KRowe
05-04-2003, 05:58 AM
You can enable old programs to use the new buttons that XP uses by adding a text file to any programs installation directory.
To do this you must first create a new text file and give it the same name as the executable for the program (including the extention) and append the extension .manifest to the name. For example, app.exe.manifest. Then edit the file, and add the following text:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity
type="win32"
name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
version="6.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="X86"
publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
language="*"
/>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>
Now save the file and try running the program to make sure that it worked. If you have problems, you can always delete the file and go back to the way it was. Also, I have told many people about this and I had one person tell me that it deleted all of his ini settings in the Forte Agent newsreader. Although I never had this problem with Forte or any other program, I would still reccomend only doing this with programs that you can re-install if needed. Also, this will only work if you are running WinXP (Duh).
To do this you must first create a new text file and give it the same name as the executable for the program (including the extention) and append the extension .manifest to the name. For example, app.exe.manifest. Then edit the file, and add the following text:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity
type="win32"
name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
version="6.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="X86"
publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
language="*"
/>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>
Now save the file and try running the program to make sure that it worked. If you have problems, you can always delete the file and go back to the way it was. Also, I have told many people about this and I had one person tell me that it deleted all of his ini settings in the Forte Agent newsreader. Although I never had this problem with Forte or any other program, I would still reccomend only doing this with programs that you can re-install if needed. Also, this will only work if you are running WinXP (Duh).