Add-Remove Program Icons all wrong!

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I'm using XP Home. When I go to Add/Remove Programs, the icons
associated with the different programs are all wrong. Is there a way
I can change those icons? How about changing the text that
accompanies each entry?


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Not sure if there is an easier method, but this one also works:

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\<Program name>

In the right-pane, create a new REG_SZ (String) value named 'DisplayIcon' and assign it's value to the full path where the program's exe file resides. [example;; C:\Program Files\AIM95\aim.exe]

Restart Add/Remove, it should now take the Program.exe's 0th icon resource.

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

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I'm using XP Home. When I go to Add/Remove Programs, the icons
associated with the different programs are all wrong. Is there a way
I can change those icons? How about changing the text that
accompanies each entry?


<*((((><{
(e-mail address removed)
 
That's great information. What if it want it to take the 4th icon in
a custom icon.dll I have?



On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 08:46:39 +0530, "Ramesh [MVP]"

|Not sure if there is an easier method, but this one also works:
|
|Open Registry Editor and navigate to:
|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\<Program name>
|
|In the right-pane, create a new REG_SZ (String) value named 'DisplayIcon' and assign it's value to the full path where the program's exe file resides. [example;; C:\Program Files\AIM95\aim.exe]
|
|Restart Add/Remove, it should now take the Program.exe's 0th icon resource.

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Type "programname.exe,4" instead of "programname.exe"


--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

That's great information. What if it want it to take the 4th icon in
a custom icon.dll I have?



On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 08:46:39 +0530, "Ramesh [MVP]"

|Not sure if there is an easier method, but this one also works:
|
|Open Registry Editor and navigate to:
|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\<Program name>
|
|In the right-pane, create a new REG_SZ (String) value named 'DisplayIcon' and assign it's value to the full path where the program's exe file resides. [example;; C:\Program Files\AIM95\aim.exe]
|
|Restart Add/Remove, it should now take the Program.exe's 0th icon resource.

<*((((><{
(e-mail address removed)
 
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