[Shell Patcher] Tango Icons for Windows

[mauseum]

I did what you suggested with the file you attached to resolved the dvd icon issue and it didnt work.

I also noticed that when inserting an audio cd or dvd the icon doesnt change at all.

Edited April 30, 2006 by ReLapse

[virgo89]

everytime i install this patcher the my computer icon never gets changed.

[Inplode]

In that order? :blink:

Bah, I think I may have set shell32 #297 (DVD-RAM), #298 (DVD-R), #304 (DVD-ROM), and #318 (DVD-RW) against the normal CD icon instead of the DVD icon when I reorganized everything, which DOES make that my fault. Let's hear it for the Vertigocorp Quality Control Team :o If it bugs you enough to repatch, drop the attached shell32.dll.txt file into the scripts sub-directory.

It's Waves (by Jimmac), available as infinitely-resizable SVG from Jimmac's site.

That's one funky giraffe.

My personal vote for wallpaper to go with Tangerine is this shot of the Saturn Sky, but then I've got some kind of weird crush on the GM Kappa Twins at the moment :wub:

i fixed my prob i had to un patch and repatch

[mauseum]

I tried unpatching and repatching and still no change.

EDIT -

I don't think it is an error of any kind. My drive is a DVD RW drive and i tested it on my friends computer who only uses 1 drive in his pc (a dvd rw) and he had the same thing happened.

The only thing that doesn;t work is that when i put an Audio CD or a DVD into the drive the drive's icon in My COmputer doesnt change to show that it is a DvD or Audio CD but i suspect that this is a result of what is aid above.

Can anyone else let me know if they have the same.

Edited April 30, 2006 by ReLapse

[vertigosity]

everytime i install this patcher the my computer icon never gets changed.

Alright, things to check are:

1. Is the file in the modified folder modified (since that's explorer.exe's main icon, you can check it without opening reshack, or changing the icon of a shortcut)?

2. Is %windir%\explorer.exe?

3. Have you changed the icon using any other customization software?

Edit: I thought I remembered your name, I ran back through earlier posts in the thread... so, emphasis on #3. Tune-up utilities again?

I did what you suggested with the file you attached to resolved the dvd icon issue and it didnt work.

I also noticed that when inserting an audio cd or dvd the icon doesnt change at all.

Yeah, noticed that when I had a DVD-RW drive... the shell hardware detection service and explorer don't always pick the most appropriate icons for things. Still, I see an audio icon when I put in an audio CD and uh... my CDRW drive spits DVDs back out at me :rofl: . I don't think I have a DVD image without an autorun icon on it to try on my virtual drive. (Edit: And I haven't re-applied it on my machine since I made the 0.7.2 release rarball.)

Sheesh, I take the day off to play with Car Stuff and everything falls apart :rolleyes:

Edited April 30, 2006 by vertigosity

[martin10018]

Sheesh, I take the day off to play with Car Stuff and everything falls apart :rolleyes:

Nothing falls apart! :yes:

Hey Vertigosity I MUST tell you: The new version with the orange icons together with ClearLooks Black looks so cybersexy... :woot: :woot: :woot:

Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!

And everything's fine on my German Win XP.

[mauseum]

Something in the shell must be a lil fubar then because all previous versions of your shell worked fine.

It just refuses to change the Icon when i put a dvd movie in or an audio cd.

[vertigosity]

Yeah... I would have guessed the script had been pointing to the wrong icon (I rearranged everything to fit the tango icon-naming-spec to save space, and it's possible I set the wrong icons to the naming-spec equivalents). Of course, if that was it, the updated script ought to have fixed it.

@martin10018: Yeah, I have a slight tendency to melodramatically over-react to bug reports, and then give my monitor a funny look when I can't reproduce it on my own machine. That's a known issue, and I plan to fix it in a later release :shifty:

[martin10018]

Yep, that's the idea! If you want to maintain uninstallability, you'll need to uninstall the pack, re-install the patches, then reinstall the pack, but if you don't mind being permanently Tangooed, or using sfc /scannow or reinstalling to change back later, then just run it as it sits.

Maybe you should add that to the readme?

[cpl183]

did i miss something? is the orange pack out yet? also does anyone have a boot or login screen for this shellpack? thanks again vertigosity, i really love your shellpack! :woot:

[Storm]

Very nice thankyou :D

Using it now with clearlooks :)

[markoajda]

Bah, I think I may have set shell32 #297 (DVD-RAM), #298 (DVD-R), #304 (DVD-ROM), and #318 (DVD-RW) against the normal CD icon instead of the DVD icon when I reorganized everything, which DOES make that my fault. Let's hear it for the Vertigocorp Quality Control Team :o If it bugs you enough to repatch, drop the attached shell32.dll.txt file into the scripts sub-directory.

Ok this is what i did:

• unpatched to restore default system (windows) icons
  
• unrared the icons again and downloaded shell32.dll file
  
• replaced the shell32.dll file in the /sripts dir with a downloaded file
  
• run heck-o-matic
  

Still nothing changed! No DVD RW icon nor Audio CD icon.

]i fixed my prob i had to un patch and repatch

It worked for you? Can you give us step by step what you did?

[cpl183]

this may be interesting for the opera users:

i found 2 skins that go well with this shellpack

first "Tango CL" wich uses the normal tango icons: http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/info/?id=3465

and the second is "Idea", which could be used with the orange icons: http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/info/?id=3806

[Inplode]

Ok this is what i did:

• unpatched to restore default system (windows) icons
  
• unrared the icons again and downloaded shell32.dll file
  
• replaced the shell32.dll file in the /sripts dir with a downloaded file
  
• run heck-o-matic
  

Still nothing changed! No DVD RW icon nor Audio CD icon.

It worked for you? Can you give us step by step what you did?

i havent redid the dvs icons yet but i did get the oj icons to take :D but i have to ask is everyones start icons liek these ?

PS i just checked the mydocs.dll and there still in the blue icon i went and checked the unstall pack and can locate the mydoc.dll anyplace ?

[markoajda]

i havent redid the dvs icons yet but i did get the oj icons to take :D but i have to ask is everyones start icons liek these ?

Here's mine. Your's looks like a mix of tango/tangerine!

[Inplode]

Here's mine. Your's looks like a mix of tango/tangerine!

yea i went with the tangerine for a change :D there great icons so im nto sure what happen lol

[breakfastclub]

Delete iconcache before using the shellpack:

%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\IconCache

Clear cache: (START/RUN - type:) sfc /purgecache

It`s not a problem of the shellpack ;)

[Inplode]

Delete iconcache before using the shellpack:

%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\IconCache

Clear cache: (START/RUN - type:) sfc /purgecache

It`s not a problem of the shellpack ;)

thx for the tip !

[DrivenDaily]

Ok, so one of my friends that I referred this to, ran hack-o-matic twice...thus effectively removing all the original xp shell backups. What is his best option in reverting back, if all of the backups are now the patched files?

btw...this icon set is money

[breakfastclub]

thx for the tip !

Microsoft's free Tweak UI has the option to "Rebuild Icons" - that works too ...

What is his best option in reverting back, if all of the backups are now the patched files?

You tried this:

Uninstallation:

"restore-o-matic.cmd" will restore your system files to the state they were in when you installed the shell pack last.

The folder "original" (in "Super Turbo Tango Patcher 3") should be original ?

[vertigosity]

Maybe you should add that to the readme?

Yep! I've been checking through all the forum posts I've made, especially ones multiple times, to try and improve the documentation a little bit.

did i miss something? is the orange pack out yet? also does anyone have a boot or login screen for this shellpack? thanks again vertigosity, i really love your shellpack! :woot:

Yep, Orange is out. I think the only bootscreen that'd feel apppropriate would be... a screenshot of the Linux kernel loading in Framebuffer mode, maybe? There is a GDM theme that somebody was playing with at one time, but I didn't bookmark it... it might be a good inspiration for somebody (maybe me?) to work on.

Delete iconcache before using the shellpack:

%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\IconCache

Clear cache: (START/RUN - type:) sfc /purgecache

It`s not a problem of the shellpack ;)

The patcher should be taking care of both that the iconcache, and WFP... but if clearing the SFC cache seems to be helping, I probably ought to play with the system-file-swapping code a bit tonight.

Ok, so one of my friends that I referred this to, ran hack-o-matic twice...thus effectively removing all the original xp shell backups. What is his best option in reverting back, if all of the backups are now the patched files?

SFC /scannow, and a trip by Windows Update is the only way to get them back. If that isn't an option... there's always XPize!

The folder "original" (in "Super Turbo Tango Patcher 3") should be original ?

It's original to the patcher when it executes... to implement the logic and comparisons that would need to be written to maintain multiple backups and do version/revision control on system files like that, I'd need to bring my old unfinished VB6 patcher out of mothballs and finish it. I guess if it works well, and I don't make it too obvious it's written in VB6, maybe noone will notice :shifty:

[cpl183]

Yep, Orange is out. I think the only bootscreen that'd feel apppropriate would be... a screenshot of the Linux kernel loading in Framebuffer mode, maybe? There is a GDM theme that somebody was playing with at one time, but I didn't bookmark it... it might be a good inspiration for somebody (maybe me?) to work on.

nice to hear, any hints on a date when it will be ready to release (or wont you do a seperate pack for orange?) looking forward to those and the bootscreen (maybe? pleeeease!!)

[virgo89]

does anyone know where i can get the actual tango icons, because i need to change the my computer manually.

[virgo89]

ignore that^

[feisty xan]

Ok. Now I am totally confused.

My DVD-Drive icon looks exactly like in your preview when there's no disc in. When putting in a Video DVD the icon doesn't change but when putting in an Audio CD. Is it supposed to behave that way?