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yacine29 — Windows 7 topshell tutorial
Published: 2010-01-16 16:04:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 14162; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 721
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this tutorial was made after the request of and i saw that many people didn't know how to have the preview pane on the topyou can also find this tutorial and many others in the windows 7 users group
"if you are interested you can join us ,members are automatically accepted "
resource tuner software "shareware" can be found here [link]
you can also use one of this softwares:
-Resource Hacker"free":[link]
-Restorator :[link]
comments are welcome
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by modifying shell32.dll ,but I don't remeber exactly how to do that ,I invite you to take a look at this [link]
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uperb work and how to make like this [link] for windows 7 sp1 x64, Instead of command bar above preview pane, nested command bar and preview pane, sory bad english
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hi, i am using vista home premium. I tried the top shell mod on my shell32.dll. I replaced it with original and rebooted. After rebooting though, there were some problems. 1) The WMP codecs failed (Nothing could be played on WMP). 2) Winamp could not start. 3) VLC was the only one running but no sound was coming and 4) Some folders could not be opened as they were listed as a file type.
I searched on the net if anybody else had similar problems. I found out that the modded shell32.dll was the problem.
Can you help me find a solution coz I can't put any of themes I downloaded
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Grrr i can not change shell32! the system refuse automaticaly when i try to change it!
despite the tutorial.....
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this can help you [link] ,take control of shell32.dll and rename it to shell32.dll.bak and drag/drop the modified one
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yeaah ure da man yacine! thanks thats work!
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At last i know how the magic worked! Thanks a lot sir!
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How to change that topshell background, btw?
I found mine quite lame..
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the shell style will changes with any theme,if you mean how to change it yourself , you have to open an .msstyle file "theme file " with resource tuner and replace the image n 1024 with any other one
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oh okay, thanks!
and one more thing, preview shell in the fonts folder inside windows folder still on bottom, did I miss any steps?
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in some folders the shell still in bottom,like in the Devices and printers [link] , so you have to do the same steps but in other system files
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Tutorial worked great but how do you change the size of the icon displayed there?
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if you mean those of the top shell ,mouse over the area between the command module "explorer bar "and the preview pane to change its size
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thanks for the tutorial, its really weird though as for some reason this breaks cmss-3d on creative sound cards, googled it and other people have had the same problem, its very weird, and a shame because top shellstyle looks way better
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do you know how to make this on devicecenter.dll? "Device Stage"
because i've done it. but only replacing bottom by top don't work, and i don't remember how i can do this.
if you know how to do this, please share with us.
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i will see if i can do this,but i didn't try this before ,if i find a solution i will tell you
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I remembered.
This is the code.
is in x:\windows\system32\devicecenter.dll
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wow,thank you,it would be great if you make a tutorial for this in the windows 7 users group,i can help many people
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ok I will do
should I join in the group as contributor?
Join Group first and post there, or post in my profile first?
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The one thing i really need is how to change the image in the background on the topshell
i already have it on top
but the files are not in the same .dll as in vista, unless i am blind
any help would be awesome!
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if you are using restuner ,open a .msstyle file "aero.msstyle for example" the shell image number is 1022,and the command module is 1010
i am using a software called win7 style builder to create my themes,it is not free but it makes creating vs easier,and don't worry about the image size
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Great tutorial! I used VG's tutorial for Vista to make my changes since the seven shell32 is very similar.
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thanks, more tutorial are coming ,and if you know something interesting related to windows 7 feel free to share it in the group
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There is one tutorial I am thinking about doing. Its pretty easy, even easier than this one, so I should put it together...
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For 64x files I use Resourcer 0.9 which is freeware and works great [link]
Here's a question, in XP I always used replacer to replace my files with modified versions, but in Win 7 x64 this don't work, is there a easier way of doing this than booting into safe mode?
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Edit
I no longer use Resourcer, turns out theres a issue when using it to edit .explorer files [link] , which was the whole reason why I was using it.
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interesting software!
to change a system file in windows seven,you can modify the permissions in the security tab of the file,after that rename it to "file.xxx.bak" "see the last screenshot of the tut"
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Turns out that Resourcer is not good,[link] , this was the whole reason why I was having problems switching the orb in explorer as it turns out!
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Thanks, I will try again, so far I haven't had much luck except to boot into safemode because it always reverts or won't let me make the change.
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You mean everytime you change the system file with your one it's same like the previous state?
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Yes, unless I boot into safemode and do the switch.
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No need to boot in safe mood.
First you need to completely disable UAC. then restart in a normal mood.
now it's working, check now ?
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Yes! I had to disable UAC, thanks now I got the explorer switched. Now can I reenable the UAC or keep it disabled?
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Easy way to do this stuff:
[link]
No need to disable UAC, only run as administrator.
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That worked great, I took ownership of my whole Windows folder. Guess I should have used Vista more, lol, now I have a bit of learning curve on the new security stuff with Windows 7 since I dis-stained Vista!
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For windows vista only not 7 .
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