check out the other files that are from WMP; I think for example of \Windows\System32\wmp*.dll, and there will be more somewhere else...
Don't think of ResHacker as the holy grale
Just use one of the bezillion (free) icon editors you'll find on the net.... For example IconXP on
http://www.iconutils.com....
And as said before an icon (.ICO file) can consist of different icons for each resolution and with different number colors. Not all resolution support alpha-channels. Read up on some docs on what an icon really is and what a good .ico-file consist of
A good and complete .ico-file in XP will consist of 9(!) different formats in a specefic order:
48 x 48 at 24-bit, 32 x 32 at 24-bit, 16 x 16 at 24-bit, 48 x 48 at 8-bit, 32 x 32 at 8-bit, 16 x 16 at 8-bit, 48 x 48 at 4-bit, 32 x 32 at 4-bit, 16 x 16 at 4-bit... Only the
24-bit (you're right, I meant 32-bit
) icons support alpha-channeling....
Remembering this, if you want to save the true icon you can use ResHacker. But you don't want the Icon Resources, you want the Icon GROUP resources. select one and then choose "Save [Icon Group]"...
And Icon is also not a PNG, nor a BMP, these are different things....
You can open a .ico-file as a BMP, but you will loose A LOT of information.
The buttons, etc. in WMP are not icons but actually BMP's, you 'll find them in \Windows\System32\wmploc.dll as I mentioned in my previous post
Don't use Paint for handling images with transparency. Use Photoshop or PaintShopPro...
Anyways, try IconXP and search for \Windows\System32\wmp*.dll
enjoy
WMPlus 2 - Windows Media Player plugin
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