Select an entry to view the image along with its
dimensions (shown in the gray box at the top of the window). Choose the
version corresponding to your PC??™s current display resolution; if you don??™t
know the current resolution, open the Personalize page in Control Panel and
click the Display Settings link.
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You can edit the image right in XN Resource Editor, but you??™ll likely want to
grab a photo from somewhere else. Any portrait-oriented photo will do, provided
it has exactly the same pixel dimensions as the one it??™s replacing. If
your photo is too big, use your favorite image editor to shrink and crop it to
size; if it??™s too small, just pad it with black space. When you??™re ready, just
copy your new image to the clipboard (Ctrl-C), and then return to XN and
press Ctrl-V to paste it over the selected image. (Resist the urge to use any of
the options in the Resource menu, lest you render the file unusable.) Save
the file and close XN when you??™re done.
The last step is to replace the imageres.dll file with the one you??™ve modified,
but since it??™s in use, Windows won??™t let you touch it. To get around this,
restart Windows, press F8 to show the Advanced Boot Options menu (as
described in ???What to Do When Windows Won??™t Start,??? in Chapter 6), and
select Safe Mode with Command Prompt. When the Command Prompt
appears, click inside the window and type:
copy imageres-new.dll imageres.
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