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Reshack the shell32.dll file ,replace the original icons with new ones

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where in reshack do i change the icons, i tried once and nothing changed

Mike

This is the line to be modified. But what should it look like. This sounds like something that needs to be done in XP to change all of the Program files that don't get changed. I think icon 20 is for Program Files ?

-addoverwrite icons\shell32\Icon_20.ico, ICONGROUP,20,1033

Do not alter the script files, if you want to update the patcher to patch these files place the files attached into the icon\shell32 folder replacing the icons Icon_20.ico and Icon_37.ico then run the patcher and patch your shell32.dll and your program icons should look like below.

startmenu.jpg

Icon_20.ico

Icon_37.ico

where in reshack do i change the icons, i tried once and nothing changed

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Use this tutorial posted by Mike_Wilson. I read it step by step and it does work.

heres a basic tutorial I found on resource hacking a system file.

http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1095

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I happened to move the shell32.dll from %windows%\system32 to the input folder, and mistakenly I hit the Windows key on the keyboard opening the start menu, and my pc froze up. I rebooted and of course, it couldnt find the shell32.dll because I had moved it before. If you try to do Safe Mode when something like that happens to you, Safe Mode will not work for you, because shell32.dll is not there. What do I do now?

I use BartPE a lot and it comes with a plugin named A43 File Management and IMO, it is a great utility. I did all my changes without using Safe Mode. I created the BartPE ISO, then boot from it and used A43. It is like using Windows Explorer, but you are outside the windows platform.

/EZ

Edited by EZRecovery
Thats why you copy it and dont move it

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:D

True, but everybody makes mistakes. It doesn't hurt me. I know how to manage Windows when it crashes, well at least I'm getting better. :p

I just wanted to present my problem in case someone else runs into the same problem.

Hmm... I would've editted, but there wasn't a choice to...  However, it still didn't work :(  I still couldn't replace the two files with the modified versions via safemode.

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From safe mode:

Cut n Paste the original files to the desktop and then move the modified files in their place. Rename the extension to .bak on the original files and then reboot. Don't forget to save your original files in a safe place.

OK. I think I got everything going good. Only thing is, I don't have iexplorer.exe in my windows/system32 like the readme says it should be... Don't know, but otherwise I modified every other file and I copied the originals into the input folder, so those should also be able to serve as backups, right?

OK. I think I got everything going good.  Only thing is, I don't have iexplorer.exe in my windows/system32 like the readme says it should be... Don't know, but otherwise I modified every other file and I copied the originals into the input folder, so those should also be able to serve as backups, right?

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Yea, just save the files in the input folder. iexplore.exe should be located in the Internet Explorer folder in Program Files.

You might have to rebuild your icon cache to get all the new icons showing. I know I have too.

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