Need help with skining windows folders.....
Tuesday, July 16, 2002 by graphicsgod2hotmailcom | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I need a little help. I want to skin the folders or more importantly the "blue area" of the folders. How would I go about doing that?
Heres a pic of what I'm talking about.
http://hstrial-bh.homestead.com/files/skin_issues.jpg
I want to skin the area in red. If you cna help me out, please let me know!!
[email protected]
Heres a pic of what I'm talking about.
http://hstrial-bh.homestead.com/files/skin_issues.jpg
I want to skin the area in red. If you cna help me out, please let me know!!
[email protected]
f e r r e t
Reply #2 Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:04 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:04 AM
in win98 those are stored in .htt files somewhere in windows...
don't know if XPs the same (my windows box is a p200, i somehow manage to run lightwave on it though)... i just edit mine in notepad, i've only done a couple of themes though. Stardock might come out wilth something that saves all this manual labour eventually
don't know if XPs the same (my windows box is a p200, i somehow manage to run lightwave on it though)... i just edit mine in notepad, i've only done a couple of themes though. Stardock might come out wilth something that saves all this manual labour eventually
Lord Vimal
Reply #3 Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:27 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:27 AM
hey!
microsoft VISUAL STYLES (.msstyles) can skin them.
dunno how,
i think stardock is trying to figure it out...
microsoft VISUAL STYLES (.msstyles) can skin them.
dunno how,
i think stardock is trying to figure it out...
GreenReaper
Reply #4 Wednesday, July 17, 2002 2:43 AM
Reply #4 Wednesday, July 17, 2002 2:43 AM
Yes, Stardock is trying to figure out how to do it legally, without redistributing MS's stuff (as using .msstyles does). Possibly 3.5? Not going to be in 3.4.
Lord Vimal
Reply #5 Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:10 AM
Reply #5 Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:10 AM
actually .MSSTYLES is a 'KIND' of EXE file. see it for urself.
open a msstyles file with a progray that reads exe's eg: resource hacker.
you can see lots of folders in a treeview with a FOLDER CALLED BITMAP.
just click it and voila!
there r the bitmaps of the skins!
for XP Visual styles, go to http://www.themexp.org
open a msstyles file with a progray that reads exe's eg: resource hacker.
you can see lots of folders in a treeview with a FOLDER CALLED BITMAP.
just click it and voila!
there r the bitmaps of the skins!
for XP Visual styles, go to http://www.themexp.org
GreenReaper
Reply #6 Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:11 PM
Reply #6 Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:11 PM
Yeah, it's mostly resources, but if even 1% of it is MS stuff, it's illegal. Also, WB skins don't need to get any bigger because they're carting unnecessary gunk around - for example, check out the size of logonui.exe files vs .logonxp logons.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:04 AM