Astalavista Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 i want to change the look of my hard drive icons.i am aware of different types of programs to change the look and feel of xp.but i just want to change the look of the hard drives. not the entire xp.thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 since u posted here ill think u mean unattendedly doing it, i think they are in shell32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 Yup,I hv seen simonsay's hard drive icons and they look really nice. I thinkhe is activating or changing them during runonceEX.cmd.Also look for a place where i can get cool looking icons. FREE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokingman Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 (edited) It easier to just hack your own shell32.dllTo Change The Hard Drive You Have To Change Icon 008 or 009 in shell32.dllTo Change My Computer Icon Change 001 Icon In Explorer.exe. Edited October 26, 2005 by gunsmokingman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 care to elaborate on the process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 download resource hackeropen reshacker , point it to your shell32.dllexpand the tree to the item u want 2 "hack"right click it, choose appropriate optionvoila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 i don't like resource hacker. Can i use Resbuild/ResEdit instead?when u say hack what do u mean? let say i hv an icon that i like what do i do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 yes, u can use anything 2 "hack"hack = modifying the file 2 suit your needs *customizing*open shell32.dll in the program, browse 2 the place where the icon is stored (009 gunsmokingman said) right click, replace resource, browse 2 the icon u want there instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Why do you want that much of trouble ? Just place an autorun.inf file in the root of your partitions. [AutoRun]icon=%windir%\icons\HDD.ico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 never thought of that EDIT: just tried it & it dont work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmokingman Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 (edited) download resource hackeropen reshacker , point it to your shell32.dllexpand the tree to the item u want 2 "hack"right click it, choose appropriate optionvoila That the short way it correct but you need to do this also copy the file to a new folder on your %systemdrive%\WHATEVERNAMEThis is so you can save the file, after making any changes. If you try to change any of Windows Files in Windows It will not save. Edited October 26, 2005 by gunsmokingman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-= MD =- Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 try this:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\DefaultIcon]""="c:\\icons\\local disk.ico"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\D\DefaultIcon]""="c:\\icons\\local disk.ico" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 FANTASTIC!!!now who wants to give me some icons... come on i know u want to. dont hold back i am waiting...look something similar to alienware. or something cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 try this:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\DefaultIcon]""="c:\\icons\\local disk.ico"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\D\DefaultIcon]""="c:\\icons\\local disk.ico" that works, but i altered your code@="c:\\WINDOWS\\Resources\\icons\\System\\hdd.ico"instead of""="c:\\WINDOWS\\Resources\\icons\\System\\hdd.ico" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 maybe this freeare program, NO installer too!http://www.virtualplastic.net/scrow/iphile.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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