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    easy way to get vista icons for xp

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by zoopzoop, Mar 1, 2008.

  1. zoopzoop

    zoopzoop Notebook Consultant

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    whats the easiest way to get vista icons for xp?
     
    zoopzoop, Mar 1, 2008
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    thnksfrthmmrs Notebook Evangelist

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    Google them? or use iconpackager?
     
    thnksfrthmmrs, Mar 1, 2008
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  3. Gintoki

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    You have to install a vista icon pack.
     
    Gintoki, Mar 1, 2008
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    The Vista shell32.dll is not backwards compatible. :mad:
     
    pixelot, Mar 1, 2008
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    You don't have to install any .dll's as far as i remember. You just download an icon pack (.exe) and install it. Like in the vista transformation pack.
     
    Gintoki, Mar 1, 2008
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    Sorry if I was confusing, Calvin....I was just bemoaning the fact that I can't simply copy the Vista shell32.dll file to XP to get the icons.

    (I use the XP shell32.dll, renamed shell32xp.dll, to get XP icons in Vista ;))
     
    pixelot, Mar 1, 2008
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    The vista shell32.dll isn't backwards compatible because it requires some features specifically in vista but can use the XP icons because XP is the older OS.
     
    Gintoki, Mar 1, 2008
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    Yep. And also explorer.exe in Vista can't be opened with Resource Hacker, like many Vista system files (they're compiled more or differently :confused:).

    Bummer. Vista isn't as hackable. Oh well......
     
    pixelot, Mar 1, 2008
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