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Make Sametime Connect for Windows on XP, look more like a Windows XP application

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If you're running Sametime Connect, then it still looks like you're running a Windows 95 app with square buttons etc. If you want to make Sametime look more like your other Windows XP apps, then here is a quick and dirty way of doing it. Open up notepad and paste in the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="x86" name="Connect" type="win32" />
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" version="6.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" language="*" />
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>

Then save the file as Connect.exe.manifest in the same directory as the Sametime's Connect.exe, when you restart Sametime it will have the XP rounded buttons etc.
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Gravatar Image1 - I tried with my dual client setup Both clients connected to the same server. After i deleted the files again, everything was fine...

Gravatar Image2 - Got any XML that would add features, Carl?


Gravatar Image3 - Why could no one at IBM do that...?

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