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!WARNING NOTE!

This is for Windows 8 Build 8102 Developer Preview ONLY! This information isn't accurate to RTM Build 9200!

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Included is a quick guide to get you started, some links to resources you'll need, a simple how to, and a reference map for customizing your start screen in the Windows 8 Developer Preview.

Basically you'll be hex editing uxtheme.dll

Do so AT YOUR OWN RISK

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Updated: 9/18/2011

Fixed typo in Find

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Updated: 9/18/2011

Added Tiles background location.

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Updated 9/19/2011

Added 32-bit table
Added Tiles font color

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Updated 9/22/2011

Fixed some typos reported by ~thehacker66
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~351837 Mar 6, 2012
On ConsumerPreview images are not in shsxs.dll but in imageres.dll and hex address for green background is on 0x89E80 [link]
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~thepanda-x Mar 6, 2012
I think (I haven't tested this though) that now in the CP you can edit the UIFiles rather than hexing. Anyway great work :)
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~TTGJunky Jan 27, 2012
Hey,
I'm trying to customize some things in my windows 8 version (using 32 bit) and it seems that the alpha does not work, I tried everything but it just does not go transparent...
Anyone had any ideas?
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~thepanda-x Jan 27, 2012
Transparency doesn't really work on the start screen unfortunately.
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~thehacker66 Sep 22, 2011
No problem :) Just avoiding people complaining heh. Have you looked into shsxs.dll to tweak the login screen?
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~thepanda-x Sep 22, 2011
The layout of the logon screen is in authui.dll in the UIFiles.
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~thehacker66 Sep 22, 2011
So what is the shsxs.dll for?
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~thepanda-x Sep 22, 2011
shsxs.dll is for the start screen.
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~thehacker66 Sep 22, 2011
Gotcha. I have great news by the way, i just found out how to change tiles background color in sidebars! (like the Apps, Settings & Files icons when you search something from the start screen).

The addresses FOR x32 (not tested in x64) are 0x34F7C-0x34F7F and the default color hex to change is 0C6936.

Just add the info in the hex table :)

Cheers!
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~thehacker66 Sep 22, 2011
WARNING! I found two mistakes about hex addresses, one address is double (34FC4, both in sidebar section and list item hover) and the address above that has the first two digits inverted (53070, should be 35070, because you have 35073 on the right!) I have uploaded the corrected table here: [link]
Look out for more errors!
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