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Restore Appearance and Personalization to Windows 10 Control Panel
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That's ok. I asked more hardcore coders and programmers on Stackexchange to see if they might know.
The actual question I had was about the task list. Please refer to the first post and two pictures in the thread. I figured out how to get the links for Personalization and Notification Area Icons in the category view of control panel without modifying existing registry keys or system files, as shown in the first picture, which is from my computer. The question I have is about the second picture, from an old windows 7 computer. In category view of control panel, Appearance and Personalization does not have the links below (blank). Do you know how to resolve this?
If you need nitty gritty details how I did this, I am happy to share.
Thanks!
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Usually, that would be me, but this is not something most people mess with, so I'm not sure either.
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What I am looking for is the task list manifest schema, an xml file, and is probably located in shell32.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...ble-task-links
I think resource hacker can open up these files to look at their resources, right? Or do you recommend any better programs?
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I know this is a necro post but I believe you're looking for shell32.dll.mun located atC:\Windows\SystemResources\shell32.dll.mun. Then resource ID #21 contains the XML for what I believe are most if not all "tasks". You can view the resources with Resource Hacker or any other tool for viewing DLL resources despite the different file extension.
It seems people know about .mui files which also contain resources for DLLs, but many people seem to overlook .mun files.
I learned this while working on a powershell script which is basically meant to find all special shell links in Windows, including all the tasks: GitHub Gist Link
If you use the -SaveXML argument it will also output the XML you're looking for both in raw form like you'd see with resource hacker, but also with all the string references resolved which should make it easier to find the ones you're interested in.
I also just whipped up this separate script where you should be able to put in any XML file with string references and it will created a resolved version: GitHub Gist Link
As for adding the stuff to the main control panel window, haven't figured that out yet. But these articles seem relevant:
Last edited by ThioJoe; 12 Aug 2024 at 16:17.
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