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IDEA: Grayscaled area of desktop
mateek:
I have a program that is resident on my desktop, and a section defies the transparency settings the program provides. I've set the font to a nice subliminal gray, but the icon, albeit small, is still distracting. I imagine programming a section of the desktop to show in grayscale and then hidden when an active window opens. An easier way might be to just create a slight increase in transparency in the set area. The icon is 16X16 and might not even be noticed when the active window opens over it. Would this be a worthwhile project for the programmers there? Would I be the only beneficiary? The program tells me my todo lists, etc., but could be useful for system monitors I've seen on some desktops, or a weather program with a stupid smiling sun, or something like that.
skrommel:
:) Have you tried ResHacker at http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker? Using this tool you should be able to change the icon.
Skrommel
mateek:
Thanks skrommel, but Reshacker didn't work on this one. It's an icon attached to Outlook, and I found security built in, probably because they deal with emails, which I don't use it for. I've got basically every icon in my startmenu switched with Reshacker, so I'm very familiar with it.
jgpaiva:
I'm not sure if it could solve it, but why don't you just hide the icon?
(i don't think i fully understand your problem)
mateek:
It's like in an active desktop widget. The little 16X16 picture isn't on the front desktop, it's on the background. Sorry for the ambiguity.
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