Best way to restore icons

[gui_m]

Hello I'm new to visual themes and stuff and i was wondering wut u guys recommended to place custom icons so that i could make them install unattendly. Any ideas0=???

[gajotnt]

i would like that too

[Paul 365]

Custom icons for what?

If you are refering to the "my computer, network, documents and recycle bin" the you could use a theme and put the hacked uxtheme.dl_ file on your disk. then use the below command in winnt.sif

[Shell]
    CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows\Resources\Themes\yourtheme.theme"
    DefaultStartPanelOff = No
    DefaultThemesOff = No

if you are after changing icons like the default yellow folder or other icons that are contained in various .dll files then you would need to edit those files with a resource editor and then use the hacked sfc .dll to turn off wfp and replace those files and then turn wfp back on.

I have found a way of changing the default folder icon via the registry but it requires you to flush the icon cache and i havent found a way to do that yet without the help of tweakui or a simaler program.

I guess its possible to apply the above fix to other icons but i didnt look as i was only interested in a blue folder

[Paul 365]

After re reading your post - you may just want to copy over *.ico files during install, in that case you could place them in a folder like below

\$oem$\$$\icons\youriconfile.ico

and they would be copied to a folder called c:\windows\icons

[gajotnt]

is there any easy way to change the Shell32.dll icons?

[gajotnt]

MicroAngelo

[DaveXP]

is there any easy way to change the Shell32.dll icons?

No not realy use Reshacker

[gajotnt]

tried that one, but its a pain in the @ss, with ResHacker you have to browse icon by icon, with microangelo you can see them all at the same time

[Paul 365]

As i said above there is a way to change icons that are contained in shell32.dll without editing or touching shell32.dll.

Use regedit and find this key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons\

In the section you will find a bunch of numbers that refer to the icons in shell32.dll

If you edit the number that represents the icon you wish to change and point it to a new icon then it will change it but there is a catch.

You need to flush out the icon cache and i havent found a way to do this without using the option in tweakui to "Rebuild Icons"

There is a catch to doing that and that it will loose all your desktop and icon positions.

As i said before all i wanted was a blue desktop folder instead of a yellow one - so i havent played with any of the other numbers except #3