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The original thread is gone. The steps to replace the distractingly-ugly orange mailbox icons are as follows. Please note that some of the images shown below are thumbnails of larger images.
1. Close PocoMail.
2. Download
Resource Hacker.
3. Make a backup copy of Poco.exe, which is located in your PocoMail installation directory. (This step is just a precaution.)
4. Open Poco.exe in Resource Hacker, and expand the
Bitmap tree.
5. Under the
Bitmap tree, find the
1033 entry under
MBOXNORMAL.
6.
Don't skip this step! Left click the
1033 item. The lovely orange mailbox should appear in the right pane of Resource Hacker.
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7. At this point, you have two options:
* You can use the same blue mailbox icon I use:
, which is provided below.
* You can edit and replace the mailbox icon yourself.
If you want to simply use the blue mailbox icon provided here:
I.
Click here to save the new mailbox icon to a known location on your hard drive. (Don't use the preview image of the blue mailbox shown above; use this
MBOXNORMAL.BMP only!)
II. Go to step 8 below.
If you want to edit and replace the mailbox icon yourself:
I. Right click the
1033 item, and select the
Save [Bitmap : MBOXNORMAL : 1033] menu item.
II. Save the image to a known directory on your hard drive.
III. Open an image-editing application, and change the color of the bitmap file you saved in step 7 above. You're on your own here.
IV. Go to step 8 below.
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8. Right click the
1033 item, and select the
Replace Resource... menu item. The "
Replace bitmap in - <path>Poco.exe" dialog appears.
9. Click the
Open file with new bitmap... button on the top of the "
Replace bitmap in - <path>Poco.exe" dialog. Navigate to the
MBOXNORMAL.BMP file you saved in step 7 above, or to your own custom bitmap file, as appropriate. Then, click
Open.
10. Click the
Replace button, and then the
Close button, on the "
Replace bitmap in - <path>Poco.exe" dialog.
11. In the Resource Hacker window, click File, then Save. Resource Hacker will automatically create a backup copy of Poco.exe, and will then save your changes.
12. You're done. Run PocoMail and enjoy.
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MyTempDir and
ImageShack for the free hosting.
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