? is it possible to add icon in "SHELL32.dll"

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|-| oo K - 13 Jul 2007 08:08 GMT

hello friends,

we can imort icon from shell32 in regedit
eg:
"%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll,-50"

QUE 1> CAN we make file { Icon.dll } that will contain set of icons
like in SHELL32.dll

QUE 2> CAN we inject/replace some icon in SHELL32.dll

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Leonard Grey - 13 Jul 2007 14:46 GMT

Yes

No - it's a Windows system file

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Ayush - 13 Jul 2007 20:56 GMT

[|-| oo K] wrote-:

> QUE 1> CAN we make file { Icon.dll } that will contain set of icons
> like in SHELL32.dll

Yes.

> QUE 2> CAN we inject/replace some icon in SHELL32.dll

Yes. Use a resource editor (like Resource Hacker).

http://www.thefreecountry.com/programming/resourceeditors.shtml

You can also use the Shell Icons key :
http://www.virtualplastic.net/html/icn_reg.html

Good Luck, Ayush.

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steve7132@yahoo.com - 23 Jul 2007 02:14 GMT

yes, this will work, do as he describes...

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Junhui Tong - 24 Jul 2007 08:59 GMT

|-| oo K wrote:
> hello friends,
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> QUE 1> CAN we make file { Icon.dll } that will contain set of icons
> like in SHELL32.dll

Yes, actually dll file(and exe file) can contain many kinds of
resources, including bitmap, icon, string table, etc.

> QUE 2> CAN we inject/replace some icon in SHELL32.dll
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