TUT: Custom Windows 8 Start Menu Background

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TUT: Custom Windows 8 Start Menu Background

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1. Download the lastest Resource Hacker (3.6 - 16 September 2011)
2. Takeown System32\shsxs.dll.
3. Open it in Resource Hacker
4. Replace the 5231 and 5232 (PNG) resources.
5. Backup it.
6. Save the resource hacked shsxs.
7. Reboot

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Wow! Thanks!
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The part in between the tiles is still green, another entry to edit for that?
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The SysWOW64 doesn't need to be changed since the Start screen is always opened in 64-bit on 64-bit Windows.

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Panda X wrote:The SysWOW64 doesn't need to be changed since the Start screen is always opened in 64-bit on 64-bit Windows.
How do you edit the background color (I mean the green band) ? ;)
I guess it's in UI files right? :P
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Thanks :)
But I'm waiting for Panda X's or Hounsell's guide as they changed everything from the green band in the middle, to the lockscreen and sidebars.
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TechDudeGeorge wrote:Thanks :)
But I'm waiting for Panda X's or Hounsell's guide as they changed everything from the green band in the middle, to the lockscreen and sidebars.
No problem. I did what i could.
If they don't want to make public their method, not my fault.

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Nice tutorial, but I am gonna hold off for now. Surely somebody will create an app to change the background soon.
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Andrew Tapferke wrote:
TechDudeGeorge wrote:Thanks :)
But I'm waiting for Panda X's or Hounsell's guide as they changed everything from the green band in the middle, to the lockscreen and sidebars.
No problem. I did what i could.
If they don't want to make public their method, not my fault.
Hounsell said he'll be posting the files soon for the blue version. So hopefully someone can edit it to purple or other colours.
Current Windows 8 Leaks: 7850 / 7929 / 7955 / 7959 (x64) / 7989 (x64)
Current Windows 8 Releases: Windows Developer Preview - 8102 (M3) , Windows 8 Consumer Preview - 8250, Windows 8 Release Preview - 8400
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TechDudeGeorge wrote: Hounsell said he'll be posting the files soon for the blue version. So hopefully someone can edit it to purple or other colours.
As far as i understood their method,

WinDBG (x86) - Open Crash Dump - System32\uxtheme.dll -

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.sympath srv*C:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
.reload
dd g_ImmersiveColors
ln g_ImmersiveColors
But i can't get it working.

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Andrew Tapferke wrote:
TechDudeGeorge wrote:Thanks :)
But I'm waiting for Panda X's or Hounsell's guide as they changed everything from the green band in the middle, to the lockscreen and sidebars.
No problem. I did what i could.
If they don't want to make public their method, not my fault.
It's not that we didn't want to make it public, I had to write a basic tutorial/guide while also finishing up and make sure everything would work. However as of a few minutes ago we've published a quick tutorial so people could do it themselves. http://metrothemes.deviantart.com

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I think this may be what your looking for, at least part way.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3XBA6YG ... ure=colike[/youtube]

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There is a better program for Windows 8 Start Screen Customization, My WDP Tools.

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This one did it for me. Pay attention to the resolution instructions!

http://ruanmei.deviantart.com/art/Windo ... -259453275

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The start screen changer(s)/start screen is really glitchy.
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Cool! Really Good i really dont like using software to do it for me..I like doing it myself
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