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How to Remove Banner Ads in ICQ
For All Versions of ICQ 2000b
Make sure ICQ is not Running.
- Download Reshack from
http://www.rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker/ [local copy]
- Look for Auto Update in your registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mirabilis\ICQ\DefaultPrefs
And set the value to "No"
- 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)
- Open ICQCore.dll in Reshack.
- Go through each of the Dialogs till you see one with
a banner box.
- Click the banner box and it will highlight the control
for that box.
- Change the last 2 numbers in that control to 0, 0
For 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
- Change the main dialog box size coordinates (at the top of the script) to Ad box y coordinate + 1
For Example: For the 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.
- Compile the script
- Repeat for all dialogs with banner ads then save the file (Have a backup of ICQCore.dll just in case something goes wrong)
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