How to Change Animated AVI Background Color in Windows Vista Progress Dialog Box?

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With the release of Vista, Microsoft has developed a new method of animation in explorer instead of AVIs (Video Clip); here we are sharing a tutorial to change color of Copying, Moving, Deleting, and Applying attributes process.

Requirements:

Resource Hacker
Text editor e.g. Notepad

Instructions:

1. Extract text file from shell32.dll/UIFILE/42.txt using Resource Hacker. (You can find shell32.dll file in 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. You'll get following line of code:

background="Gradient(argb(255, 9, 74, 116), argb(255, 32, 121, 140), argb (255, 5, 111, 90), 3)"

Here argb(X,R,G,B) represents:

X --> Transparency
R --> Red
G --> Green
B --> Blue

4. Replace the code with desired one like following:

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 Resource Hacker. Save shell32.dll and exit.

6. Restart the PC to take effect.

This tutorial was written by our friend Ramesh Kumar who wanted to share it with us...

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VG

^^ Its there in the file but no one knows to date how to extract those AVIs cause Microsoft encrypted those AVIs and its not possible atm to extract or view them.
hack

thanks bhai for the info. i will try to crack the file. btw nice work. you must be the next mvp.
hack

yeah i know that. its stated on your site. 3rd year you will be also. ok i want to ask that when i insert a bitmap using resource hacker it says that this file has on standard resource layout....
any idea. one more thing i cant get all tutorials at one page i had to come through google. pls give link.
bobsobol

Actually... I was using Inspirat on my old machine with XP, I miss those splitting and shredding plexiglass copy/delete animations now I'm running Vista Home Premium.

I thought it was something cool the BricoPacks team had come up with till I saw your screenies. In Vista I just get a plain gradient, and occasionally (if the copy takes long enough) an aurora shine passes over it.

How do I get it to look like it did in Inspirat?
VG

^^ Is Aero enabled in your Windows?
VG

^^ Open sysdm.cpl and goto "Advanced" tab. Click on "Settings" button in "Performance" section. Now make sure "Animate controls and elements inside windows" option is enabled.
bobsobol

Thanks Vishal. You da man.
lifehacker

hi vishal. can you please post the changed colour avi for xp or is there any desktop recorder that can record the animation in vista.
VG

^^ Sorry but you can't record theme. You'll have to create them and I don't know how? ;)
lifehacker

thanks for the info. just thinking how it released for xp.