--Merciless-- Posted January 17, 2002 Share Posted January 17, 2002 Anyone know of a good free/shareware app capable of skinning the taskbar, start button etc. under Win2k (like WindowBlinds)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeza Posted January 17, 2002 Share Posted January 17, 2002 heh, that would be cool huh? that would be even better if somebody found out how to use msstyles in 2k :D cause all the shareware,freeware apps that skin are either slow or they crash alot and are buggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrinder Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 You can use Object Bar, not only will it skin the taskbar and start button it will also make the start menu look like WinXP. It also has a feature to match the WindowBlinds skin you are using. It has a free demo. http://www.stardock.com/products/objectbar/ Download Here: http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0,10152...985-110-8568660 But be warned it is a beta and has a few bugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PYROS Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Originally posted by grrinder You can use Object Bar, not only will it skin the taskbar and start button it will also make the start menu look like WinXP. It also has a feature to match the WindowBlinds skin you are using. It has a free demo. http://www.stardock.com/products/objectbar/ Download Here: http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0,10152...985-110-8568660 But be warned it is a beta and has a few bugs. what kind of bugs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimman Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 is there a DLL, EXE or ANYTHING containing the window-borders? i'd love to edit them :) and those "handles" that would kick ass. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMA_PN Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 Download ResHack and search in almost every (ex: checking in CDPLAYER.exe is useless) Windows DLLs and EXEs. PS: If Windows 2000 can read PNG in it's GUI there shouldn't be any limits. Just take a look at MSN Messenger 4.x all the interface is made from PNG which enable thing like fake anti-aliasing (better alpha-blending) and thing like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenreaper Posted February 5, 2002 Share Posted February 5, 2002 Originally posted by grimman is there a DLL, EXE or ANYTHING containing the window-borders? i'd love to edit them :) and those "handles" that would kick ass. :p Rebars and most other window elements (buttons, scrollbars, windows themselves) are drawn on Win2k. Drawn as in lines, as oppsed to bitmaps. There is no resource to edit. The only way to change them is intercept the "draw this" messages and paint bitmaps instead, which is what WindowBlinds and other skinning apps do. There are alternatives to WB on 2k and other OS's (eFX, Chroma, CustomEyes, Illumination, etc), but they simply don't have the features, flexibility, speed or continual development that WB does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimman Posted February 5, 2002 Share Posted February 5, 2002 ye... kinda figured that :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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