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There will now be 3 packs coming out,

Windows 2000

shell32.dll

explorer.exe

vista explorer.exe

vista ieeplore.exe (vista*.exe's are the programs with transparent windows borders)

...more when completed

Windows XP

same as 2k plus

control panel outlets

bootscreen and logon dll's

Windows Media Player Skin

Windamp Skin

fonttext.dll

lots of other system files

Windows xp with Office 2003

same as XP plus

WINWORD.EXE

EXEL.EXE

POWERPOINT.EXE

OUTLOOK.EXE

If anyone has any other files that they want in the pack please post them on my website. Select the Windows Vista tab and put your cpl, dll or exe into the extra files coment box.

Thankyou for your help

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You can download a non complete icon set here, or if you want a more complete set check my website. I will provide another link when I have uploaded the complete set

Uh, your link is dead :(

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You can download a non complete icon set here, or if you want a more complete set check my website. I will provide another link when I have uploaded the complete set

Uh, your link is dead :(

Uh, your link is dead :(

Uh, your link is dead :(

I know. use this one for now, there will be a link posted when the icon set is available.

By the way, if you are reading this Mike Wilson. I would be fine with you including my icons in your pack so please email me if you want them.

[email protected]

or if you default email provider isn't set up then my adress is

[email protected]

can someone post likes to the downloads on on page 1 again?

It dosen't exist anymore as far as I can tell.

Dose any body running XP SP2 have an unhacked version of the following files for my uninstall.

C:\Windows\System32

netshell.dll

appwiz.cpl

The Explorer.exe for win2k is currently untested. I would advise you to make a backup of explorer.exe before installation. Are there any MS Office 2000 users wanting this download?, if not then I can scrap the WinXP base version.

Can't load :(

I can now inform you that there will be all these file in and probably much more

Shell32.dll Main Icon Library

Explorer.exe The main operatind system

Vista Explorer.exe A folder viewer with transparent borders

Iexplore.exe The internet

Vista internet The internet with transparent border

mydocs.dll Documents and Pictures icons

WMP.exe A Media Player a bit like Windows Media Player but with transparents borders and not as

many functions

Aero.wsz A Winamp Skin

Windows Media P... A Skin for Windows Media Player. Imitates Windows Media Player 11

Aero.msstyles A non-transparent Visual Style

logonui.exe The logon dialog box

ntoskrnl.exe The bootskin

A large number of System Files, and Control panel Outlets are also feautures as well as some of the well

known Vista Wallpapers. Below is a quick preview of the pack.

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Edit_By the way, you get the propper My Computer icon in the pack, The R2D2 is just me messing around, it dosen't come in the replicator as the default icon by you can find it in C:\Windows\System32\filestypes.dll

Whatever, just want to say that your desktop looks awsome and, more importantly...Boulevard of Broken Dreams is one of my all-time favorite songs along with "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi!

I want that Media Player skin. :blush: . Anyone have a link for that directly?

its not a skin, its a stand alone Widget. you can download it with my pack when it comes out or you can download it. I will post a link when I find it.

here is the screenshot it was based upon. As you cab see in the quicklaunch the "shortcut to desktop" icon has not changed at all since Windows XP, wich I think is very boring and it will probably be canged in a later beta version of Vista anyway so in my pack I am usind this icon.

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If anyone has any problems with this then you can change it back to the XP icons, use Resource Hacker and open the followind files Shell32.dll and Explorer.exe. Cange the icons back to the origional XP icons and then using replacer. This will not damage the uninstall file or stop it uninstalling properly.

The wiget has been based on this image

wmplayer_Vista.png

O.K. I have a bit of a problem with my pack. In the uninstall. I need away that I can get your orional files into the uninstall. The only time I have seen this done is with bricopacks. Dose anybody know where I can get a Bricopack maker from. i would be very helpful for your assistance. There are some example bricopackes on CrystalXP. Unfortunately the Longhorn one is all backward of Vista and the Vista one is just plain blue. Otherwise I would of just posted a link to one of them.

If anyone has any idea of where to get a Bricopacks maker, I think its called bricomix, then please email me

[email protected]

or click the link below

[email protected]

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Does this work as it should? A litle sceptic to apply such packages.

You should be, it will work as well as other bricopacks. I haven't heard of a bricopack causing problems and if it dose, bricopacks make a system restore point when you install them and the uninstall contains your system files, not the authors. this pack only replaces the bitmaps inside the system files, not the system file.

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