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FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Is there a way to change the default VDS 4.5 compiler icon? Maybe it is in one of the VDS .dsr files, but in that case I don't think it would be possible to change it, and I also do not think it is included in the VDS executable...

Mac · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 12:18 am Post subject:

Do you mean the VDS Icon on your desktop (or wherever),
or the default icon used in your EXE when you compile a
program?

Cheers, Mac Smile

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

The icon when you compile an exe

Mac · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 12:32 am Post subject:

OK, I have VDS3, so yours may be different...

Copy another icon(s) that you prefer to your VDS folder.
When the "Create EXE" window pops up, press the little
button by the default icon, and you can choose a different
one before compiling.

If this is different on VDS4, somebody else will have to
help ya out...

Cheers, Mac Smile

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

I think you musunderstood me; I should have been clearer...how can we change the default icon, the icon that shows up every time you want to compile a program...

Mac · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 12:45 am Post subject:

Oh, sorry. Embarassed

I doubt you can without a hack...

I don't know what the VDS4 compiler default looks like,
but if you have an icon editor you can open the VDS EXE
and DLL files until you find it. That'd let ya know where
it is for a start.

Cheers, Mac Smile

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

That's ok...

Yeah, that's what I thought...I would need to look in the resource files and dll's for it...then replace it... Sad

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

Is there a specific reason you need to do this?

Depending on why you need this I may be able to give you instructions on how to do it.

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Hi PGWARE,
The reason I would like to do this is because I would like to change the default icon to, say, my company's icon...so that when I compile a program each time I don't have to click browse for it.

I am not a hacker or cracker or something; that is not what I am here to do...

Garrett · Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2002 6:23 pm Post subject:

Gettin' a little lazy these days are we? Wink

It's not like VDS is easy enough already, now we gotta cut corners on selecting the icon too.. lOL!! Wink

-Garrett

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

yes, I'm afraid that's what it is... Wink

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1566

Ok here is how to do it. Search the internet for a program called REPLACEICON.ZIP , the file in this zip will let you change any programs icon. It will even let you change vds compiled exe's to use any resolution of icons too.

Skit3000 · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 10:44 am Post subject:

You can also use Reshacker... then it's even possible to change other stuff in (vds).exe's ...

Ps. maybe you must use ******* to decompress vds.exe... *******

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Yes, someone suggested resourcehacker to me...
It seems like a useful tool; you can even include .manifest files inside your .exe to update the controls for win xp with it...

Tommy · Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2002 7:32 am Post subject:

About using the ******* tool, I doubt that would be legal as it contributes to the decompilation process of VDS...