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Shell32.dll mod for XP SP2 and SP3 for English is now perfected, as you can see that the mod has many new things


NEW STUFF AND FIXES


+ New AVI's which are highly compressed and don't take up shell32.dll
+ Lesser RAM consumption and no chance for DLL Relocation Errors
+ Size of shell32.dll is just 15MB
+ Re-designed context menu for exact Vista resemblance
+ New Dialogues and buttons for various controls
+ Desktop Properties Modification included (Use with Vista Desktop Properties 1.3) [link]
+ Run Dialogue Box mod now fixed, in the beta version one button used to disappear when used with WindowFX
+ Grey strip under most shell dialogues to give the Vista look
+ New interface for the CD Burning Wizard
+ All HQ icons extracted from imageres.dll
+ Bitmaps from Vista for the About dialogue Box

And much much more.......

Now compatible with both SP2 and SP3.

Download and enjoy! If you like it please do :+fav: it cause its passed through many stages and worked hard on for a month

Credits to

DopeySneezy, DesktopSquared and Ricktendo64

And a special thanks to Fishy-Fish for Beta testing.

Usage

For using the mod, use the enclosed Replacer tool and replace following its instructions. If you do not see a change in icons after rebooting use the Rebuild.exe to rebuild your icon Cache. Enjoy!
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:icongianpier:
But you said it's compatible for SP2 and SP3
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:iconpicassa243:
It is till I discovered that only the drag and drop functionality is lost in SP2 but the rest works fine.
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:icongianpier:
Hey after applying your shell I lost the ability of drag and drop... I restored the shell and works fine.. but I really want to use yours!!
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:iconpicassa243:
Cause you are using SP2 use SP3 please
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:iconmanjil:
cooooooooolllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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:iconmareczek2:
Niccccee !!!!!!
Great Job
I have a question.
Is it possible to apply on other Windows language version e.g. Polish
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:iconpicassa243:
No dear, only English!
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:iconrwin10:
!RWin10 Oct 6, 2008   Interface Designer
The file is corrupt. PLEASE FIX! I do not feel safe using a corrupt file with my system. (Windows XP MCE SP3.)
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:iconpicassa243:
The file is perfectly fine, maybe you are using an old version of WinRAR.
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:iconrwin10:
!RWin10 Oct 7, 2008   Interface Designer
Okay thanks so much for the help.
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