Manual Skinning (Help!)
Monday, November 29, 2004 by P of P | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I know how to manually edit theme files, (ex .msstyles files), and I unarchived all the files from luna.msstyles, so I could edit them without needing to use a resource editor. Now my only problem is that when I unarchive them, how do I arachive the files again into a proper .msstyles file, I tried using winzip and other common archiving software and just changed the extention to ".msstyles", but that did not work. So if anybody could help me that would be great.
P of P
Reply #2 Monday, November 29, 2004 10:03 PM
Reply #2 Monday, November 29, 2004 10:03 PM
The problem is that I am making a program to make some simple changes to the theme files, soon I want to make a prog to make your whole new themes, but anyway... So if I can't get passed it without a hacker, than I think I've got a problem on my hands.
I think I saw somewhere that you have to change a dll file to allow 3rd party theme files to work. So if I just change that, than just "re-archiving" the files and changing the extention would just work, right?
I think I saw somewhere that you have to change a dll file to allow 3rd party theme files to work. So if I just change that, than just "re-archiving" the files and changing the extention would just work, right?
Jafo
Reply #3 Monday, November 29, 2004 10:10 PM
Reply #3 Monday, November 29, 2004 10:10 PM
Yes....using a patched [hacked] dll file will bypass the signing....however it also violates the MS EULA so is not the most 'noble' of ways to alter XP's visual styles.
That's what Windowblinds is for....
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Reply #1 Monday, November 29, 2004 8:02 PM