Getting rid of that darned Flag on my Logoff screens

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I know there are lost of real talented skinners here...so I'm taking advantage of your vast supply of knowledge...just how the h-e-double toothpicks do you get rid of that darned flag on the logoff image??! I have tried: 1) removing the attribute 2) replacing it with a "Magic pink" image (just got a pink square or a a blank white spot) ARGGHH! 3) deleting the flag from the file, then resaving....but it just keeps coming back!!! I must be missing a crutial step or something! All help and advise greatly appreciated.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I had that problem,too. To fix it, and my way might be totally retarded but I took that windows flag > opened in my graphics editor then recolored it NOT magic pink but a similar color to the BG. Simply resize it to 1 by 1 pixel -- same color as the BG of your logoff dialogue BG.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
my way might be totally retarded

Not retarded, this is best way to have no flag that I know.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That flag is irritating. The 1x1 pixel option is the way to go
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
As Super Wizop Fuzzy Logic stated, reduce the logoff/shutdown flag to a 1x1 pixel graphic (in your paint program). If you blend the color in with the upper right section of your shutdown dialog, it wont show at all. If you dont blend it, it will show as a tiny dot, but most people wouldnt even notice it.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thank You, Thank you , Thank you!!!! Now I am one happy girl who will probably spend the better part of her weekend removing those flags from the stuff I made!!!
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry Master Apprentice causticFX, I didnt notice that you had suggested the 1x1 pixel thingy first. ( thats what I get for not reading the whole thread thoroughly) I take back the credit I gave to Super Wizop Fuzzy Logic and give it to you. . (just kidding fuzzy)
Citizen boopish...glad you were able to get an answer..I"ll look forward to your skin.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks for the help, people...but how the heck does one blend it in??? I am a real newbie with photoshop and Skin studio, so details really help Not to mention that I am older than dirt, obcessed with getting this right and not putting anything up until it's just so!!!
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Citizen boopish
To blend in the shutdown flag that you have reduced to 1x1 pixel, do this: Say the upper right corner of you shutdown dialog is blue, use your color picker (in your paint program) to match that blue color, then use that color to fill the 1x1 pix graphic. Then "save" the graphic, and it should blend right in. Even if you dont match the color, It will show up only as a tiny dot, that unless it's a complete oppsite color, wont hardley even be noticed. Just a little note: That 1x1 pixel dot will end up at approx these coordinates on your shutdown doalog 286 pixels accross (from the left) and 19 pixels down (from the top) so try to match the color in that area. Does that clear things up or just make it more confusing?
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks Master Apprentice crissy 14!! This makes it alot clearer!!! I was still getting a bit of a white dot in some cases...which IMO stuck out like a sore thumb!! I appreciate your help!
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
my way might be totally retarded

Not retarded, this is best way to have no flag that I know


Yep this is the way. Previously I thaught it was Just my way, but know its relaxing to see others doing it too.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Citizen boopish
No problem




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Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
UzEE........... is.....back.....!


Nice to see you too Criss
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Archangel_Douglas...when you go to logoff/shutdown windows...the dialog box that comes up sometimes shows the Windows Logo flag at the top right of that box. Some people have figured out how to make it disappear so you may have not even noticed it when using some WB's.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
oooh that.. think i know what you mean. its never on the logons i create so i completely forgot about it.
theres a line, or part of a line that adds the "flag" (or rather, an image that is the flag), so you can just cut it out i think. id have to crosscheck it with my logons, but i think thats how i do it.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Crissy - UzEE has been back for quite some time now. You must have been gone the day he apoligized to us all and decided to behave on the boards.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey Doug, is about flag on logoff and turnoff for WindowBlind skins.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Skinner kona0197
Yes I have been gone alot. My freakin PC keeps going down. Lots of reformats. Time for a new one........if only I could afford one.
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Welcome back UzEE. Behave yourself