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Hello. I have the solution for the 256-colors problem which occurs on Windows 7. I have no clue if this is already solved, but I searched and found nothing.
Problem:
StarCraft BroodWar will run with only 256 colors, making the score screen look ugly and unreadable.
http://bayimg.com/iAnhGaaCC <- link to an image describing the problem.
Reason:
The reason for this is that dmw.exe, which is a Microsoft application, is messing with explorer, which makes it "overlay" starcraft. Now this is bad, because when overlayed StarCraft will be forced to run in 256 colors.
Solution:
Since we know its explorer.exe thats causing this problem, its simple enough to just start the game and alttabb to close explorer.exe in task manager. But thats harder than making a script which does all this automatically behind the scenes once you launch starcraft  .
Once the script has been downloaded, and edited, it can be placed anywhere you want on your computer. Protip: If you hide this file in a folder, and make a shortcut to this script, you can change its icon to look like starcraft
Script:
+ Show Spoiler +
REM This line shuts down explorer.exe
taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
REM This line will launch StarCraft Broodwar
REM ###NOTE Edit this line to point to YOUR starcraft.exe.
"C:\program files\blizzard\starcraft\starcraft.exe"
REM This line will start explorer.exe automatically after starcraft.exe is closed
explorer.exe
REM Its this simple. Made by Neo for Team Liquids forum!
Link to downloadable script:
http://anyhub.net/file/starcraft.bat
or
http://www.easy-share.com/1910855885/starcraft.bat
Instructions:
Save the file to your Desktop
Edit the file in notepad
The line to edit is the one with the directions to where starcraft.exe is located.
Save the script (CTRL+S)
Exit notepad, and launch the script.
And when you have downloaded and edited the script, you are supposed to run the script, NOT starcraft.exe.
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omg...upgrading to windows 7 NOW!!!! LOVE YOU!
edit: if this is legit it needs to be spotlighted for all win7 users
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On June 09 2010 06:52 Kuzmorgo wrote:I love you man thanks a lot!!!!!!!!4 1 small thing: Show nested quote +Now I have written a script which closes explorer.exe when you click on the StarCraft 2 shortcut. U mean StarCraft Broodwar shortcut obviously  (Maybe u played too much Beta? :D)
Yeah i wrote the script after i wrote the tutorial... I shall edit the tutorial to go along with the script since its harder to edit the script since its uploaded to multiple sites.
On June 09 2010 06:54 unit wrote:
edit: if this is legit it needs to be spotlighted for all win7 users
Well... it works for me, and my friends so its legit.
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Excellent stuff, thanks a lot for this.
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To anyone thats tried this do you guys play in full screen or windowed?
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Didnt work for me. The colors are still messed up.
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I thought explorer was necessary for your desktop to run properly or something? I remember ending its process and my computer freaked out and couldn't do anything.
I'm pretty sure you guys are right and know exactly what your doing/talking about, I'm just curious as to what my experience was
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You can kill the explorer process just fine, at least when I do, since Win98 to todays Win7, nothing wrong happens.
Also, just tried killing my explorer by hand and launching BW it still had messed up colors :/
Im on Win7 64 bits.
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Ok. For those of you which this has failed, try ending "dwm.exe" manualy before launching BW.
Note: This did not work for me, if i change explorer.exe to dwm.exe I get wierd colors. But luckly it works perfect for me anyways
I am also curious to how you guys started brood war after you ended explorer.exe (One way to do that is to open CMD before closing explorer and launch BW from CMD).
On June 09 2010 07:45 scott desu wrote:
I thought explorer was necessary for your desktop to run properly or something? I remember ending its process and my computer freaked out and couldn't do anything.
I'm pretty sure you guys are right and know exactly what your doing/talking about, I'm just curious as to what my experience was
Press "CTRL + SHIFT + ESC" to open Task manager, now go close explorer.exe (Right click it and choose "End Process" in Processes-tab), then go to Applications-tab and press the button that say "New task". In the window that pops up, type "Explorer.exe" to start it again. This will return your desktop to normal.
Also. This is teh exact script which i run. It works flawlessly.
+ Show Spoiler +taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
"C:\windows.old\Program Files\StarCraft\starcraft.exe"
start explorer.exe
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Press "CTRL + SHIFT + ESC" to open Task manager, now go close explorer.exe (Right click it and choose "End Process" in Processes-tab), then go to Applications-tab and press the button that say "New task". In the window that pops up, type "Explorer.exe" to start it again. This will return your desktop to normal.
Oh hey! It works, thanks
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On June 09 2010 07:52 oeN wrote:
I am also curious to how you guys started brood war after you ended explorer.exe (One way to do that is to open CMD before closing explorer and launch BW from CMD).
you can run it via task manager
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I downloaded a similar script from here a while ago, and thought everyone else had it too. But I guess not, so good job reviving it. :p
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I'll be throwing up another method for fixing this problem tomorrow. Same script, same files, just a little different and easier for the noobs.
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wouldn't this mean your antihack would be disabled on iccup?? =/
Edit: Great job btw,
it works awesome =)
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On June 09 2010 09:28 Kryxia wrote:
wouldn't this mean your antihack would be disabled on iccup?? =/
Edit: Great job btw,
it works awesome =)
I guess you could just change it to start iccup launcher instead of starcraft.
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On June 09 2010 09:32 Kuzmorgo wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2010 09:28 Kryxia wrote:
wouldn't this mean your antihack would be disabled on iccup?? =/
Edit: Great job btw,
it works awesome =) I guess you could just change it to start iccup launcher instead of starcraft.
That may solve it yes, if it doesn't just go search for an other script there are a couple out there that may help you.
On June 09 2010 08:40 QuakerOats wrote:
I downloaded a similar script from here a while ago, and thought everyone else had it too. But I guess not, so good job reviving it. :p
I was wondering the same thing, all sort of similar scripts are to be found here and on iccup website. I guess google or using search was way too hard
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what i've always done for windows 7 is go to personalize, switch to windows classic theme
then right click desktop and click screen resolution
leave that screen resolution up and load starcraft
it always loads in regular colors
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This is much better written than those ping 0.0.0.0 scripts
but I have windows 7 and all I do is check everything off in the compatibility tab + run it in compatibility mode for windows xp sp3 (i tried win98, worked too) and I have no problems at all.
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Does anyone know of a fix to stop BW from freezing while using winamp etc. ?
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it seems like there is countless problems with the colour issue, personally i find
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Starcraft\Starcraft.exe"
Start explorer.exe
and turning off the AERO feature of windows(the stupid thing that makes your bars see though)
Aero must be the bane of all modern dev teams, because they have to include a fix in every game so it doesnt shitty up your fps/graphics
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On June 09 2010 09:47 Dust14 wrote:
I was wondering the same thing, all sort of similar scripts are to be found here and on iccup website. I guess google or using search was way too hard
I got the script of google myself, over a year ago (january 2009 to be exact). My search on TL was following "colors + explorer.exe". Nothing came up, and i decided that people wanted to be aware of a possible solution.
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I have a problem though, I can't make the file open in notepad, when I rightclick it I can't choose "open with...", just "open" and then it opens the script, tried to go to properties and stuff as well but seems like I can't find a solution for this
edit: nvm found the solution
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EPT
