Nerwin Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 How do I change Hard Drive Icons in Windows Xp Pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Access Denied Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Here is the contents of a file I have called driveicons.reg that I use to change mine with. Copy and paste this into a text file, but rename it with *.reg extension (txt is default). Make the necessary letter changes to match your pc. Also note in the bottom part, the path uses \\ instead of \ like normal. Change the path to match your icons location for each drive letter. Save the new reg file incase you ever need it again. Either right click/choose "merge" or double click the reg file and click Yes. Enjoy! Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\A][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\D][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\E][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\F][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\G][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\H][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\A\DefaultIcon]@="S:\\PATH\\TO\\THE\\ICON\\FILENAME.ICO"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\DefaultIcon]@="S:\\PATH\\TO\\THE\\ICON\\FILENAME.ICO"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\D\DefaultIcon]@="S:\\PATH\\TO\\THE\\ICON\\FILENAME.ICO"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\E\DefaultIcon]@="S:\\PATH\\TO\\THE\\ICON\\FILENAME.ICO"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\F\DefaultIcon]@="S:\\PATH\\TO\\THE\\ICON\\FILENAME.ICO"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\G\DefaultIcon]@="S:\\PATH\\TO\\THE\\ICON\\FILENAME.ICO"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\H\DefaultIcon]@="S:\\PATH\\TO\\THE\\ICON\\FILENAME.ICO" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoNoise Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Remember those AutoRun.INF files that are put on most commercial CD Games/Applications??Copy the same AutoRun.INF file to your hard drive(s) ROOT directory (a.k.a C:\) and then edit it with notepad, and it will say an icon showing the filename, you can edit the name of the icon file in the AutoRun.INF file, then you create an icon and save it to the ROOT directory again.Make sure that you point to the same icon as you did in the AutoRun.INF file You can also make the AutoRun.INF hidden aswell as the icon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerwin Posted January 1, 2006 Author Share Posted January 1, 2006 This is the icon i want to be for one of my drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Access Denied Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 (edited) You will need some kind of extractor to get the icon from the shell32.dll file. I have never done this, but surely someone will be able to tell ya how to do it. Edited January 1, 2006 by accessdenied042 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMe Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 (edited) Use the reg file that accessdenied042 gaved you and point to shell32.dll ..here's another way[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\DefaultIcon]@="shell32.dll,9"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\D\DefaultIcon]@="shell32.dll,9"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\E\DefaultIcon]@="shell32.dll,9"Save this in notepad with .REG extension, ...importing this in your registry will change the C,D,E drives icons to the one you want. Edited January 4, 2006 by BlueMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerwin Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 i only want to change one drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PITU Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\DefaultIcon]@="shell32.dll,9"The Driveletter you want to edit the icon for goes here:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\DefaultIcon] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerwin Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The008 Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 try Iconworkshop! (www.axialis.com)It can change any icon you want, on startmenu, Hd, CD, anything! It's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMe Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Why pay when its easy and free ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfX2 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 icon packager will get the job done the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humblefin Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Yeah i use iconpackager and it changes the icons nice and easy with no fuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jey Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Hi, I've tried this way and this in the post here; http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=47780And nothing seems to work for me to change the system-icons..Anyone know why or something?I also tried to combine these two ways, but didn't work either I'm using Win XP Home..Thankful for reply./jey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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