StobjectEx

Windows XP Shell tray objects for modern windows

Intended for usage with ExplorerEx

How to setup

1. Grab an artifact from GitHub Actions (or compile it yoursef for whatever reason)
2. Rename the resulting binary to something like stobjectex.dll then copy it over to %SystemRoot%\System32
3. Take sndvol32.exe from Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and place it also in System32 (for sound tray icon)
4. Import the Stobject.reg in this repo normally. This just sets up certain stuff for the sound icon to appear properly and sets SysTray and SysTrayInvoker
5. Open regedit as TrustedInstaller using your preferred program to do so (I use Winaero Tweaker or ExecTI, there's also RunTI) and go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{35CEC8A3-2BE6-11D2-8773-92E220524153}\InProcServer32
6. Set the (Default) key to %SystemRoot%\system32\stobjectex.dll or whatever you named the .dll to
7. Restart explorer.exe through Task Manager
8. profit

SndVol32 fix

The standard sndvol32.exe may not work as intended without this patch. Credits go to comdlg32

1. Download the sndvol32.sdb and sndvol32-64.sdb files in this repo
2. Place the files in %SystemRoot%\apppatch
3. Open Command Prompt and run the following:

sdbinst C:\Windows\apppatch\sndvol32.sdb -q
sdbinst C:\Windows\apppatch\sndvol32-64.sdb -q

You may need to reimport the Stobject.reg again for this to truly work.