Removing ICQ 2000b SMS Button
Anyone know of a way to permanetly remove the annoying SMS button at the top of the ICQ 2000b window? I removed the Partner folder in the ICQ 2000 dir and the button didn't show up the next time I restarted ICQ but I checked the ICQ dir a minute later and it had recreated the Partner folder and the next time I rest ...
Anyone know of a way to permanetly remove the annoying SMS button at the top of the ICQ 2000b window?
I removed the Partner folder in the ICQ 2000 dir and the button didn't show up the next time I restarted ICQ but I checked the ICQ dir a minute later and it had recreated the Partner folder and the next time I restarted ICQ the button was there.
Anyone know of a way to stop it?
Thanks,
Jason A.
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I removed the Partner folder in the ICQ 2000 dir and the button didn't show up the next time I restarted ICQ but I checked the ICQ dir a minute later and it had recreated the Partner folder and the next time I restarted ICQ the button was there.
Anyone know of a way to stop it?
Thanks,
Jason A.
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System Specs:
Abit KT7-RAID Motherboard
Hercules GeForce2 GTS 64MB
AMD Thunderbird 900 MHz
Maxtor 30GB ATA66 7200RPM Harddrive
Sound Blaster Live! Platinum
Klipsch ProMedia v.2-400 Speakers
Pioneer 16X Slot Load DVD
Sony 8x4x32 CD Burner
SoundBlaster Live! Drive
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro
Microsoft IntelliMouse
Iomega Zip Drive
CoolerMaster ATC-100 Case
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To remove that SMS logo, close ICQ and go to the ICQ\Partner folder and delete the Partner.xml file. Then make a new file named Partner.xml and set it as read only.
Kevin
[This message has been edited by kEViNoPolY (edited 11 February 2001).]
Kevin
[This message has been edited by kEViNoPolY (edited 11 February 2001).]
I found a nice howto on:
news://alt.chat-programs.icq
Quote:<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">STEPS FOR ELIMINATING BANNER BOXES ON ICQ
Make sure ICQ is not Running.
1- Download Reshack from
http://www.rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker/
2- Look for Auto Update in your registry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mirabilis\ICQ\DefaultPrefs
And set the value to "No"
3- Delete the following files from your ICQ folder
icqateima32.dll (removes advertisement downloading)
icqateimg32.dll (removes the loading of images)
icqateres.dll (removes part of the advertisement function)
4- Open ICQCore.dll in Reshack.
4a Go through each of the Dialogs till you see one with
a banner box.
4b Click the banner box and it will highlight the control
for that box.
4c Change the last 2 numbers in that control to 0, 0 Example;
CONTROL "", 1070, "{9F9012BA-E55B-11D3-ADE7-0090270D8F00}",
0x50000000, 1, 158, 260, 38
Becomes
CONTROL "", 1070, "{9F9012BA-E55B-11D3-ADE7-0090270D8F00}",
0x50000000, 1, 158, 0, 0
4d Change the main dialog box size coordinates (at the top of the
script) to
Ad box y coordinate +1. Example: for above control you take the 158
then change the main dialog box y coordinate to 158+1 (159) So;
2503 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 262, 196
Becomes
2503 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 262, 159
NOTE The last four digits are position/size coordinates - first set
is x,y position, the second set is x,y size.
4e Compile the script
4f Repete for all dialogs with banner ads then save the file (Have a
backup of ICQCore.dll
just in case something goes wrong)</font>
news://alt.chat-programs.icq
Quote:<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">STEPS FOR ELIMINATING BANNER BOXES ON ICQ
Make sure ICQ is not Running.
1- Download Reshack from
http://www.rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker/
2- Look for Auto Update in your registry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mirabilis\ICQ\DefaultPrefs
And set the value to "No"
3- Delete the following files from your ICQ folder
icqateima32.dll (removes advertisement downloading)
icqateimg32.dll (removes the loading of images)
icqateres.dll (removes part of the advertisement function)
4- Open ICQCore.dll in Reshack.
4a Go through each of the Dialogs till you see one with
a banner box.
4b Click the banner box and it will highlight the control
for that box.
4c Change the last 2 numbers in that control to 0, 0 Example;
CONTROL "", 1070, "{9F9012BA-E55B-11D3-ADE7-0090270D8F00}",
0x50000000, 1, 158, 260, 38
Becomes
CONTROL "", 1070, "{9F9012BA-E55B-11D3-ADE7-0090270D8F00}",
0x50000000, 1, 158, 0, 0
4d Change the main dialog box size coordinates (at the top of the
script) to
Ad box y coordinate +1. Example: for above control you take the 158
then change the main dialog box y coordinate to 158+1 (159) So;
2503 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 262, 196
Becomes
2503 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 262, 159
NOTE The last four digits are position/size coordinates - first set
is x,y position, the second set is x,y size.
4e Compile the script
4f Repete for all dialogs with banner ads then save the file (Have a
backup of ICQCore.dll
just in case something goes wrong)</font>
