DLL Hacking - Modifying your shell32.dll - Page 2

mike09 · October 13th, 2003

where can i change icons that i cant find in the shell32. like the winrar and zip icons and mp3's and such.

**NetRyder** · October 13th, 2003

They are located in various dll files. For example, the icons for zip files are located in zipfldr.dll
You just have to know where to find them.

mike09 · October 13th, 2003

ok thanks. can someone answer this question for me, i followed the steps in this guide and i replaced icons and created my own dll but when i replaced the dll and rebooted windows woudlnt boto up because it was a not vaild shell32.dll

**yoyo** · October 13th, 2003

That's why it is important to make a backup when playing around with crtical system files. If you have a shell32.bak in Windows\system32 you can boot to the recovery console, just rename two files and everything is exactly as before.

mike09 · October 13th, 2003

thanks for the advice yoyo, maybe i should have done taht before i reformated 20 min ago. but any way thanks.

**Grandmaster** · October 14th, 2003

It said in the tutorial in big, bold letters: BACKUP YOUR DATA :P

mike09 · October 14th, 2003

i must of skiped that part. i now this is off topic but is there a site that i can learn how to use the recovery console. thanks.

**yoyo** · October 14th, 2003

Originally posted by mike09
i must of skiped that part. i now this is off topic but is there a site that i can learn how to use the recovery console. thanks.

http://www.ntfs.org/forum/showthread...threadid=28302

October 14th, 2003

nice tutorial. i never really had the urge to change my icons until i read how to do this and realized i might as well screw around with critical system files.

**Bman** · October 18th, 2003

This has happened before. When I did this and installed the shell32.dll, everything works fine but "My Pictures" folder stays default. Yes I used TweakUI to refresh all the icons and it still like it. Does anybody know how I can fix that one icon??

**yoyo** · October 18th, 2003

Edit the desktop.ini file inside the folder. By default it points to mydocs.dll icon, -101. You can change that.

**muzikool** · November 3rd, 2003

o_87, great tutorial! I don't want to take anything away from the excellent work that you've done, but I thought I'd mention something that might be helpful for those who are worried about manualling making these changes through Safe Mode and whatnot. Below is a link to Replacer, with a description of the program, a screenshot, etc. I've used it once, and it worked great.

http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/

**Grandmaster** · November 5th, 2003

Sweet, I didn't know about that little app. Will give it a try later...

**Grandmaster** · November 10th, 2003

Just realized that the images don't work, going to fix them now...

edit: FIXED.

December 24th, 2003

Good tutorial dude. Is there anywhere to download dll files already made up ??

**Grandmaster** · December 24th, 2003

I usually get them from http://deviantart.com by using the search function. But they've disabled that temporarily. So I guess your going to have to wait.

December 25th, 2003

Originally posted by o_87
I usually get them from http://deviantart.com by using the search function. But they've disabled that temporarily. So I guess your going to have to wait.

They limited it to subscribers only. I not paying a monthly fee.

leight · August 16th, 2004

Hey guys,

I know this thread is very very old, but I am having problems getting it to work properly. I have all my icons stored in 'My Documents' and I have opened up the original 'shell32.dll' file and saved is as a new name 'shell32_mac.dll'. Okay, I have changed every single icon in the 'shell32_mac.dll' file to the icons that I have in 'My Documents'. I restart my computer, press F8 and enter 'Safe mode with Command Prompt'.

- cd c:\windows\system32
- ren shell32.dll shell32_orig.dll
- ren shell32_mac.dll shell32.dll

then i turn off my computer and turn it back on again. The problem is, that the icon's still show up as the default XP icons. The thing is that when I open 'shell32.dll' in 'Resource Hacker', the icons that I want show up.

Do any of you know why? Oh btw: some icons work, others dont. I'm running XP Pro, 1.5 p4, 128mb RAM

Thanks!

edit:
when I choose 'open' in a program, the icons show up! Why Why Why!!!

edit2:
It seems as if the problem is in the start menu and also when my comptuer is opened, the hard drive icon, folder icon, my computer icon etc are all the default style!

**Grandmaster** · August 17th, 2004

damn, I forgot about this... :S

I think you have a problem with your icon cache. Try rebuilding it using TweakUI:

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe

Once you've installed it, simply click on "Repair" on the menu which is on the left, from the drop down menu select "Rebuild Icons" and then finally click "Rebuild Now".

If the icons do not instantly work, do a reboot. That should hopefully fix it.

edit: I should probably update this thing...

**~bk** · August 17th, 2004

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October 13th, 2003	Top \| #22
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,575 Reputation: 4260 Power: 274	They are located in various dll files. For example, the icons for zip files are located in zipfldr.dll You just have to know where to find them.
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October 14th, 2003	Top \| #28
yoyo _________________ Joined: July 2002 Posts: 1,557 Reputation: 160 Power: 109	Originally posted by mike09 i must of skiped that part. i now this is off topic but is there a site that i can learn how to use the recovery console. thanks. http://www.ntfs.org/forum/showthread...threadid=28302

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Bronx Bomber Unregistered Posts: n/a	nice tutorial. i never really had the urge to change my icons until i read how to do this and realized i might as well screw around with critical system files.
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lechtard Unregistered Posts: n/a	Good tutorial dude. Is there anywhere to download dll files already made up ??
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lechtard Unregistered Posts: n/a	Originally posted by o_87 I usually get them from http://deviantart.com by using the search function. But they've disabled that temporarily. So I guess your going to have to wait. They limited it to subscribers only. I not paying a monthly fee.
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October 13th, 2003	Top \| #21
mike09 OSNN Senior Addict Joined: August 2002 Location: Washingtonville , New York Posts: 528 Reputation: 0 Power: 97	where can i change icons that i cant find in the shell32. like the winrar and zip icons and mp3's and such.

October 13th, 2003	Top \| #23
mike09 OSNN Senior Addict Joined: August 2002 Location: Washingtonville , New York Posts: 528 Reputation: 0 Power: 97	ok thanks. can someone answer this question for me, i followed the steps in this guide and i replaced icons and created my own dll but when i replaced the dll and rebooted windows woudlnt boto up because it was a not vaild shell32.dll

October 13th, 2003	Top \| #24
yoyo _________________ Joined: July 2002 Posts: 1,557 Reputation: 160 Power: 109	That's why it is important to make a backup when playing around with crtical system files. If you have a shell32.bak in Windows\system32 you can boot to the recovery console, just rename two files and everything is exactly as before.

October 13th, 2003	Top \| #25
mike09 OSNN Senior Addict Joined: August 2002 Location: Washingtonville , New York Posts: 528 Reputation: 0 Power: 97	thanks for the advice yoyo, maybe i should have done taht before i reformated 20 min ago. but any way thanks.

October 14th, 2003	Top \| #26
Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,692 Reputation: 2960 Power: 234	It said in the tutorial in big, bold letters: BACKUP YOUR DATA :P

October 14th, 2003	Top \| #27
mike09 OSNN Senior Addict Joined: August 2002 Location: Washingtonville , New York Posts: 528 Reputation: 0 Power: 97	i must of skiped that part. i now this is off topic but is there a site that i can learn how to use the recovery console. thanks.

October 18th, 2003	Top \| #30
Bman OSNN Designer Joined: July 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 8,425 Blog Entries: 105 Reputation: 1260 Power: 190	This has happened before. When I did this and installed the shell32.dll, everything works fine but "My Pictures" folder stays default. Yes I used TweakUI to refresh all the icons and it still like it. Does anybody know how I can fix that one icon??

October 18th, 2003	Top \| #31
yoyo _________________ Joined: July 2002 Posts: 1,557 Reputation: 160 Power: 109	Edit the desktop.ini file inside the folder. By default it points to mydocs.dll icon, -101. You can change that.

November 3rd, 2003	Top \| #32
muzikool Act your wage. Joined: December 2001 Location: Texas, USA Reputation: Yes, please. Posts: 7,623 Reputation: 2900 Power: 206	o_87, great tutorial! I don't want to take anything away from the excellent work that you've done, but I thought I'd mention something that might be helpful for those who are worried about manualling making these changes through Safe Mode and whatnot. Below is a link to Replacer, with a description of the program, a screenshot, etc. I've used it once, and it worked great. http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/

November 5th, 2003	Top \| #33
Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,692 Reputation: 2960 Power: 234	Sweet, I didn't know about that little app. Will give it a try later...

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Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,692 Reputation: 2960 Power: 234	Just realized that the images don't work, going to fix them now... edit: FIXED.

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leight OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: August 2004 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Help Please Hey guys, I know this thread is very very old, but I am having problems getting it to work properly. I have all my icons stored in 'My Documents' and I have opened up the original 'shell32.dll' file and saved is as a new name 'shell32_mac.dll'. Okay, I have changed every single icon in the 'shell32_mac.dll' file to the icons that I have in 'My Documents'. I restart my computer, press F8 and enter 'Safe mode with Command Prompt'. - cd c:\windows\system32 - ren shell32.dll shell32_orig.dll - ren shell32_mac.dll shell32.dll then i turn off my computer and turn it back on again. The problem is, that the icon's still show up as the default XP icons. The thing is that when I open 'shell32.dll' in 'Resource Hacker', the icons that I want show up. Do any of you know why? Oh btw: some icons work, others dont. I'm running XP Pro, 1.5 p4, 128mb RAM Thanks! edit: when I choose 'open' in a program, the icons show up! Why Why Why!!! edit2: It seems as if the problem is in the start menu and also when my comptuer is opened, the hard drive icon, folder icon, my computer icon etc are all the default style!

August 17th, 2004	Top \| #39
Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,692 Reputation: 2960 Power: 234	damn, I forgot about this... :S I think you have a problem with your icon cache. Try rebuilding it using TweakUI: http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe Once you've installed it, simply click on "Repair" on the menu which is on the left, from the drop down menu select "Rebuild Icons" and then finally click "Rebuild Now". If the icons do not instantly work, do a reboot. That should hopefully fix it. edit: I should probably update this thing...