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CeoX - 01 Oct. 2003 - 23:41:

Litestep + icons in explorer = frustration

I've been modding my system so much lately that the only solution I was looking for had the answer within litestep... All said and done, everything looked really (damn) nice and I was satisfied, untill I started browsing my harddrives etc. That was when I remembered why I stopped liking litestep at all, I might be out of line here, but am I correct that there is no f**king way to have custom icons on folders and file-types etc in win2k (NT) while using litestep? used to work back in the day on 98 if my memory serves me well........
is there a way - if so, what is it?
or is there no way - why not?

if there's no way, the whole concept is stupid :P
 
01 Oct. 2003 - 23:57 JohnnyFist
All folders show up as the defualt folder in the popup menu unless otherwise specified with .icon="whatever.ico" in the popup.rc. If you read through the docs for popup.dll you'll find it.

 
02 Oct. 2003 - 00:23 moshi
yep, that?s a problem with the NT line, also happens in XP.
custom file type icons should be no problem though, just use the Folder Options in the explorer file manager. for most other icons IconPhile still works fine.

solution for the rest that can?t be changed: reshack shell32.dll
(not going to explain how, we?re at VP after all ;) )
 
02 Oct. 2003 - 15:40 CeoX
hehe, yeah I know shell32.dll. but damn, that's a lot of work :P baaah..... thanks anyways... fucking hate microsoft :P hehehe.... naah but serioslu, my computer is acting really suspicious....
 
02 Oct. 2003 - 15:48 Red
A uinque, complicated, but powerful fix is to use lsbox.dll to create menus. You are able to use it with lsshortcuts (i think it's called) or popups. You can have whatever icons you want. Granted it only works for the first layer, but that's about all I use. I'm not sure how you do it, but it's an idea to mess with.
 
03 Oct. 2003 - 18:04 moshi
it?s not that much work CeoX. actually 98% of all icons can be changed as before.
 
03 Oct. 2003 - 23:41 methodik
mmmmm..... /me loves lsbox.... :) most of my themes center around lsbox.dll, used in various ways. my favorite use for it is to create animated sliding taskbars, menus, systray, etc... when combined with shortcuts, it makes for some sweet eyecandy...

anyways, offtopic. :) i just had to comment outloud. :)
 
04 Oct. 2003 - 00:13 JohnnyFist
LSBox is pretty nifty. I have a hard time deciding which is my favorite module, LSBox or Label. Both are absoultely fantastic.

Back on track...

All you have to do modify your shell32.dll is replace the folder open, folder closed, and the drive icons. Asides from that, everything can be done from your filetypes menu. It takes three minutes once you get the hang of it.
 
04 Oct. 2003 - 12:01 CeoX
moshi: yeah, hehe.... worked out pretty good... but still, a few Icons doesn't change although they are replaced in shell32.dll f?r me...
"Fonts"-folder icon wont change nor "History"-folder icon, a few more but these are the key icons of my current frustration... :) onyone got any idea? :D
 
04 Oct. 2003 - 22:27 Red
Those icons may be kept elsewhere. Hmmm... try the font viewer and iexplorer.exe for starters. They gotta be arround someplace. 8)
 
05 Oct. 2003 - 01:48 JohnnyFist
If you mean you can't change them and get it to show in LiteStep its because it simply won't. However, you can use iphile to change those icons for those folders.
 
05 Oct. 2003 - 04:28 Red
It doesn't matter if you change the icons in the shell32.dll and other files. The icons are changed at the core. It's just a matter of finding them.
 
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