[Shell Patcher] Tango Icons for Windows

[vertigosity]

Has anyone had problems JUST with the 96*96 folder preview icon? It's the only icon not applying. :(

You'll need to turn off all the "hide scary files" options, and search-and-delete your thumbs.db files - they include the image itself along with the thumbnails of the files within.

not sure i did a restore from your patcher and rebooted and i go tthis error :p

:blink: ?!

Anybody know what redistribution policy applies to little freeware tools written by people from @stake? If it's reasonably liberal, I might be able to include their wfpdisable tool, which might make things go a little bit more smoothly, and speed up the file-swapping process.

[Fedr0]

delete your thumbs.db files - they include the image itself

Thanks, didn't know this one.

[Suicide]

vertigosity, omg mate your site has been hacked! :shock:

[vertigosity]

vertigosity, omg mate your site has been hacked! :shock:

The page that's up, I put up. My old index.php was moronically written (by yours truly) in such a way that it would load code from other servers, and it was busy sending spam. So that's down for a bit until I rewrite stuff to not be a big flaming target for abuse. I really stink at coding... although that's not really any news to some of you guys frequenting this thread. Edited May 11, 2006 by vertigosity

[synchro]

I love this pack! Worked right away on my system:)

Just one question though. Are there any more icons similar to theese available for windows? Links please :)

[vertigosity]

I love this pack! Worked right away on my system:)

Just one question though. Are there any more icons similar to theese available for windows? Links please :)

Not that I know of, really. AFAIK, I'm the only person I've found converting Tango/Tangerine stuff (hence why I'm doing it :) )... and there aren't that many things in the Tango style floating around the internet even as PNG/SVGs (the only Other Things I'm aware of are stuff Jimmac's done for various apps, and Sevenissimo's Tango-Unofficial stuff). Anything in particular you interested in? It might be done, but just not converted. If it's something common, or related to the shell toy, I might put it on my List Of Things To Doodle In Inkscape When I'm Bored.

To anyone who's interested: having brought up that list, I got bored and doodled up a Windows flag and a Bluetooth icon in Inkscape, what do y'all think? I think I'm going to use the Windows flag for the start button, if nowhere else, and include the Tango Feet and Ubuntu Circle of Hands as alternates for people who really want to fool themselves into thinking they're running Linux.

Edited May 13, 2006 by vertigosity

[shaywood]

@vertigosity- I love the windows flag thats a keeper.

[sdb815]

I love the start button. (Y)

[Sam]

Nice ;)

Any chance of this in a IconPackager file?

[acedriver]

Nice ;)

Any chance of this in a IconPackager file?

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/26813440/

for more tango stuff, http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7810

[srn]

The icons I have marked have not changed:

I'm using German XP.

what might cause this error? any suggestions...

[vertigosity]

I love the start button. (Y)

Me too :)

Nice ;)

Any chance of this in a IconPackager file?

Not from me. RoomiestDruid started one for his own machine, I was planning on updating it using the shareware version and releasing it in his name, but both of us are having problems with it randomly reassigning icons (wtf?!). Ksaad's doesn't use the pixel-tweaked lower-res versions, which I sorta frown upon, and a few icons are in need of being updated. From the WinMatrix link, a "One More Guy" has done an IP pack that's listed there, but he doesn't use the proper 16x16 icons either. I'll suppress the need to rant about "why doesn't anyone do that?!" for the moment.

The icons I have marked have not changed:

I'm using German XP.

what might cause this error? any suggestions...

From my shiny new FAQ:

> Why are some of my icons replaced improperly or not at all?

There are several possible explanations:

* You are using some other piece of icon customization software, and have set said icon(s) to something else, elsewhere.

* The patcher was unable to swap the customized and live versions of a system file, either because a program locked the live version, or because Windows File Protection protected it. If either of these happen, they will happen silently and without errors, batch scripts are not very intelligent. If this seems to be a problem, try patching with Windows booted in Safe Mode.

* The patcher failed to completely clear the icon cache. A quick and easy way to do this is to toggle large icons on and off again, or vice versa. Note that this will rearrange your desktop icons.

* Some icons simply aren't set to be changed yet, because Tango doesn't include an appropriate icon, or because I haven't gotten to it yet. If you're pretty sure Tango includes an icon for a function, bring it to my attention and I'll try to get it replaced in the next point release.

Edited May 13, 2006 by vertigosity

[srn]

Patching in Safe Mode did the trick.

Thank you for your help and this great Shellpack of course.

[3mm00]

thanx a lot for this, still amazed bout this one. I love you man, these icons are so sweet :)

thanx for your work, really appraised :)

-edit- ps, dutch SP XP2

Edited May 13, 2006 by 3mm00

[Punio4]

The icons I have marked have not changed:

I'm using German XP.

what might cause this error? any suggestions...

What VS is that? Or is it WB... i see shadows...

And btw, any chance of seeing an iColorfolder pack?

[3mm00]

You'll need to turn off all the "hide scary files" options, and search-and-delete your thumbs.db files - they include the image itself along with the thumbnails of the files within.

:blink: ?!

thanx for pointing me to the thumbs. :)

is there a way to get rid of those for good btw?

[3mm00]

First of all awesome icon pack. :woot: Too good. Love it. :yes: Thank you.

Now can someone confirm if these icons in Control panel stay unchanged or were left unchanged only on my system? Thank you.

may i ask what theme you use, it looks pretty sharp

thanx :)

[sdb815]

may i ask what theme you use, it looks pretty sharp

thanx :)

That would be OpusOS by b0se. :)

[vertigosity]

Any chance of seeing an iColorfolder pack?

Maybe, I did one for Inexperience, so it's not a completely alien idea to me. Now that I think about it, it actually seems like a nifty idea (I always liked the Classic MacOS's folder-coloring ability) so I think I might just :cool: .

thanx for pointing me to the thumbs. :)

is there a way to get rid of those for good btw?

Yep, in the Folder Options list-of-checkboxes, there's an option marked "Do not cache thumbnails." I think that's probably a good one to toss in the FAQ, as well, eh?

VS identification:

@3m00: The VS in the screenshot from Markoajda is OpusOS, by B0se

@punio4: The VS in the screenshot from Srn looks like an orange recolor of Gui.Air... also by B0se! The shadows could be generated by Y'z Shadow or WindowFX, among others.

@Sam: What model VW is that in your sig? It's probably not something we get here in the States, but wow, I like it!

I've got some pseudocode down on paper for a patcher in VB6 that includes file modification date checking, which gives me a few ideas. Scaling it back from being a generalized GUIReplacer-ish app to a standalone app with more things hard-coded is making it a lot simpler for me to conceptualize :)

Edited May 14, 2006 by vertigosity

[evo0o]

What the..

I just ran the hack-o-matic.cmd and it said it was completed successfully, but when the computer rebooted, none of the icons were changed! What's happening? Advise pls.

[vertigosity]

What the..

I just ran the hack-o-matic.cmd and it said it was completed successfully, but when the computer rebooted, none of the icons were changed! What's happening? Advise pls.

sucessfully doesn't necessarily mean sucessfully, it just means it'll probably still boot :shifty:

PM sent.

[3mm00]

Yep, in the Folder Options list-of-checkboxes, there's an option marked "Do not cache thumbnails." I think that's probably a good one to toss in the FAQ, as well, eh?

VS identification:

@3m00: The VS in the screenshot from Markoajda is OpusOS, by B0se

thanx again :)

[Punio4]

OK, thanx for the replies... This may be a little over the top, but could we be expecting shell animation, bitmap and similar replacements :p ?

Sorta like XPize or FlyakiteOSX...

[Leoboy]

Just what the doctor ordered :)

[vertigosity]

OK, thanx for the replies... This may be a little over the top, but could we be expecting shell animation, bitmap and similar replacements :p ?

Sorta like XPize or FlyakiteOSX...

Not over the top at all. There are already some animations, I'll get around to making more when I find a more programmatic way of making them; trying to get PSP's scripting functionality to work (which, it usually doesn't) just puts my head too far into a wall. Bitmaps are practically effortless to do, and I've got SVG source to get just the right size images for them... there already are a few, I've mulled doing some wizards and such but I'd have to find and catalog them. Lately, my spare-time obsession has been writing the shiny GUI-based patcher, but it'll happen someday. Edited May 15, 2006 by vertigosity