Modify SHELL32.DLL in safe-mode (the easy way)
This one is straight from Patrick C. – Thanks!![]()
However from an earlier fix I was successful in changing the shell32.dll without crashing win2k. The fact of the matter is simple. turn off the SFC. here is the key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Value is SFCDisable
REG_DWORD
Change it from 0 (enable)
to the 4294967197 (decimal) which is 0xffffff9d (hex) (duh -Ed)
- Then you need to go into Safemode with command prompt
- At the prompt type CD winnt\system32 then type copy shell32.dll newshell32.dll
- Then boot back into normal windows
- Modify the icons in the newshell32.dll file you made using an editor that can deal with the dlls
- Save it and once more switch to Safemode
- At the prompt type CD winnt\system32
- then type ren shell32.dll oldshell32.dll (ren is the DOS rename utility)
- teh type ren newshell32.dll shell32.dll
- Then boot back into normal windows
- Then you can turn the SFCDisable back on and your done