Guys
Following tutorial has been written by Ramesh Kumar who is a respected member of MeraWindows forums. He wanted to share this tutorial with you all, so I'm putting it here so that more and more ppl can enjoy it:
With the release of Vista, Microsoft has developed a new method of animation in explorer instead of AVIs (Video Clip); here I am sharing a smart tutorial to change color of Copying, Moving, Deleting, and Applying attributes process.

Requires:
Resource Hacker
Text file editor (prefer Notepad)
How to:
1. Extract text file from shell32.dll/UIFILE/42.txt using a ResHacker. (You can find shell32.dll at C:\Windows\System32)

2. Edit Text file using Notepad and use Search feature (press CTRL+F to find the line) and search for background="Gradient"

3. Original Color Code:
background="Gradient(argb(255, 9, 74, 116), argb(255, 32, 121, 140), argb (255, 5, 111, 90), 3)
Explanation:
argb(X,R,G,B)
Where X --> Transparency
R --> Red
G --> Green
B --> Blue
background="Gradient(argb(255,R 1 ,G 1 ,B 1 ),argb(255,R 2 ,G 2 ,B 2 ),argb(255,R 3 ,G 3 ,B 3 ),3)"
4. Replace the code with desired one. I have replaced with this:
background="Gradient(argb(255, 15, 55,107 ), argb (255, 50, 110, 210), argb(255, 50, 160 ,200 ), 3)"
After making changes; save the text file and exit.
5. Now replace this text file in shell32.dll using ResHacker.


6. Now save shell32.dll and exit.
7. Restart the PC to take effect.
This article was posted in Resource Hacker, Windows Vista.
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M4573R
Cool, I gonna try this, Thanx!! But I think you mean shell32.dll.mui?
M4573R
NVM, founded
M4573R
I want to make it black, what code must I use?
TriXx
faly
can i do this on Windows XP ?
now i'm using vista inspirat
VG
No. Its only for Vista.
Laguna
hack
hey dude where are the animations. cannot find in shell32.dll. i just wants to see the new format to do some tricks.
VG
^^ In Vista the animations are not shown using AVIs. Its just gradient which are stored in the file.
hack
but the moving glass above the gradient colour is no where to be seen.