Official Custom Zune Background Hack Support

[wentzworshipper]

k THANKS A LOT, now everythings screwed up....after i switch from one screen to another they don't clear and before you know it there's five lines of text over what you're trying to read... >_<
WHAT DO I DO??

[Zarachi]

Thanks Berdon, finally got the background pic to work but have another issue.

The Pic I want to use is mostly dark on the edges. Im not familiar with the zune software, but wanted to know if there is a way to change the zune font color so I can see my lists?

[dead jim]

great hack. excellent work yet again.
bump the question above about changing font color.

[dead jim]

i'm having a problem where any image i put in is stretched in some way. what's the best size for the image?

[grimlywild]

alright so i downloaded and i opened it up. a little window popped up and says

file to be patched:
ZuneShellResources.dll

name of new (patched) file:
ZuneShellResources.dll

i hit start and a smaller window pops up saying: file to be patched does not exist! (ZuneShellResources.dll)

what the heck am i supposed to do?

P.s im not very skilled with a computer so if you could use plain English please

[Potassium]

Originally Posted by grimlywild

alright so i downloaded and i opened it up. a little window popped up and says

file to be patched:
ZuneShellResources.dll

name of new (patched) file:
ZuneShellResources.dll

i hit start and a smaller window pops up saying: file to be patched does not exist! (ZuneShellResources.dll)

what the heck am i supposed to do?

P.s im not very skilled with a computer so if you could use plain English please

download it, save the file in to your Zune folder (C:\Program Files\Zune) and run it in there. I had the same problem, but that made it work.

The only problem now is that I can't play anything in the Zune software.

"Can't Play
Zune software either does not support the file type or does not support the codec that was used to create the file.
Error Code:
C00d1199"

Any ideas?

[grimlywild]

thx a lot potassium it worked

i wish i could help you but im technologically challenged

[moondog]

Any word on automatically changing the font color? Its a hassle using reshack to change it back and forth.

[Crazypinoy9]

FYI - hack works a-ok in vista64

[ZuneRich]

Originally Posted by Advent Mist

Ah, great work on this hack. Sorry, for not being active here, I was kinda just a browser.
Anyways, I originally went to this forum to request support because my computer kept giving me an error when trying to patch the file. I realized what went wrong and it was east to correct. Nothing special I know, but if people get this problem here is what you have to do.

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Windows Vista Users
After copying the Patcher into your Zune folder,
Right-Click the patcher and click "Run as Administrator".
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Hope that helps. As I said, nothing special.

--Advent Mist

thank you so much! i tried all these permissions and crap and couldnt figure out why it kept saying access denied lol this fixed it

[josh0is0here]

I just want to add for those who cannot paste in the selection box just type in for example C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures\Creek.jpg all you do is add .jpg to it then set button and you ARE set.

[Qxi144]

I like the fact with the custombackground hack you can change your own backgrounds in the Zune software. But typing in the long path and filenames is a pain sometimes. So after experimenting, I found a way to change it without using the background custom hack.

This probably only works on Windows XP (don't have vista), so use/try at own risk!!!!!

I have a .reg file I edit and place my jpg that I want. Note that I don't have the custombackground hack on, but this still works.
----------------------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Zune\Shell]
"BackgroundImage"="file://c:\\temp\\2.jpg"
----------------------------------------------------------------
If you save that as test.reg (or whatever) and run it, it will change the background to whatever is after file:// (in this case the jpeg named 2.jpg in the c:\temp dir)

At this time I'm trying to write a script that automatically adds the image path and name and imports it to the registry (but alas this will take me some time as the last languages I programmed was cobol, rpg II and basic). I am trying to make it read the jpgs, pick one, import it, then execute zune software. Each time I run it, it will pick the next image in the directory sequentially.

So someone out there with some skill could write a simple program that reads a directory of .jpgs and keeps track of which one, the imports this info in the registry. So if someone can come up with a program, would make alot of people happy, especially is they can choose whatever picture they want without type c:\myfiles\here\images\jpegs\this_background.jpg

Anyone want to give it a try?

[itzzddongzz]

nice hack

[lito the great]

it says it cannot patch becuase zuneshellresources.dll cannot be found but i clearly have it

[Qxi144]

Okay after some fooling around, I managed a simple batch file for windows XP to automatically change the background images for the Zune software (version 2.x) by just drag-drop method.

WARNING USE AT OWN RISK!

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@echo off
if %1== goto MIS
if exist %~dp1tempx.reg del %~dp1tempx.reg
Echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > %~dp1tempx.reg
echo. >> %~dp1tempx.reg
echo [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Zune\Shell] >> %~dp1tempx.reg
echo "BackgroundImage"="file://%~d1\%~p1\%~nx1" >> %~dp1tempx.reg
reg import %~dp1tempx.reg
goto END

:MIS
Echo sorry no parameter
goto FINAL

:END
Echo.
echo done
if exist %~dp1tempx.reg del %~dp1tempx.reg

:FINAL
----------------------------------------------------------------

You place this batch in a directory with images and just drag and drop whatever picture you want as your background. The Zune software can accept jpeg, png and gif (I've tested them). The default backgrounds in Zune software are pngs.

However, the directory (and picture name) cannot have extended characters, spaces or symbols like & in it (Hey it's a simple stupid batch file). So just make a directory like zunebackground, put your favorite backgrounds in it and the batch, then drag-drop whatever one you want onto the batch and it'll change it.

If nothing changes, then either filename/directory invalid, or the image is beyond what the Zune software can use, try another image or put in a directory like c:\temp and try it from there.

If you want to go back to zune defaults, just open software to settings display and choose the background. This does not require any background hack.

I doubt this will work on Vista, so don't try it. Since it writes to the registry, be forwarned! If you are unsure, then don't use this (use the custombackground hack).

Maybe someone out there can make a better program. But for now, this works fine for me and I like to thank those who worked on hacking the Zune software to make it a bit easier to use.

Enjoy. Feel free to ask anything.

[sowhatu]

great, got it working, had to enter this:
F:\Program Files\Zune\Zune Wallpapers\Zune Wallpaper 1.jpg


doesnt work quite right, at the very bottom of software, there is a small "pink" bar that stretches along the whole very bottom.

[spunkmast3r]

Ive been reading up on this hack and it sounds real cool. ive followed like the frist 2 steps up until it says to click on custom backround in display settings. i have the new software and i dont see the option for custom backround. can some one please help me ..Thanks

[MetalHead324]

the download link broke

[syco713]

i downloaded it, moved it to my zune folder (in program files) and open it, and click start but this comes up <b>Cannot create file "C:\program files/zune/zuneshellresources.dll". Access is denied (while writing zuneshell....)</b>


what should i do?

[jomoe]

ok i download the Custom Zune Background Hack and did every hting right but when i try to open Zune an error message pops up it says: Mircosoft zune has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
PLEAZ HELP ME
If have any idea wat is wrong pleaz leave an answer