I've seen in various threads users ask how to change icons or customize stock icons, but i'm interested in finding out how to do the reverse, how to change customized icons back to stock icons on a cooked rom, I've come across references to the shellres.96.dll file and i copied that file from a stock rom and when i use SK Shortcut Manager its still showing the old icons, so i assume i am going to have to go deeper than that, any advice will be much appreciated.
edit I also tried replacing the shellres.dll.mui file and it couldn't be replaced. (access denied message)
I use a commercial app called SK Shortcut Manager to CHANGE any icon (cooked or default) to whatver I want it to be...I have created a couple of dll's to hold my icon packs. This app can remove the cooked icon and I guess then default comes into play if you dont assign a new one. I've tweaked my Programs Menu to this below...
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Hi,
I am currently working on customizing my Cube to show my icons and programs.
I didn't want to overwrite the existing AL files, so I have put the custom files into: \My Documents\My Pictures\Cubeicons\Operamini_bottom.brn
but when I link to this in IconPath the cube is simply black at this icon?!
After one time usage, it shows the highlighted icon the whole time?!
PseudoReal said:
Hi,
I am currently working on customizing my Cube to show my icons and programs.
I didn't want to overwrite the existing AL files, so I have put the custom files into: \My Documents\My Pictures\Cubeicons\Operamini_bottom.brn
but when I link to this in IconPath the cube is simply black at this icon?!
After one time usage, it shows the highlighted icon the whole time?!
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To my knowledge, on the Nike (Dual) all icons have to be in \Windows\ - unless somebody has yet found a way of moving them and changing the default path? (please let me know if so!)
So, to solve your problem...
1. Copy your file into \Windows\, but call it something new so you don't have to overwrite any existing file.
2. Use the newest beta of Touch Settings (v2.12pre onwards) to change the icons - please see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324556
.....if you want to change the MediaHub (3 app side) icons, at the moment you'll need to use the 'Advanced' tab and enter the full path manually.
hope this helps
Carlos
Thanks,
I have managed to overwrite existing files, so I do have my icons.
but changing all the animation screens, is a lot of work!
Does anyone know if this is possible? I'm trying to change the icon of a shortcut I created to Resco Photo Viewer and then tried to change the Icon with a PNG to no avail. Is this even possible?
SK ShortcutCreator, somewhere in development thread is another one Shortcutmaker. U'll have to convert it to dll or icl but there a loads of apps to manipulate with icons....(for PC)
First of all, the start menu icon
i got help from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2271995&postcount=8
and u can see how i got it on my BA
Want it??
the file is attached too. (signed already)
rename the file as shellres.96.dll
and paste this file in ur \Windows folder in ur device
Ofcourse u have to make a backup of originall shellres.96.dll too
Njoy this nice gray start menu icon
MORE ICONS ON THE WAY, I AM STILL DISCOVERING bout the icon changing thingi.
POST UR ICONS IN "PNG" with transparent background and in a multiple of 8 width and height that is 16x16, 24x24, 64x64, 128x128, 256x256.
so that i may get more time in modding rather in finding
GL all and happy modding. Atlast folder icon changing will work
Step 2, Changing the default folder icons
here are they
EDIT: the resource hacker is showing the folder icons in two pairs (16x16 and 32x32). If i am gonna replace one, the whole icon group gets changed. so uptill here no luck. will some body help me making a dll file with two icons (one for 16x16 and other for 32x32)
One small note,
the complete name of the file being replaced is shellres.96.dll.0409.mui
The reason I am making this comment is because depending on the rom (WWE or any other country ID), this might change. For instance, WWE is 0409, but I believe that German was 040C.
Other than that, good post. Let us know when you are able to change the system folders.
the mui exists there for localization thingi
I have used shellres.96.dll, the one i have pasted here and the screenshot is of my BA's. So I say authentic. I havent tried ur method since i am going fine
Now about the folders, the problem comes with pointing two icons in same icondump (i-e i need to have a file (like shell32.dll in windows for PC) which should only contain 32x32 folder icon (normal) and 16x16 icon (small). I dont know how to make such icon resource files. I have all PNG sets for my desired icons. I straight away convert them through an activeX based converter. Then THE PROBLEM IS ABOUT DUMPING TWO .ICO FILES IN ONE .ICO
Hi all,
I'm looking for a way to restore the windows default icons back to original. I found the start menu icon editor, but thats not exactly what i''m looking for. The problem are the icons i see in file explorer for example, the folder icons looks like crap now (probably installed those icons sometime ago, but i wanna get rid of them )
So is there a way to completely restore ALL windows mobile 6.5 icons back to normal? (prefered incl start menu)
+1 ,also I need that for 6.1, cause I love to stuck with the clean original icons.
Also voting in for this. I'm about to change my icons, and it'd be good to have the original ones as a backup.
I made a mistake when replacing one icon with HComber. So I would like to restore the original icon.
Does anyone have a pack containing the original WM6.5 icons?
That would be very useful. Thanks.
use jwmd icon changer then move the path into \Windows directory.
there you can find all the resources.
or you can also dump them from the official wm6.5 emulator.
Thank you very much.
I also found a pack of original WM6.5 icons, for those who might be interested:
http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=727
i recommend you to stick on your inside \Windows folder icons.
it's will be better on performance & not wasting your ram space.
quite bigger though if you put a lot of png's, especially those with 16.8colors
I used JWMD Icon Changer for my problem, works really well.
My problem was that I accidently removed the image/icon from three links/icons. I tried what muhrizky said, but no luck.
When JWMD scanned the Windows catalog it just stopped, I have no idea why. But the icons inside \Windows\,
so I searched for them with Total Command and copied them to my newly created folder(My Icons) on my storage card.
Once copied to the same folder I scanned that folder with JWMD and I could easily change back my icons =)
muhrizky said:
use jwmd icon changer then move the path into \Windows directory.
there you can find all the resources.
or you can also dump them from the official wm6.5 emulator.
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can you give me a step by step way to change my HTC HD2 file explorer icons back to the default. I have tried everything but nothing has worked. I have JWMD but I don't know how to scsan the windows folder.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!
Leon
I use osKitchen 1.33.5 with an WWE base leo image 3.14 rom for the HD2
In my kitchen I have been able to change all the start menu icons so they can be added purely by clicking a button in oskitchen. There is one icon I have left on the start menu that I can not seem to get.
I am trying to find the entry for the today icon so I can remove it and add as an app.dat entry in the build. I have done some recearch and all I can find is that the reference to the today icon seems to be in the shellres.192.dll file stored in the Base_DPI_192 folder in the OS.
I am not sure how to modify this and remove the entry. I then also need to create an app.dat file that will allow the user to add back in to the rom if necessary.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers!
You can't delete "Today" icon from start menu, especially via app.dat/initflashfiles.txt, as it is hardcodded. Perhaps there is a way to hide it via registry, don't know.
Start_Icon_Today.png
I don´t sure what you want. You can use the icon you want and rename it. If you want delete it perhaps you can use a .provxml like the one in HTC Messaging Client. You can delete the link you want usin the formule of the .provxml in the directory of the .xml
Regards
Im actually looking to see if I can have the option of not having the icon there at all? In my kitchen, you can choose the icons you want in the start menu simply by clicking them.
It then copies the .lnk file into the start menu by using an app.dat file. I was looking to see if this could be done for the today icon.
why not just replace the Start_Icon_Today.png ?
What I've done was, I put a folder in EXT (EXT Packages in osKitchen) called Theme, then inside that folder, I have a new folder called "StartMenu_Icons" (Am using Firestorm icons btw)
folder structure was like this:
Sources
--Devices
----HTC <my device>
------EXT Packages
--------Theme
----------StartMenu_Icons
------------files
--------------and all Start_Icon_<name>.png
am not sure if that's what you're trying to do
What I am looking to do is to give the user the option to include the today icon simply by clicking a button with in oskitchen. I have been able to do this with all other start menu icons but it doesn't seem possible to do it with the today icon as it seems to be hard encoded