My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 RP, Windows 7
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP / Compaq 610
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo
- Screen Resolution
- 1300x768
As of yet, no. Before in the Developer Preview and I think the Consumer Preview, you were able to change the image in the very top and very bottom of the screen. The middle part can't be an image. For some strange reason, Microsoft designed the Start Screen's tile ribbon to a be the moving element, and not the tiles themselves. But then again, if you had an image, about 60 percent of it will be covered up.
There was this program:
http://www.eightforums.com/customization/5291-software-my-wcp-start-screen-customizer.html
And I used it in CP but it had a few bugs. Explorer was crashing because of it, but the background changed.
It's safer to test it in a VM first to see if it works in RP or not (judging by the differences between CP and RP of Win8)
EDIT: the colors worked but it broke some Metro apps.
Not really worth it.
Good news:...no crashes so far .
Glad to here the good news. I'll give it a spin later if it's working that well.
You're right about the central portion: it remains unchanged here also.
Maybe try with a 3500x800 resolution picture as they recommend in the program (don't know what the program likes the most: JPEG/PNG/BMP). But still no good results yet.
Anyway thanks for the good news . I thought it will not work only in CP.
Hopachi
You can make it work, it just takes a fair bit of work.
The images for the backgrounds are stored in the imageres.dll file. You can edit the values (I use resource hacker) and place your own .png files in there.
Since it does split the image you just work around it. For example, when I do it it is a 2000x400 image that I split at 244 and 145 (since that it where the gap shows).
Here is one of the ones that I was using.
You can make it work, it just takes a fair bit of work.
The images for the backgrounds are stored in the imageres.dll file. You can edit the values (I use resource hacker) and place your own .png files in there.
Since it does split the image you just work around it. For example, when I do it it is a 2000x400 image that I split at 244 and 145 (since that it where the gap shows).
Here is one of the ones that I was using.
View attachment 7343
You can make it work, it just takes a fair bit of work.
The images for the backgrounds are stored in the imageres.dll file. You can edit the values (I use resource hacker) and place your own .png files in there.
Since it does split the image you just work around it. For example, when I do it it is a 2000x400 image that I split at 244 and 145 (since that it where the gap shows).
Here is one of the ones that I was using.
View attachment 7343
Hi, welcome to forums
That's exactly what I'm looking for.
Can u plz. tell us what strings do u have modified. I am bit familiar with resource editor or resedit tools.
Please explain the steps so that me and others can be able to do that. Thank you
You can make it work, it just takes a fair bit of work.
The images for the backgrounds are stored in the imageres.dll file. You can edit the values (I use resource hacker) and place your own .png files in there.
Since it does split the image you just work around it. For example, when I do it it is a 2000x400 image that I split at 244 and 145 (since that it where the gap shows).
Here is one of the ones that I was using.
View attachment 7343
Hi, welcome to forums
That's exactly what I'm looking for.
Can u plz. tell us what strings do u have modified. I am bit familiar with resource editor or resedit tools.
Please explain the steps so that me and others can be able to do that. Thank you
Well as said previously, make backups etc.
As I said first you need to make the picture in Photoshop or your program of choice. The size is 2000x400 and you make a logical split in the picture at about 246.
For actually changing it you need to first take ownership of the imageres.dll. You can do this in an administrative level cmd prompt.
In resource hacker you can change any of the png files. There are 6 sets of 4 starting at 4510. Each corresponds to one of the background patterns. You'll see it in there. You technically only need to change one of the four since only one will corresponds to your screen resolution but I've forgotten which is which (last one of the four is the thumbnail) so I just change all four in resource hacker.
After that you restart in safe mode with a cmd prompt. (settings, more pc settings, general, advanced start up). Use the cmd prompt to copy the imageres.dll file back into the system32 folder and restart.
That should do it. I'll try and do a more detailed workup when I have more time.