[Targaff]

Mmm, not sure entirely what I've done but it appears to be fixed here now - I had the problem until last night and haven't changed anything, but now the Places Bar is fine?!

There's definitely something going on with it somewhere, though.

[Scramjet]

I have that same problem with the 'Places Bar' - but only when opening or saving files from within Mozilla Firefox, and not from within any other app. Maybe that's why Targaff couldn't reproduce the problem - it appears only from within certain applications?

[Dave.Net]

Then I guess it's random. I get the bug from the 'Browse...' button within the standard 'Run' box.

[bonestonne]

i can't get a good screenshot at the moment, i will asap, but i installed the revolutions pack 2.0, and it had helped, but marginally. the icons by the clock don't seem to be affected by the pack, they're still looking bad.

is there something i'm not doing?

for example, i pick an icon to use in winamp for the taskbar, and it looks crystal clear in winamps window, but by the clock it looks like crap. same with avast, trillian and comodo. also, is there any way to completely integrate just 32bit icons? like internet connection, sound, USB device, etc? it would look pretty cool...but so far, i'm more than satisfied...my system specs are in teh sig. taking hardly any sources that i'm seeing/noticing.

oh, and before i forget, theres a program called Glass2k, it enables you to make any window transparent, it has no effect on the icons whatsoever, simply amazing.

This post has been edited by bonestonne: 12 April 2007 - 01:16 PM

[Tihiy]

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the icons by the clock don't seem to be affected by the pack, they're still looking bad.

Yes, that's the explorer problem. Google "256-color explorer tray icon patch" or create empty file explorer.exe.32bitimgl in your \windows folder as a compromise solution.
As for good 32-bit icons, i can recommend you to try "Vista Icon Pack 3.0 system patch" which i'm using. It replaces icons almost everywhere.
Note: after installing it, you must replace your \windows\explorer.exe and \windows\system32\taskmgr.exe from backup (\windows\vip3 if i do remember) or you're risking to end with broken system. That's because it wasn't designed for 2k.

You can also try other icon packs [which are using RP] in this subforum. However, i didn't tried them.
Or you can wait for future RP which will support icon themes.

[damian666]

tihiy, when i trie to regsvr the new rpl2k.dll, it gives a message that it is corrupt or something, and that i might consider to use pview to check that.
did you make a change in that?
the first gives no problem...
any ideas?

damian666

[Tihiy]

Yes, as i said i've removed installer routines from DLL to make it a bit smaller.

You'll have to do 3 things yourself:
0) Copy rpl2k.dll into \windows\system32 [i think you may use replacer to be sure]. It is wise to keep it in that directory to be compatible with RP.
1) Add it into AppInit_DLLs key.
2) Set Shell Icon BPP to 32.

[damian666]

ok, sorry man.
did not see that.
will try right away!

keep it up man.

damian666

btw, thanx for those links.
got the right reg entries from it!

This post has been edited by damian666: 13 April 2007 - 02:53 AM

[bonestonne]

256k tweaked did it! thanks a lot. this system is actually my main, and now it looks great.

i had some trouble copying it, could someone post the exact way to use CMD to replace the file? i ended up putting the drive in my XP computer and switching there.

too bad i can't hide inactive icons though...

would integrating the explorer.exe from XP make a difference? i mean how possible would it be?

[Tihiy]

A bit better thumbnails Windows+IE6 patch is available

Also, i've finally updated first post with RP2.0.

This post has been edited by Tihiy: 14 April 2007 - 04:26 PM

[Dave.Net]

Found another bug: XNview's toolbar is completely messed up after patch installation (and no, 32bitimgl file has nothing to do with it). My version is 1.82.4

[Tihiy]

Dave.Net, on Apr 14 2007, 06:01 PM, said:

Found another bug: XNview's toolbar is completely messed up after patch installation (and no, 32bitimgl file has nothing to do with it). My version is 1.82.4

You're right, it's terrible. Thx for finding this.
I'll fix it in 2.02.

[Tihiy]

RP 2.02 with fixed XNView toolbar bug attached to the first post
- Toolbar corruptions still not fixed

[Dave.Net]

Tihiy, what do you mean by toolbar corruptions?

I've noticed another bug in the 'Add/Remove Programs' list. Maybe it was already mentioned.

[bonestonne]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g142/bon.../screenshot.jpg

i want to thank everyones input on the fixes for windows 2000, thats a combination of 256k color fix, revolution pack and Transparency.

the effects of all of it can be show, and i think it looks great. maybe if theres a way to replace the Removable Device, Audio and Internet Connection icons in the future it'll look even better than it is.

also, does anyone know if theres a program to change the 2000 bootscreen? thats another think i like to customize with my installations.

other than that i'm satisfied completely. i think that if you can't run XP well on a system and you go to windows 2k, these programs should be a must have.

[Dave.Net]

Tihiy is there any way to enable 32bit imagelists in control panel applets? I thought rundll32.exe.32bitimgl would do the trick but it doesn't.

[Tihiy]

Dave.Net, on Apr 19 2007, 10:29 AM, said:

Tihiy is there any way to enable 32bit imagelists in control panel applets? I thought rundll32.exe.32bitimgl would do the trick but it doesn't.

.32bitimgl hack is limited by design.
Do you really need it much? I can patch any of them if you insist.

[Dave.Net]

Well, I think DESK.CPL would be my first choice.

However it would be nice to have a wider hack, because I see several lists lookin' like s**t (OE, Address Book, Regedit, MMC, etc.)

[Dave.Net]

Bump

[InvaderFromMars]

Worked perfectly. Icons look much better now. Good job man.