Change My Computer camera icon in registry? Don't want to reshack.

[elcoyoteloco]

Hi,

Is there any way in the registry to change the camera icon that displays in My Computer when my camera is plugged in?

I'd prefer not to reshack shell32.dll or any other system files, unless it's a minor one that isn't used by the OS much.

Thanks

[GrofLuigi]

Try monitoring with Process Monitor what's going on when you plug the camera.

Maybe you could find the CLSID and change its DefaultIcon registry entry.

Maybe part of the path is in My Computer/Namespace.

GL

[allen2]

I think the reg entry you're searching is HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}.

[elcoyoteloco]

I think the reg entry you're searching is HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD}.

Thanks, but I don't think that's it. The only icon reference is to "wiashext.dll,0", which is an icon of a folder, scanner and camera, like the icon for Scanners and Cameras in Control Panel.

I actually tried reshacking the camera icon wiashext.dll last night, but there was no change.

I also tried using Process Monitor as GrofLuigi suggested, but nothing popped up there that led to the icon source.

But thanks for trying to help, guys. Any other suggestions would be very appreciated.

Edited April 2, 2010 by elcoyoteloco