el_rob3 Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 hi guysi need a program to change the icon of a file.plz help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_rob3 Posted February 13, 2005 Author Share Posted February 13, 2005 is it impossible?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsecharles Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 can you be more specific: besides os, for what kind of file specifically, desktop shortcut, the icon shown in explorer ,,,,,,,,,,,??????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_rob3 Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 thnx for your posti'm useing win98 / XP & i want to change icons such as IE,EXPLORER ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsecharles Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 This FREE app will do it for you-- while the manual method is also easy, & likely you already have the icons you will use, it searches your entire system & catalogs them all: http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_aifw.htmlI haven't tried to change such an icon, but i believe if you change the one for the main exe file, it should update its shortcuts all over too: you would browse to say, c: windows\explorer.exe / right-click / properties / change icon / in: %WINDIR%\%SYSTEM%\SHELL32.DLL are stored a bunch of system icons.... or point to the location of yours...I would first right-click / properties the shortcut of the icon you wish to change, since often there will be extra copies of the exe file-- in this case probably in root drive & in win folder: you want to change the copy actually used/registered.....Hopefully this is what you meant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsecharles Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Free icon gallery & make your own: http://www.iconfactory.com/http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_if.html http://www.aha-soft.com/iconlibs.htmedit: it wouldn't hurt to get into the habit of taking a picture with say: InstallRite or at least looking before & after(& easily remove a stubborn app with this) w/ say: JV16 in case the freeware is instead foistware... even though supposedly the app comes recommended, you never know / it can be changed at any time.....Happy Hunting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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