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[SOLVED] Change the icon of a file.EXE ?

I have already tried a shortcut creator which allows me to change the icon of a shortcut...
But when I copy that shortcut to a different pocketpc (which has the same programs installed as my own), the icon switches to the standard one...
Any chance to definitely change that icon??

.....No one?

The Icon of a exe file is stored IN the exe file, try to open the exe file in a res-editor and replace the icon with the one you like
I don't know if that works for ppc exe files too, but: just try it

tomoffel said:
The Icon of a exe file is stored IN the exe file, try to open the exe file in a res-editor and replace the icon with the one you like
I don't know if that works for ppc exe files too, but: just try it
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I already tried it... But I still have a problem:
When I copy the .exe file from my PC to my device, the icon is automatically restored to the default one...
Maybe the icon I'm using aren't compatible with this type of operation?
I use this icons: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424678
The .ICO ones....

which icons are you trying to change

sometimes there are more than one icon in the exe.. (different sizes and colors) be sure you replace all
if you like i can try it for you, just send me the exe and the icon, or upload it here.
flaviopac said:
I already tried it... But I still have a problem:
When I copy the .exe file from my PC to my device, the icon is automatically restored to the default one...
Maybe the icon I'm using aren't compatible with this type of operation?
I use this icons: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424678
The .ICO ones....
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tomoffel said:
sometimes there are more than one icon in the exe.. (different sizes and colors) be sure you replace all
if you like i can try it for you, just send me the exe and the icon, or upload it here.
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You can find it in the attachment....

It seams your .ico is corrupt, i can replace it with an other icon, and no problems.. but your one is "empty" (in windows I see the guitar playing homer, but in ResEdit, the icon is empty.. )
I tried it with another on, and it worked
Used TGTSoft ResEdit. Just open your exe, then point on the left site to "Icons" and select that one you want to replace. the you see the icon on the right site. Over the Icon ther is a replace button, click that, select your icon and save the project
flaviopac said:
You can find it in the attachment....
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tomoffel said:
It seams your .ico is corrupt, i can replace it with an other icon, and no problems..
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So I can't use all these icons you can find here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424678
Used TGTSoft ResEdit. Just open your exe, then point on the left site to "Icons" and select that one you want to replace. the you see the icon on the right site. Over the Icon ther is a replace button, click that, select your icon and save the project
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I'll give it a try!

Maybe you can open them in a icon editor and resave them with other settings.. color.. resolution.. play a little around
hope hat helps you
flaviopac said:
So I can't use all these icons you can find here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424678
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tomoffel said:
Used TGTSoft ResEdit. Just open your exe, then point on the left site to "Icons" and select that one you want to replace. the you see the icon on the right site. Over the Icon ther is a replace button, click that, select your icon and save the project
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Everytime I try it, I get an error....
ERROR CAN'T OPEN .BMP FILE....
But I'm trying to use .png and .ico icons.....
Maybe Am I already using wrong icons?
Where can I find correct ones?

is the extension of the file really ico? Do you use just the icons of this thread?
Here you will find lots of icons: http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/icons/?order=5
hope you get it to work if not, i can try to convert them
flaviopac said:
Everytime I try it, I get an error....
ERROR CAN'T OPEN .BMP FILE....
But I'm trying to use .png and .ico icons.....
Maybe Am I already using wrong icons?
Where can I find correct ones?
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tomoffel said:
is the extension of the file really ico? Do you use just the icons of this thread?
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I use .PNG icons.... If I try to replace the existing icon with a .ICO one, I can't load it with the app... It doesn't let me load a .ICO file...
EDIT:
Finally I make it work opening the .ICO file with an icon editor...
I deleted all the format (16x16,24x24,ecc...) inside but one (32x32)...
Then just write its name in ResEdit (because it doesn't allow me to search .ICO file)....
AND FINALLY IT WORKS!
Thanks to all!

Hi,
above rocks to change icon for my window mobile application .. but changed icon does not show up in mobile n mobile infact does not allow me to run application if icon is changed in uor way . Will this is possible to change icon for signed application or is there any other way to change icon of application .
Is this possible to have my application icon not from .exe file but loaded separately as any other image .. in this way I feel i can change icon on will....
any help will be appreciated
regards

Just take it on pc,i think it will be same.

Changing the Internet image?

Hi all,
Is it possible to change the image of the light blue globe (has 'Launch Brower' written underneath it) when you navigate to the 'Internet' page page of the HD2?

andydprice said:
Hi all,
Is it possible to change the image of the light blue globe (has 'Launch Brower' written underneath it) when you navigate to the 'Internet' page page of the HD2?
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If you mean something like this, the answer is "Yes".
Do you want to know how to do it yourself or are you looking for some alternatives...?

Thats exactly it john...
a bit of both really - (a) how do you do it yourself?
(b) what the are the alternatives?
Ta.

andydprice said:
Thats exactly it john...
a bit of both really - (a) how do you do it yourself?
(b) what the are the alternatives?
Ta.
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I haven't seen any alternative (that's why I ended up doing my own!).
If you want to make your own, you basically only have to replace the image in the file '0eea1f69_manila' in your windows folder.
To extract the image from the manila file, you will need something like CFC_GUI.
Then you modify the .png image you get (keeping the same size and positioning) using Photoshop or something.
Then you replace the original image in the manila file with your new one (again using CFC_GUI).
Finally, you need to copy your new '0eea1f69_manila' file back into your windows folder. There's a trick to this if you haven't done it before, so you may need help with this. Alternatively, you can create a .cab file consisting only of your new manila file and install it that way. I've added my .cab file (to change the image to the one in the screenshot above) to this post for your reference. This will definitely work with Manila version 2.5.1920 and probably with other versions too, but I don't know that for sure. Install as you would any .cab file. Uninstall using Settings/Remove Programs.
Good luck!

If you want, this is mine:

S200 customizations

Hey guys, i wanted to add some customizations for boot screen and icons also. Hope you like it. For boot screen, just replace this files with the ones inside the windows folder. Thanks to emse_186 for his nice work

If you want animation, use the file in below link instead of the one in the first post
http://www.4shared.com/dir/p3EzMQpP/sharing.html

i put the file from the second post in windows folder,and after restart nothing happens

Ombre1 said:
i put the file from the second post in windows folder,and after restart nothing happens
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don't just save the picture, download the file from the link above the picture and use it.

victor79 said:
don't just save the picture, download the file from the link above the picture and use it.
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yes,this is exactly what i make , but it doesnt work . "animated.gif" is in Windows folder but after restart-nothing appears

Ombre1 said:
yes,this is exactly what i make , but it doesnt work . "animated.gif" is in Windows folder but after restart-nothing appears
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Then, i think animation is disabled from registry. If you use any software for tweaking (bsb tweak, sktools etc.), you may check it if there is any option to enable boot animation.

I try with SKtools but nothing ,there is no option to on/off boot animation.maybe i need to rename the fail?!?or to install something?

I copied the animated.gif file to \Windows, and enabled animations in BSB Tweaks (I had disabled it before) but it is the standard animation that runs, not this one.
Which ROM did this animated.gif work on? Because perhaps there is a difference in how the different ROMs look for this file (I think, if it was already using animated.gif, then there should have been a prompt about overwriting the file)
/Sifaan

sifaan said:
I copied the animated.gif file to \Windows, and enabled animations in BSB Tweaks (I had disabled it before) but it is the standard animation that runs, not this one.
Which ROM did this animated.gif work on? Because perhaps there is a difference in how the different ROMs look for this file (I think, if it was already using animated.gif, then there should have been a prompt about overwriting the file)
/Sifaan
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Maybe animated.gif dont work with official roms?!?

Ombre1 said:
Maybe animated.gif dont work with official roms?!?
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I am using Arto's 2.8 21903; the default windows animation is working; but probably the file is embedded somewhere rather than being visible as animated.gif...
which ROM are you using?

3.003b.00.EN maybe this is the reason i cant use animations

I can use the animation but need to rename first. {startup480-800}. But for the first post image cannot be use because the size is wrong, should be 480x800 not 384x680

Hey guys !!!
use JWMD icon changer !
in program
menu>bonus features>change animated bootscreen

Animated bootscreen with sound
I m using this thing. It changes bootscreen to the animated WITH SOUND! (sound like Windows 7 PC logon). All thanks to the Xakep from acer - club . ru [i still can't post links, it's moderator's fail , so i used spaces here], it is his job.
Forum doesn't able to show .gif files, so u can find it here (dont forget to delete all spaces):
h t t p : / / s48 . radikal . ru / i122 / 1006 / 6a / 0cfa0d4e290e . gif

[TUT]°°how to figure out wich manila file is for what°°

I made a little Tutorial how you can figure out wich manila file is for what.
Only you need is cfc_GUI you can download from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=470798 <----Thanks Chainfire for that!
At the first you had to Cerate a FOLDER on your DESKTOP called manila files or something you want!
At the first start from cfc_GUI it will ask for a folder and than you choose the created Folder!!
All other things are in the Pictures!!!!
Step1:
:
Step2:
Step3:
Step4:
Step5:
Hope that helps a little bit?

Dic3ptor said:
I made a little Tutorial how you can figure out wich manila file is for what.
Only you need is cfc_GUI you can download from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=470798 <----Thanks Chainfire for that!
At the first you had to Cerate a FOLDER on your DESKTOP called manila files or something you want!
At the first start from cfc_GUI it will ask for a folder and than you choose the created Folder!!
All other things are in the Pictures!!!!
Hope that helps a little bit?
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it helps loads for idiots like me, thanks loads for your time and patience

Thank you! Dankeschön!

Your Welcome! Hab ich gern gemacht!

Does anyone know the file name for the softkey bar?

The softkey is onlay a .png picture so far i no with a name. Its in the Windows folder on the device.
Softkeybar: HTCblack_softkeybar.png
Taskbar:HTCblack_taskbar.png
But later at the day i will have a look!

Hello,
is this only to copy the manila files or copy this software the shellres.dll etc. too???
Cause i cant copy the shellres.dll from my device to my pc "cant copy....." i tryed this with totalcommander :-(

Hey mate
good job Thank you

Very Basic Question
Up to now I have only "consumed" as a user, but I start to dig deeper...
Basic Question: The manila files contain only pictures (skins, buttons etc.)? There is no code in?
So if I modify one of the manilas, I just change the appearance of that specific part of the screen?
If anyone could confirm or explain the function of the manila files, would be great.
Hugo the JungleDyret

hugojungle said:
Up to now I have only "consumed" as a user, but I start to dig deeper...
Basic Question: The manila files contain only pictures (skins, buttons etc.)? There is no code in?
So if I modify one of the manilas, I just change the appearance of that specific part of the screen?
If anyone could confirm or explain the function of the manila files, would be great.
Hugo the JungleDyret
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Some Manila files are only graphics (called QTC) others are Luascripts and Mode9 (what you call code).
The tool described above will help you for the graphics

oh wow loads better than manila editor thanks man

Your welcome!

Which manila file is responsilbe for the day format in the weather tab?

copy your manila files in a folder on your pc and scan the folder with this
http ://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=464984 (remove the space before the : to get the link to work) and it'll give you the name of the files and therefore their functionality

I figured out that it is 308671e5_manila.
I edited the file to the desired format but it doesn't change in the weather tab.
Any idea?

Etihad said:
I figured out that it is 308671e5_manila.
I edited the file to the desired format but it doesn't change in the weather tab.
Any idea?
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Can you post the manila file here? Because i cant find it on my device.

Sure. There you go.

Woow, thank you very much for these. Now i can begin to create my first Manilas.
Because before you post this, i don't know how i can became the Manilas on my PC and in cfc gui. God bless you. Bonito77.

my keeps sayin export change i crnt do anything, alos which is the manila for the background for like everything? the black one with like white light in the middle? how do i change that?

dy_domyoung said:
my keeps sayin export change i crnt do anything, alos which is the manila for the background for like everything? the black one with like white light in the middle? how do i change that?
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The best is to post a screenshot! Because i dont know what you mean!

[THEME] Manila stock dialer black , gain 1MB free storage

I found something in the forums, but oly cabbed dialers which eat almost 5MB storage, so I simply edited the dialer pics in windows folder.
Just copy them into windows folder and accept overwriting, you will gain 1 MB of free storage, thanks to lnando84 for images compression.
I still need to edit some files , but at the moment the dialer is as in images below

If my memory is correct sir, you can find the missing images in the phcanImages.dll file.
Hope this can helps you.

I don't know how to manage .dll files.
I red some tutorials but at this moment I have no time to make practice, if someone could kindly extract the images and post them here, I could edit them and repost to rebuild the .dll

you can use a app called "Resource Hacker" to extract the bmp-file from your dll. after editing this image, just import it using Resource Hacker and save your new file. after that you'll have to singn your new dll (just search xdadev for signing dll-files).

Here in attachment you can find your needed files.
And to be useful to you I have extract all .bmb files from the specific .dll file.
Hope this helps you.

thanks, lot of things inside.. I've just made a try with the button that was missing, it's difficult to identify the gray frame..
in the rar file there are 2 pics (both in bmp and png cause I don't know which is the better format) .
Bitmap_11/png11 is from phcanImages2.dll , Bitmap_12/png12 is from phcanImages.dll.
Need to rebuild the dll files and test if I'm on the right way

thanks to kurt-willems I made a test, edited images above are ok, just have a matter of file size.
Now I need to rebuild the dll files without increase their size

here the dll files I rebuilt, I need help to check them cause I'm not able to sign them.
if I replace the stock files with those unsigned I lose storage (seems the OS have memory of the original files somewhere) and have a weird displaying of dialer bottom bar.
EDIT: if you're going to test this post dll on the phone , make first a sistem backup cause, once installed , overwriting them with the stock one will not give you back free storage .

jjollyroger said:
I found something in the forums, but oly cabbed dialers which eat almost 5MB storage, so I simply edited the dialer pics in windows folder.
Just copy them into windows folder and accept overwriting, you will lose only few KB of storage.
I still need to edit some files but I'm not able to find them (see pics with arrow- no need the green button but the gray frame) if someone knows please tell me name\location of those files
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Hi jjolly,
do you also have a screenshot of the incoming call screen?? If that's also black, you convinced me to change to your method instead of .cab file installation.
regards, Kuzibri

kuzibri said:
do you also have a screenshot of the incoming call screen?? If that's also black, you convinced me to change to your method instead of .cab file installation.
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unforunately no, I firstly have to learn manage dll files to complete the black buttons, and the incoming call screen is quiet complicated for me.. i made an attempt some time ago: there are 2 or 3 bmp image that are overlayed to create that background, and there is the caller name text that has to be changed from black to white and I don't have any idea where it is
at this moment you can use files in post #1 and have black keyboard+back button as in image without sacrifice free storage.

jjollyroger said:
unforunately no, I firstly have to learn manage dll files to complete the black buttons, and the incoming call screen is quiet complicated for me.. i made an attempt some time ago: there are 2 or 3 bmp image that are overlayed to create that background, and there is the caller name text that has to be changed from black to white and I don't have any idea where it is
at this moment you can use files in post #1 and have black keyboard+back button as in image without sacrifice free storage.
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Thanks for your answer. Maybe just wait what Sir Sternas is going to send you today? Is that an option?
regards, Kuzibri

kuzibri said:
Thanks for your answer. Maybe just wait what Sir Sternas is going to send you today? Is that an option?
regards, Kuzibri
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Will be waiting, eagerly, for Sir Sternas's answer.
Black keypad would look awesome on our HD2
As for Sir. Kuzibri, thanks a million for being around, as I mentioned the most responsive member on .... maybe the whole web ...
Thanks for always being there friend.

adazamim said:
Will be waiting, eagerly, for Sir Sternas's answer.
Black keypad would look awesome on our HD2
As for Sir. Kuzibri, thanks a million for being around, as I mentioned the most responsive member on .... maybe the whole web ...
Thanks for always being there friend.
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Dear Adazamim,
thanks very much for your support. I will try and do my best to stick around and keep on helping members, but you give me too much honour!!
kind regards, Kuzibri

So.. no one out there can help ,please?
need to correctly rebuild and sign that dll files (possibly not cabbing them) using post's 6 edited images.

jjollyroger said:
So.. no one out there can help ,please?
need to correctly rebuild and sign that dll files (possibly not cabbing them) using post's 6 edited images.
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+1 I really need a correct black on black dialer skin,
I, found another one though,
But never liked that only the buttons are black
The background stays as is !!!! check this thread,
a zip file is attached to the bottom of it for developers.
Would be nice if you could amend it to be a black on black
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746452

adazamim said:
check this thread,
a zip file is attached to the bottom of it for developers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746452
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the attached files are part of those of my post #1 (I put 7 files in the rar file, he did 4).
It is the stock dialer ,he only inverted the names (the screenshots are "photoshopped" cause bottom bar\buttons are still gray) , I did something more cause I edited the dialer frame and the Back button

jjollyroger said:
the attached files are the same as in my post #1 stock one.
he only inverted the names (the screenshots are "photoshopped" cause bottom bar\buttons are still gray) , I did something more cause I edited the dialer frame and the Back button
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I beg your bardon, I am no developer but a humble user.
I just wanted to help,
BTW: I have posted on Artemis thread that we had no replies in here.
this is my post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=612580&page=3385
post no: #33849
sorry again I wasn't of much help

jjollyroger said:
So.. no one out there can help ,please?
need to correctly rebuild and sign that dll files (possibly not cabbing them) using post's 6 edited images.
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I'll try lending a helping hand. I downloaded the zip from post #6 and noticed there are only 2 different images in there. Are these the only 2 you'd like to change within the .dll? In order for me to do that I'll need you to go into your windows folder, copy "phcanImages.dll" out of there and attach it for me.

adazamim said:
sorry again I wasn't of much help
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no matter
lnando84 said:
I downloaded the zip from post #6 and noticed there are only 2 different images in there. Are these the only 2 you'd like to change within the .dll?
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yes, thanks a lot.
before editing other images I need to know if its possible to rebuild them in the dll file without losing storage
with that 2 images the dialer will result as in post #7 (it has been cabbed by user kurt-willems but eats 5 MB of storage.
lnando84 said:
In order for me to do that I'll need you to go into your windows folder, copy "phcanImages.dll" out of there and attach it for me.
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ok, here they are

jjollyroger said:
no matter
yes, thanks a lot.
before editing other images I need to know if its possible to rebuild them in the dll file without losing storage
with that 2 images the dialer will result as in post #7 (it has been cabbed by user kurt-willems but eats 5 MB of storage.
ok, here they are
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No problem, I swapped out the 2 images you provided with the original one's from the dll's. I see what you mean about the storage because they did increase in size with just switching 1 image in each when there are about 20 bmps in each dll. Here are the one's i edited so u can see the difference.