How can i change the blue "Windows 98" banner that appears on the side-->

use reshack to edit explorer.exe

You mean Resource Hacker, huh? It worked great! I just had to find an older version v3.2 to do it. Now, if only i could get the upper right image in System Properties to be 256 colors that would be perfect. I use eXeScope to change the picture from the sysdm.cpl file, but when i i edit it, i have to save it as 16 color Bitmap. I'm wondering if i can somehow make it work with at least 256 colors. Any chance for this?

Don't edit the image. Export it somewhere. Then convert it to 256 colors using Photoshop/the Gimp or whatever you want and import it back.
Here you have a nice colorful bitmap when you open system properties!

I like what I did to mine this way:

I made the bmp, and if you like you can use it too: 157.bmp

This has been done a long time ago by Gape, and included [explorer.exe] in his 98SE SP2 package:
http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=61749

98SE2ME option 6 also installs this file:
http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=46349

HTH

I knew it was done in the SP and is where I had seen it when I had once tested the earlier SP's, but as compared to the SP I had wanted a different font & size for the words "Second Edition" and especially a different background color behind it which iirc the SP was changed to black, but I made mine as original dark blue.. ..it's just my preferences is all.

You're right, we each have our preferences, for example, I've replaced that banner with my web site logo.

Understood, and if I was you I would put my websites logo on there too.

The difference between mine and Gapes was the trailing background color and the SE font size, otherwise they are identical:


Besides that though I see his explorer.exe also has a few more other icon changes and when placed creates some registry Interface changes for his options on his ditty. Anyway I like his start banner too, and I like yours and have seen it, and I also like mine.

btw MGDx, when you pointed to option 6 and I ended up fooling with gapes explorer.exe, and when I read the 98SE2ME.chm you wrote about the options, I realized the time it must take you to do all these little projects let alone keep track of them since you have so many, anyway, I must say what you do is quite remarkable and I salute what you do with great respect; along with appreciation for everyone else here that does all these little projects too - - you have quite a network of capable friends working on different things here which makes for quite a great forum.

How's mine?



Photoshop original here

Rick Chauvin:

Many thanks for your kind appreciation.

I'm glad you like what we're doing here at MSFN.

Best wishes,
MDGx