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Title: .msstyles files
Post by: maxum on March 07, 2011, 02:12:38 PM: Can I do a .msstyles file only with a simple drawing program, like Paint, Adobe Photoshop/illustrator and others? ???
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: Ryder17z on March 08, 2011, 05:16:30 AM: With a tool named skinstudio you can edit them with paint or any other image editor

By the way: msstyles is something for windows, so it's not fitting this section
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: maxum on March 08, 2011, 10:52:11 AM: Sorry about that... But where can I find programs like that?
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: Salmon Trout on March 08, 2011, 10:55:27 AM: Quote from: maxum on March 08, 2011, 10:52:11 AM
Sorry about that... But where can I find programs like that?

Google for Msstyles Editor. Skin Studio is one application. There are plenty of forums specialising in this.
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: Linux711 on March 08, 2011, 11:54:14 AM: I remember Stardock makes a good .msstyles editor. You mentioned doing this with standard picture editing software. This is not possible. I don't know if you realize this, but msstyles is the file type for windows themes. It is not a picture format (although, it is probably an archive containing pictures).
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: BC_Programmer on March 08, 2011, 03:59:38 PM: Quote from: Linux711 on March 08, 2011, 11:54:14 AM
I remember Stardock makes a good .msstyles editor. You mentioned doing this with standard picture editing software. This is not possible. I don't know if you realize this, but msstyles is the file type for windows themes. It is not a picture format

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(although, it is probably an archive containing pictures).

.msstyles files are dlls.

they can be opened with Resource hacker, and their inner images can be extracted to a directory; then paint, or any picture editor can be used to modify those images and they can be reinjected into the dll.
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: maxum on March 17, 2011, 10:53:44 AM: I tried SkinStudio. it works in gif, I think... but it needs 15 of virtual memory. But my computer has 15,without the variety of operations always running. So, finally, it has 8 of "virtual memory".
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: Salmon Trout on March 17, 2011, 11:58:19 AM: Quote from: maxum on March 17, 2011, 10:53:44 AM
it needs 15 of virtual memory

15 what? Ounces? Light-years? Kilometres?
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: maxum on March 18, 2011, 10:58:02 AM: "Go"
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: Salmon Trout on March 18, 2011, 11:02:03 AM: I think he means "Gigaoctets"... (Gigabytes in the English speaking world.) Anyhow, it is a simple matter to increase the size of a paging file. (unless your hard drive is ridiculously full) More important to have enough real memory.
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: maxum on March 24, 2011, 10:55:35 AM: Sorry... The ''15 GO'' may be replaced by ''256 mb''.
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: Salmon Trout on March 24, 2011, 11:14:46 AM: Quote from: maxum on March 24, 2011, 10:55:35 AM
Sorry... The ''15 GO'' may be replaced by ''256 mb''.

I still don't know what you're on about.
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: maxum on March 25, 2011, 07:08:54 AM: ''they can be opened with Resource hacker''

What is ''resource hacker''?
Is it a program?
If it does, where can I find it?
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: BC_Programmer on March 25, 2011, 07:29:23 AM: Quote from: maxum on March 25, 2011, 07:08:54 AM
What is ''resource hacker''?

google (http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&xhr=t&q=Resource+Hacker&cp=9&pf=p&sclient=psy&safe=off&site=&source=hp&aq=0&aqi=&aql=&oq=Resource+H&pbx=1&fp=95c1784713a89693)

Yes it is a program. It's not designed specifically for changing themes, of course.
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: maxum on March 25, 2011, 07:50:33 AM: How do I thank BC_Programmer?
Title: Re: .msstyles files
Post by: Salmon Trout on March 25, 2011, 11:22:18 AM: Quote from: maxum on March 25, 2011, 07:50:33 AM
How do I thank BC_Programmer?

Look in the bottom right part of his posts

(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p29/badoit/Thankyou.jpg)