Win2000TrayPatch - 32-bit color notification icons for Windows 2000

News

2005-11-21: Initial public release, v1.0.

About

Windows 2000 is a fine OS, but unfortunately lacks support for 32-bit color tray icons. Instead, you end up with a 16 color version, which looks very bad when applications designed for XP are run on Windows 2000 and end up adding an icon that comes out as 3 colors.

Win2000TrayPatch is designed to fix this limitation by patching Explorer.exe to support full 32 bit color tray icons. The program uses a database of patch locations stored on this site to ensure it finds the correct patch location for maximum reliability and safety. Even if your Explorer version isn't listed in the database, you can still scan to try to find the location and patch it in a slightly less safe manner.

Usage

The program requires Microsoft .NET 2.0 to function. Simply run the .exe and it will guide you through the process of patching your Explorer.

Download

WARNING: This program modifies Windows system files. Use at your own risk. This program is provided AS-IS with no warranty.

Win2000TrayPatch-1.0.zip (13 KiB). Version 1.0.