List of Windows 7 System Files to be Hacked Using Resource Hacker



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Here is another interesting topic for Resource Hacker lovers. In this topic, we are going to mention a few system files in Windows 7 which can be modified to change look of various Windows components like login screen, dialog boxes, menus, etc.

You'll need Resource Hacker to modify these files.

So here is a list of various system files in Windows 7 which can be easily hacked using Resource Hacker:

Approx. all Windows 7 system icons -> %windir%\System32\imageres.dll

Login Screen Background -> %windir%\System32\imageres.dll

Login Screen image resources -> %windir%\System32\authui.dll

Startup Sound -> %windir%\System32\imageres.dll

Start ORB images -> %windir%\Explorer.exe -> Bitmap -> 6801 - 6812

Windows Version Image in "About Windows" dialog box -> %windir%\Branding\Basebrd\basebrd.dll

Windows Version Image in bottom of Login Screen -> %windir%\Branding\Basebrd\basebrd.dll

Control Panel Left Sidebar Image -> %windir%\System32\Shell32.dll -> Bitmap -> 632 & 633

Getting Started (aka Welcome Center) Images -> %windir%\System32\oobefldr.dll

Laptop Battery Meter image resources -> %windir%\System32\batmeter.dll

Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Resources -> %windir%\System32\ieframe.dll

Windows Media Player 12 (WMP12) Resources -> %windir%\System32\wmploc.dll

Above mentioned system files/locations are new to Windows 7 and were not present in earlier Windows versions, like XP. If you want to change look of other menus, dialog boxes like RUN, Progress, System Properties, Start menu, Taskbar Properties, etc, you'll have to edit some other system files which you needed to edit in Windows XP. But there is a little difference, now those files don't contain the resources but their .MUI files do.

For example in Windows XP, RUN dialog box resources were present in "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" file but in Windows 7, the resources are present in "%windir%\System32\en-US\Shell32.dll.mui" file.

All these .MUI files are present in any of following 2 locations:

%windir%\en-US\
%windir%\System32\en-US\

To know about other system files which are same for all Windows versions and contain resources of various dialog boxes, menus, etc, you'll need to visit following links:

List of Files to be hacked using Resource Hacker

List of Resource Locations to be Hacked Using Resource Hacker

All these file names and resource locations are same in XP, Vista and 7.

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19 Comments

  • Very useful. Thanks

  • how to replace actual file with new hacked file

  • Very helpful ! :)

  • @mithi

    Use resource hacker tool

    You will find it here

    http://www.askvg.com/downloads/

  • If i am on a x64 system, for example, authui.dll. Would i replace the system32 one or the SysWOW64 one?

  • @mithi take ownership of the original files before you can replace/modify them.

    do this by setting permissions for the current account user.

    it is better to make a backup of the original first. ^^

    then proceed on placing the hacked file on it's original windows directory.

  • Resource Hacker won't install on Win7!! Help?
    Thanks,
    Ryan

  • i m using windows 7 32 bit. when i use resource hacker to hack file it rename's the existing one past a new one there which my OS dosen't allows to do.What can i do.

  • hi VG, you really know a lot about windows.

    i am now using windows 7 32 bit, i have some questions here :

    1. it is possible to hacked windows 7 bootscreen ? , if possible, what file i must hack ?

    2. How to make windows 7 explorer looks like XP, i mean it is not about the look about windows explorer, but in windows XP, you can see the picture in the right below, the picture can show if we enter a picture folder, video folder, or music folder.

    In windows XP, we can change the picture by hacking shellstyle.dll in the themes folder

    When i see in windows 7, i can see shellstyle.dll too in the themes folder

    but i cannot see that picture like explorer in windows XP, when i open movie folder, picture folder, or music folder

    so, it is possible to make that picture appear in windows seven explorer ?

  • VG

    ^^ There is no known way to hack Windows 7 Boot screen yet. Regarding image in folders, this feature has been removed.

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