Windows Media Player 9 taskbar skinned

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You can use my program (WMPT) get it in the forum (http://www.wmpt.tk) and your set. To get some skins, (this was never very successful) then go to http:// wmpt.t e c h-c r i t i c.com/browser (fix the spaces of course, cause neowin blocks that site from being posted about.

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Does anyone know if there's a way to keep a WMP9 taskbar skin from expanding a thin taskbar? Last night I did my first skin EVER, a SmoothStripe Graphite for Trillian Pro, and I'd like to do WMP9 as well but I'm not going to bother if it won't look right on a thin taskbar. Help, anyone?

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I've tried and failed. Afaik no-one else has managed it either.

I made one, all the graphics were for the thin taskbar and the actuall media player part was the right size, but the rest of the taskbar was extended around it. There might be something in the UIfile, I'll have to have another look.

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Does anyone know if there's a way to keep a WMP9 taskbar skin from expanding a thin taskbar? Last night I did my first skin EVER, a SmoothStripe Graphite for Trillian Pro, and I'd like to do WMP9 as well but I'm not going to bother if it won't look right on a thin taskbar. Help, anyone?

yeah thats so annoying! thats one of the reasons why i use luna too---because it won't be expanded by WMP9! :(

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mrogers

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OK, I've got all the bitmaps done and the dll is made...but I can't get it to work! All I see is the default WMP9 skin!!!! ARGH!

I've deleted EVERY occurence of wmploc.dll on my system, including the one in dll cache, and the wmploc.dll.tmp that I found in WINDOWS\system32. The only one is my modified one that I've placed in system32. I logged off and logged back in, but it's not working. Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.

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nm, I got it working. I think I finished it too. I'll probably be releasing it soon, if someone wants it. It was a pain in the rear to get it working right and to match the taskbar of SmoothStripe (this is only my second skin of anything). But I think I've got it down now. I could do a color version too if there's any demand. Here's a screenshot:

...dang, three replies in a row, I feel like I'm talking to myself... :rolleyes:

EDIT: As you can see, it still expands the thin taskbar a bit. A little annoying, but I still love this style. Dazzla, I'm gonna dig around too to see if there's a way around it. I'm getting the hang of this stuff! :cool:

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