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Post New Requests Here / Re: [Compleet]: Auto replace icon in captionbar & taskbar

« on: September 28, 2009, 03:59 PM »

1. Don't know, I'll leave that one for skwire
2. Can be done by editing the visual style (asuming you use winXP)
3. Can be done with a simple registry change: google for remove throbber explorer
4. Can be done by editing the visual style (asuming you use winXP)

Goodluck !

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Auto replace icon in captionbar & taskbar

« on: August 23, 2009, 10:48 AM »

Nice screenshot BBlean is a nice shell alternative, but not quit my cup of thee. I like how explorer handles and navigates but it just looks awful  


Here is one of my older desktops:

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Auto replace icon in captionbar & taskbar

« on: August 23, 2009, 09:33 AM »

Sorry for the late reply, had some other things todo. Linking back here is no problem, you made it, so you deserve the credits. I'll link it later tonight to some customizing sites with the link you provided.

Again, thank you very much !

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Auto replace icon in captionbar & taskbar

« on: August 23, 2009, 06:10 AM »

It does seem to respond a lot quicker then the original script and works like a charm ! If I find any errors or bugs, I'll report back.

Thank you very very much, you've ended my long search for a program like this ! Do you mind if I share it on some customizing sites ? I'm sure there are quite a few people that would love it.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Auto replace icon in captionbar & taskbar

« on: August 23, 2009, 05:56 AM »

Testing it right now, i'll report back a.s.a.p.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Auto replace icon in captionbar & taskbar

« on: August 23, 2009, 05:40 AM »

A compiled version would be great ! I just remember there was also a "start with windows" function in it. Would it be hard to keep that in there ?

-NaaN (August 23, 2009, 05:24 AM)

Sure, it's possible.  However, there would be a need for a tray menu (or some other way to toggle it).  Also, his code writes a registry entry for the startup function.  I figured you wanted this as minimal  and as discreet as possible i.e. no tray icon, stealth, etc.  As an alternative, you can easily just make a shortcut in your startup folder to the script instead.  Would that be sufficient?

-skwire (August 23, 2009, 05:35 AM)

Yeah that would be perfect too, thanks for pointing that out (slipped my mind )

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Auto replace icon in captionbar & taskbar

« on: August 23, 2009, 05:38 AM »

The idea is that it should blank out every icon in the taskbar and left connor of the title bar for both active and inactive windows. The icons in the picture should be blanked out.



Top part is the window, bottom part is the taskbar

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Auto replace icon in captionbar & taskbar

« on: August 23, 2009, 05:24 AM »

A compiled version would be great ! I just remember there was also a "start with windows" function in it. Would it be hard to keep that in there ?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Auto replace icon in captionbar & taskbar

« on: August 23, 2009, 05:15 AM »

Yup, just the icon replacing function, the rest is not needed. (keeping the "auto startup function would be nice)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Auto replace icon in captionbar & taskbar

« on: August 23, 2009, 04:19 AM »

Thanks, I included the whole package, the program itself, and the source.

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Post New Requests Here / [Compleet]: Auto replace icon in captionbar & taskbar

« on: August 19, 2009, 03:02 PM »

Hi all,


Probably a strange idea but I'll try to explain what it is I'm looking for and why.

What am I looking for:
I'm looking for a little program that will automatically replace the icon on left side of every open window/application and taskbar for a transparent icon.
I used to do this with resource hacker (reshacker) hacking into the applications .exe or even the explorer shell itself. This is very time consuming job which usually can be redone after windows decides to update.

Why ?
In the desktop customizing community we try skin/theme windows to our liking. As I like my desktop as minimal as I can get it, I want to get rid of those icons, but there really isn't an easy way to do it, besides using alternative shells (which are not what I'm looking for).

I've found an application that basically does what I'm looking for but it comes packed with a lot of features that are useless and taking up memory. It's made with auto hotkey and comes with a source included. I tried editing the source, removing features I don't need, but I'm afraid my "coding" skills are just n00b level.


If anyone has suggestions for alternative programs I'd like hear it ! Furthermore, if someone is inspired to help me out, I can attach the program and code I found.


Thanks for reading !