G.A.N.T. 2 Shell Pack

[damien316666]

Man, downloading is going soo slow.....

[+Warwagon MVC]

it is a love or hate look

[superjoppe]

I have servicepack1, build 2600...........

I already had some GANT icons installed, but i thought this shellpack was better.

So I downloaded the file, downloaded "replaced" to change the dll files.

Changed all .dll files (most of them i found in c:\windows\system32\dll/ or something like that)

Not much was changed though. The startmenu looks like this now: http://johan.nordholm.se/startmenu.jpg

The bottom of the screen like this, http://johan.nordholm.se/bottomthing.jpg

and the topthing like this, http://johan.nordholm.se/topthing.jpg

.. actually, i only found 2 cool things,

which is: http://johan.nordholm.se/cool1.jpg and http://johan.nordholm.se/cool2.jpg

Also, i found that much text was translated into english.. I am from Sweden though.. Can the words be changed if you open the file in Notepad or something?

But most of all I want the graphics to be changed.. Someone plz help :no:

[jnr_subz33]

Tyr using a program called TweakUI and use it to rebuild you icons...see if that works...

get it from the microsoft website and search for 'powertoys'..

hope that helps...

about your language concerns, if you have any knowlegde to dealing with shells, dll

you could try and modify those to your language...

look it up in google....

[superjoppe]

thanks for the reply.

although i was expecting that the appearance of my windows would change.

3 examples while comparing to the screenshot on the download-site

http://johan.nordholm.se/1not.jpg - my startmenu dont look like this, actually it was not changed at all

http://johan.nordholm.se/2not.jpg - i dont have that colorscheme, actually it was not changed at all

http://johan.nordholm.se/3not.jpg - i didnt get anything like this in the bottom of the screen

or am i wrong ? and if im wrong, how do i get this things ?

i want a gant-windows like in the screenshot, not just an normal windows with gant-icons :wacko:

[preducer]

for the start menu you have to change visual style, gant is only icons.. it doesnt change your appearance.

[jnr_subz33]

thanks for the reply.

although i was expecting that the appearance of my windows would change.

3 examples while comparing to the screenshot on the download-site

http://johan.nordholm.se/1not.jpg - my startmenu dont look like this, actually it was not changed at all

http://johan.nordholm.se/2not.jpg - i dont have that colorscheme, actually it was not changed at all

http://johan.nordholm.se/3not.jpg - i didnt get anything like this in the bottom of the screen

or am i wrong ? and if im wrong, how do i get this things ?

i want a gant-windows like in the screenshot, not just an normal windows with gant-icons :wacko:

that visual style actually came with the previous pack Devil had made and i guess he didn't add it to the updates..

i'll be happy to send it to you if thats what your looking for...

pm me if your interested...

i'll add the permissions to it just so i won't get into trouble...

[superjoppe]

oh ok :unsure:

i am new to this, and i thought this was a shell that the computer started with instead of explorer.exe :/

So, does anyone know what I must download to get the startmenu, folder appearance, colors and the icon-thing in the bottom ?

I know visualstyles, i have styleXP and windowblinds on my computer, but i dont know which files i should download

[edit: ok ill contact you jnr]

[babis]

Skin:skin loona

The "icon-thing" in the bottom is called a dock. You need to first download a dock and then you'll need to customize it using the dock.

I think you should go and read this thread in neowin:gant inspired desktops

The thread is long, but goes over almost all the customization that Neowin members ended up making to have the perfect gant setup!

[jnr_subz33]

There ya go >superjoppe...

Should answer all what you need to know...

Thanks babis for replying to him...

[.:res:.]

hey all.

i was just wondering, after applying this set my desktop seems to be constantly (every 10sec or so, its kinda random) "refreshing" itself, like its constantly rebuilding icon cache. it's not doing this when other windows are maximized, but when my desktop is clearly vieweable, it goes at it again. :(

could this be caused by applying a diff shell? should i change back? (i dont wanna tho, its so nice :/)

or am i missing something? :(

[jnr_subz33]

Are you running any programs that may affect you desktop...

never heard of anything that refreshes you desktop....

what program did you use to replace the dlls etc..

[.:res:.]

used replacer.. my first time but everything looked to be going fine.

could it be because i'm using iconpackager on top of it or something?

Well i went back to my to old setup (made a restore point before i did anything) and the problem is gone again now.

it's kinda odd to explain, you know when you push the 'show desktop' button, your desktop icons seem to 'refresh' ? (or thats what it does on my system, lol)

well anyway, that's what it did every few seconds.

i changed my icon cache size from 1024 to 4096, which seemed to make a little difference, but the problem was still there.

I got 512DDR ram, but even then it's still a pretty big resource hog when it's constantly doing that "refresh". :(

gonna look around some more when i get home tonight & give it another shot.

edit: oh, and i run stylexp also.

[jnr_subz33]

Ok. it could be the fact that you are using style xp...Some VS you come across actually use their own icons which come with the VS..Instead of using STyle xp, check this out..

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=140707

it lets you patch your uxtheme.dll so you can use any VS without using any programs..

Also...i wonder where it would be refreshing from so you might want to check you dllcache and 386i folder i believe..

they all have backups so that might be the cause....

netherless..keep us posted...

[evo0o]

How do I get that?

Note: I only replaced several files because the others Versions didn't match mine.

[preducer]

which dll did u replaced ? make sure you dont use the classic logon.

[evo0o]

which dll did u replaced ? make sure you dont use the classic logon.

Nono, that wasn't from my computer, I found that on Page 27. And wondering how do I get that..

Which .dll is that located in?

[preducer]

i know.. i just want to know which dll have u replaced so that i could narrow down the list.. i couldn't remember which one but i think it should be in msgina.dll

[acedriver]

evoo0o, it's in msgina.dll

for logoff/switch users, it's shell32.dll

btw, this is my version

[jnr_subz33]

evoo0o, it's in msgina.dll

for logoff/switch users, it's shell32.dll

btw, this is my version

http://planet.time.net.my/TechnologyPark/a...iver/logoff.jpg

http://planet.time.net.my/TechnologyPark/a...ver/turnoff.jpg

those look awesome man..

did you make em yourself...??

[acedriver]

yup..

i don't think i'm gonna released it..

i use ЀṾ ?? ???g?燎 version as a templete.. and the icons is Umicons

[evo0o]

evoo0o, it's in msgina.dll

for logoff/switch users, it's shell32.dll

btw, this is my version

http://planet.time.net.my/TechnologyPark/a...iver/logoff.jpg

http://planet.time.net.my/TechnologyPark/a...ver/turnoff.jpg

Hmm.. the msgina in the shell pack and my window's folder is different, is it save to replace?

[ЀṾ]

u must be using ATXP, if so it will get the versions of ur dlls back to the normal sp1 versions.

[evo0o]

u must be using ATXP, if so it will get the versions of ur dlls back to the normal sp1 versions.

ATXP? what do you mean?

[acedriver]

AutopatcherXP, http://autopatcher.com/index.htm

either that or you've updated your windows.. cause there's a windows update the changes msgina.dll to new version (5.1.2600.1343)