diff --git a/src/prefs/backgrounds/Backgrounds.rdef b/src/prefs/backgrounds/Backgrounds.rdef
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65d0384877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/prefs/backgrounds/Backgrounds.rdef
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+
+resource(1, "BEOS:FILE_TYPES") message;
+
+resource large_icon
+{
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFF0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFF000000F8F8000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF001D1D1D1D1D00FFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FF0000E5E5FBFBFBFBF800FF00FFFFFFFF001D1D1D001D1D1D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFF0000E5F8F8E53FFBFB00F800FFFFFF003F1D1D1D1D1D0A00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFF00FBE5F9E5F8E5FBFBFBF800FFFF00163F3F3F3F160A00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFF00FBFBF9FBE5F9E5E5F83F0000FF0016161616160A0D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFF003FF8F8FBFBFBF9E5E5F8F8F800FF00161616160A0F0D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFF00843F3FF8F8FBFBFBFBF8F80000FF00161616160A0F0D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFF008484843F3FF8F8FBF8FBF800FFFF001616160A0A0F0D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFF0084848484843F3FF8F8F8F800FFFF001616160A3F0A0D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFF00848484848484843F3FF8F8AA00FF001616160A3F1D0A00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFF008484848484848484840000AA00FF001616160A3F1D0A00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFF000084848484848484007B7B0000FF0016160A3F1D1D1D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFF0000848484848400DA7B7B00FF0016160A3F1D1D1D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFF00AA8484002B2CDA7B00FF0016160A3F1D1D1D1D00FFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00AAAA002B2F2F0000FF0016160A3F1D1D1D0D0D00FFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFF0084002B2CEB2F00FFFF0016160A3F1D1D0D0000FFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFF0084002B2F2F00FFFFFF0016160A1D1D0D0D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00002B2CEB2F00FFFFFF0016160A1D0D0F0D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFF000000FFFF00002B2F2F00FFFFFFFF00160A3F0D0F0F0D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FF007B7B7B00FF002B2CEB2F00FFFFFFFF00160A1D0D120F0D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"007B7B7BDA00FF002B2F2F00FFFFFFFFFF00160A0D120F0F0D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"002B2CDA7B7B002B2CEB2F000FFFFFFFFF00160A0D12120F0D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FF002B2CDA7B2B2CEB2F000F0F0F0FFF0F00160A12120F0F0D00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FF002B2CDA7B2B2CEB2F000F0F0F0F0F0F00160A12120F0F0D000F0F0F0FFFFF"
+	$"FFFF002B2C2B2B2F2F00FFFF0F0F0F0F0F00160A12120F0D0D000F0F0F0F0FFF"
+	$"FFFF002B2C2B2B2F2F00FFFFFFFF0F0F0F0F000A120F0D0D000F0F0F0F0F0FFF"
+	$"FFFFFF002B2CEB2F00FFFFFFFFFFFF0F0F0F0F00120D00000F0F0F0F0F0F0FFF"
+	$"FFFFFF002B2CEB2F00FFFFFFFFFFFFFF0F0F0F0012000F0F0F0F0F0F0F0FFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFF002B2F000F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F00000F0F0F0F0F0F0F0FFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFF0000000F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+};
+
+resource mini_icon
+{
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00000000FFFFFF"
+	$"FF0000FFFFFFFFFF003F1D1D1D00FFFF"
+	$"003FF80000FFFFFF00163F3F1600FFFF"
+	$"00F8FBFBF80000FF001616160A00FFFF"
+	$"003FF8F8FBF800FF0016160A0A00FFFF"
+	$"00843F3FF8FB00FF0016160A1D00FFFF"
+	$"008484843FAA00FF00160A3F1D00FFFF"
+	$"FF00AA8484007B0000160A1D1D1D00FF"
+	$"FFFF00AA84002F0000160A1D1D00FFFF"
+	$"FFFF0084002F00FF00160A1D0D00FFFF"
+	$"FF000000002F00FF00160A0D0D00FFFF"
+	$"002B00002F00FF0F00160A120D00FFFF"
+	$"002B7B2CEB000F0F00160A120D00FFFF"
+	$"FF002B2F000F0F0F0F000A120D000FFF"
+	$"FF002B2F00FFFF0F0F0F000D000F0F0F"
+	$"FFFF00000E0F0F0F0F0F0F000F0F0FFF"
+};
+
+resource app_signature "application/x-vnd.obos-Backgrounds";
+
+resource app_version
+{
+	short_info = "OBOS-Backgrounds", 
+    long_info  = "OpenBeOS version of Backgrounds"
+};
+
+resource app_flags B_SINGLE_LAUNCH;
diff --git a/src/prefs/backgrounds/Backgrounds.rsrc b/src/prefs/backgrounds/Backgrounds.rsrc
deleted file mode 100644
index ed5ff67b32..0000000000
Binary files a/src/prefs/backgrounds/Backgrounds.rsrc and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/prefs/backgrounds/Jamfile b/src/prefs/backgrounds/Jamfile
index df6b4f8eaa..f070e398fd 100644
--- a/src/prefs/backgrounds/Jamfile
+++ b/src/prefs/backgrounds/Jamfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SubDir OBOS_TOP src prefs backgrounds ;
 
 UsePrivateHeaders shared ;
 
-AddResources Backgrounds : Backgrounds.rsrc ;
+AddResources Backgrounds : Backgrounds.rdef ;
 
 Preference Backgrounds : BackgroundImage.cpp BGMain.cpp BGView.cpp BGWindow.cpp ;
 
diff --git a/src/prefs/media/Jamfile b/src/prefs/media/Jamfile
index edbb1a48df..233460c129 100644
--- a/src/prefs/media/Jamfile
+++ b/src/prefs/media/Jamfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SubDir OBOS_TOP src prefs media ;
 
-AddResources Media : media.rsrc ;
+AddResources Media : media.rdef ;
 
 UsePrivateHeaders media ;
 
diff --git a/src/prefs/media/media.rdef b/src/prefs/media/media.rdef
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78ce40c8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/prefs/media/media.rdef
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+
+resource large_icon
+{
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00FFFFFFFFFFFF00FFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFF000000FFFFFFFF0000FF000000FF00FFFFFFFFFF00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFF003F1C1C0000FF001C1C000B1B1C0000FFFFFFFF00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FF003F1C1C1C1C00001C1C1C1C1C0B0B1C000000FF00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"003F3F1C1C1C1C003F1C1C1C1C1C1C1C0B0019190000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"0017183F3F1C1C00153F3F1C1C1C1C1C1C000B000F00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"00171718173F3F001515153F3F1C1C1C1C00001A000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"0011000000171100150A0A15163F3F1C1C061111111100FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"0000080900111100150A860A0A15153F3F1C1C1C110F00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"0000080F0B081100150A8686860A0A15153F3F11000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"0011000A0F091100150A86606086860A0A1C15007B7B00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"0017110809111100150A8660608686ADAD3F1500DA7B7B000000FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"0017171717171100150A8660608686ADAD3F002B2CDA7B001C1C0000FFFFFFFF"
+	$"000017172D181100150A8660608686ADAD3F002B2F2F001C1C1C1C1C0000FFFF"
+	$"FFFF000017171100150A8660608686ADAD002B2CEB2F001C1C1C1C1C1C1100FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFF00001100153F3F60608686ADAD002B2F2F00183F3F1C1C1C110F00FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFF00001515153F3F8686AD002B2CEB2F001718173F3F110F0F00FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFF1103030000003F3FAD002B2F2F001100000017110F0F0F00FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF11007B7B7B0015002B2CEB2F000008090011110F0F0F00FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF007B7B7BDA0015002B2F2F000000080F0B08110F0F0F00FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2CDA7B7B002B2CEB2F000011000A0F09110F0F0F00FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2CDA7B2B2CEB2F000F001711080911110F0F0F00FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2CDA7B2B2CEB2F0005001717171717110F0F0F000F"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2C2B2B2F2F001111000017172D18110F0F000F0F"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2C2B2B2F2F00FFFFFFFF00001717110F000F0FFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2CEB2F00FFFFFFFFFFFFFF000011000F0FFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2CEB2F00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000F0FFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2F000E0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0FFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00000E0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0FFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+};
+
+resource mini_icon
+{
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFF0000FFFF00FFFF00FFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFF04041E1E000000FF00FFFFFFFF"
+	$"FF0404043F3F1E1E1E0006FFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"043F3F0519193F3F1E001E01FFFFFFFF"
+	$"040E1A05190A0A193F3F1600FFFFFFFF"
+	$"04041A05190A600A0A19007B00FFFFFF"
+	$"041A1A05190A6086AD19002F0004FFFF"
+	$"04041A0519D38686AD002F001B1B04FF"
+	$"FFFF04001919003F86002F003F0F04FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFF02002B00002F001A040F04FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFF002B7B2CEB001A0E0F04FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFF002B2F00041B1A0F040F"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFF002B2F00FF0404040F0F"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00000E0F0F0F0FFFFF"
+};
+
+resource(1, "BEOS:FILE_TYPES") message;
+
+resource app_signature "application/x-vnd.OBOS.Media";
+
+resource app_version
+{
+	short_info = "OBOS-Media", 
+    long_info  = "OpenBeOS version of Media"
+};
+
+resource app_flags B_SINGLE_LAUNCH;
diff --git a/src/prefs/media/media.rsrc b/src/prefs/media/media.rsrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 290cf38ed4..0000000000
Binary files a/src/prefs/media/media.rsrc and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/prefs/sounds/HApp.cpp b/src/prefs/sounds/HApp.cpp
index 0c483fd902..f3dbd92c24 100644
--- a/src/prefs/sounds/HApp.cpp
+++ b/src/prefs/sounds/HApp.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "HApp.h"
 #include "HWindow.h"
 
-#define APP_SIG "application/x-vnd.openSounds"
+#define APP_SIG "application/x-vnd.OBOS-Sounds"
 
 /***********************************************************
  * Constructor
diff --git a/src/prefs/sounds/Jamfile b/src/prefs/sounds/Jamfile
index d450926a36..97083d2ee0 100644
--- a/src/prefs/sounds/Jamfile
+++ b/src/prefs/sounds/Jamfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SubDir OBOS_TOP src prefs sounds ;
 
-AddResources Sounds : Sounds.rsrc ;
+AddResources Sounds : Sounds.rdef ;
 
 Preference Sounds : 
 	HApp.cpp 
diff --git a/src/prefs/sounds/Sounds.rdef b/src/prefs/sounds/Sounds.rdef
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd07dc77fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/prefs/sounds/Sounds.rdef
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+
+resource large_icon
+{
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000000000000000FFFF0000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000000000000000000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000000000000000000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000000000000000000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FFFF0000000000000000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FFFFFFFF000000000000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FFFFFFFFFFFF00000000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FFFFFFFFFF0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF007B7B00FFFFFFFF0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00DA7B7B0000FFFF0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2CDA7B000A00000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2F2F000F0A0A0A0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2CEB2F00100F0A0A0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2F2F0019100F0A0A0A00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF002B2CEB2F0010100F0A0A0A00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000FF"
+	$"FFFF000000FFFFFF002B2F2F0010100F0A0A0A0000FFFF00000000FFFF0000FF"
+	$"FF007B7B7B00FF002B2CEB2F000F0F0A0A0A0A000F00000A0A0A0A00000000FF"
+	$"007B7B7BDA00FF002B2F2F00000A0A0A0A00000F000A0A0F0F0F0A0A0A0000FF"
+	$"002B2CDA7B7B002B2CEB2F00FF000000000F0F0F000A101019100F0A0A0000FF"
+	$"FF002B2CDA7B2B2CEB2F00FFFFFFFF0F0F0F0F000A0F103F19100F0A0A0A00FF"
+	$"FF002B2CDA7B2B2CEB2F00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000A0F101910100F0A0A0A00FF"
+	$"FFFF002B2C2B2B2F2F00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000F0F10100F0A0A0A0000FF"
+	$"FFFF002B2C2B2B2F2F00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000A0F0F0F0A0A0A0A000FFF"
+	$"FFFFFF002B2CEB2F00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00000A0A0A0A00000F0F0F"
+	$"FFFFFF002B2CEB2F00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000F0F0F0F0F"
+	$"FFFFFFFF002B2F000E0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0F0F0F0F0F0FFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFF0000000E0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+};
+
+resource mini_icon
+{
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00FFFFFFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000FFFFFFFF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00FFFF000000FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00FFFFFFFF00FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFFFF00FFFF00FFFFFFFF00FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFF007B00FF00FFFFFFFF00FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFFFF002F000000FFFFFFFF00FF"
+	$"FFFFFFFF002F000F0A00FFFFFFFF00FF"
+	$"FF00FF00002F000A0A000F00000000FF"
+	$"002B00002F000000000F003F0F0A00FF"
+	$"002B7B2CEB00FF0F0F0F000E0A0A00FF"
+	$"FF002B2F00FFFFFFFFFFFF0000000F0F"
+	$"FF002B2F00FFFFFFFFFFFFFF0F0F0FFF"
+	$"FFFF00000E0F0F0F0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"
+};
+
+resource(1, "BEOS:FILE_TYPES") message;
+
+resource app_signature "application/x-vnd.OBOS-Sounds";
+
+resource app_version
+{
+	short_info = "OBOS-Sounds", 
+    long_info  = "OpenBeOS version of Sounds"
+};
+
+resource app_flags B_SINGLE_LAUNCH;
diff --git a/src/prefs/sounds/Sounds.rsrc b/src/prefs/sounds/Sounds.rsrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 050b621a8a..0000000000
Binary files a/src/prefs/sounds/Sounds.rsrc and /dev/null differ