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Changing windows XP's look and feel

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/changing-windows-xps-look-and-feel.122349/

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Adam Cruge Original post #1
Nov 9, 2009 at 9:51 AM
I want to customize the looks of my XP, for example changing start menu, changing taskbar and many more . Which programming language should I use to do so ?
And would you provide some tutorial regarding this ?
S
Nov 9, 2009 at 10:10 AM
There are many readily available software for changing the appearance of xp... Why do you want to write it on your own?

Arun
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Nov 9, 2009 at 12:05 PM
I just wanna write ...I don't wanna use third party software....
I have used a lot third party softwares but this time round i myself wanna write my own code...
Please help...
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I just wanna write ...I don't wanna use third party software....
I have used a lot third party softwares but this time round i myself wanna write my own code...
Please help...
krishnandu.sarkar
Nov 9, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Do u know Windows Programming??

Then try VC++

U can also use GTK+

Python is also gr8...!!

Well I dunno much about these.....But wait for other members for their views and till then ask our own Google Da......!!
A
Nov 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
can I customize the taskbar using these language ?
puneetgarg
Nov 9, 2009 at 10:07 PM
i used reshack once to change certain things in XP
but it again is a software not a code or lang
krishnandu.sarkar
Nov 11, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Though resource hacker is a app but u can modify sys32 .dll scrips with it.

But if u want everything from scratch then go for Windows Programming(VC++)

Yup u can change everything and build nything u want(GUI Windows based) in Win Prog.