thanks mate !!!

 

[Anak]

Hikeman, if A Guy, and Arc recommend anything you can be assured that it is safe to use!

But, there are so many different permutations to the way machines are set up the user still has to be careful, especially when using a program for the first time!

Always have a current back-up of your machine in case of problems!

 

[Arc]

Hikeman,

Both of the programs are well known, and both the creators are the members of this board . I have used both of them, and they worked flawlessly .

The programs for which the icons are missing are third party program with a common nature .... they all store their exe icons in the installer folder (C:\Windows\Installer) ; which location is separate from that of explorer.exe . Yes, I also faced such a problem one time, and came to know which kills the stuff in installer folder. It in not a start button changer, but a Junk/registry cleaner . Programs like Tuneup Utilities find the installer folder as junk, and delete all the items stored in it . Apparently we find it performing great; wiping out so much free space for me ; but what it is killing are some useful stuff. They fail to discriminate properly between useful and useless.

The easiest way to get the icons back is to reinstall the programs over the existing installations (of course there are harder ways to do it ; using resource hacker) . And the way to not not having the problem once again ? Simple.... use CCleaner for tune up activities .

 

[Hikeman]

Hey Arc

I used the tool you suggested me "Windows 7 Start Orb Changer" seams things went ok!all programs has their icons, the I opened the place in Control Panel, "you know, where you uninstall programs" and there are some programs which doesn't have icons! I am not sure if it was before as well "before, changing my start orb", but just in cas I made a screen shoot and will attache it to this post, pleas take a look at it.

Thank you very much for your support

 

[A Guy]

That isn't unusual, see mine. Objectdock we both have, no icon in Programs.

A Guy

 

[Arc]

I also think that it is usual , coz I also dont have the objectdock icon in the programs and features window of control panel . The other things I dont use (but the free version of revo uninstaller), so I cannot comment on the rest , but I also dont have sone icons there, like Ccleaner, Icofx, rainmeter, etc.

So if there are icons in programs, it seems to be a general situation that some program's uninstallers dont have any icon association.

 

[Anak]

Same here for me, as with A Guy, and Arc.

All my MS Visual programs have the generic icon.

 

[Hikeman]

Thank you very much guys, Thanks for all your responses! you helped me a lot
Here I have one more question! I use "UniversalThemePatcher" to patch themeservice.dll, themeui.dll and uxtheme, but here I've got another toll "UxStyle Core", which says that it is not making any changes in my system! so my question is, then how is this working if it is not patching those files ??
Thanks

 

[Hikeman]

Hey guys!
Have request !! is there anybody that can help me with making new start orb with "Umbrella corp." icons?? I will attach the PNG file to this post. I would like to have one with original colors another black&white like Token icons
thanks

 

[Arc]

The right place for posting this request is http://www.sevenforums.com/themes-styles/34951-custom-start-menu-button-collection.html .