Can you assign different icons to different .iso files like you canwith .exe files?

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Is there a program that can simply attach an icon to an .iso file so
that each .iso file has a custom icon just like different .exe files
sometimes have different icons.
 
No you can't do that. All iso files have the same icon and all txt
files have the same icon. And so on and so on.

hth
 
Tester said:
No you can't do that. All iso files have the same icon and all txt
files have the same icon. And so on and so on.

hth
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Actually, he can. Microangelo could do it and I venture that there are
numerous other programs as well.

He could also work around it by making shortcuts to each iso and changing
the icon on the shortcut.
 
Actually, he can.  Microangelo could do it.

I cannot take the obvious route of shortcuts, but I have been using
Microangelo for years. Which component of Microangelo can assign
separate icons to different .iso files and how? Thanks for the
suggestion.
 
Hello c627627,

Microangelo is for designing of icons only. If you already have an icon
you do not need Microangelo.

The problem is how to put that icon into the ISO. The answer is : there is
no way. Probably because the OS simply does not look for icons in
data-files (of any kind), so putting it in there would not give any kind of
visible result.

By the way: an ISO file is normally nothing more than a binary image of a
CD/DVD or even harddisk. The ISO file specs do not have anything described
in regard to icons. In other words: noone would know where (in the
ISO-file) to put that icon or to expect it when looking at/in the file ....

Bottom line: even though you cannot use it a shortcut is your best option.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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c627627 said:
Actually, he can. Microangelo could do it.
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I cannot take the obvious route of shortcuts, but I have been using
Microangelo for years. Which component of Microangelo can assign
separate icons to different .iso files and how? Thanks for the
suggestion.
 
Different .exe files can have different icons, why not different .iso
files? I assume it is because executables are different from non
executable files.


In addition to being an icon editor, Microangelo can change hard drive
and program icons for example. This is why I thought maybe the poster
above was suggesting it can manipulate individual file icons. But I
understand, I will probably end up modifying a Folder icon - then
placing the .iso file inside that visually modified folder and do it
like that.
 
c627627 said:
I cannot take the obvious route of shortcuts, but I have been using
Microangelo for years. Which component of Microangelo can assign
separate icons to different .iso files and how? Thanks for the
suggestion.
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When you installed it it should have put an "Appearance" entry on the
context menu...right click file/folder/drive and select "Appearance".

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R.Wieser said:
Hello c627627,

Microangelo is for designing of icons only.
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It does much more than that.
http://www.microangelo.us/
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The problem is how to put that icon into the ISO. The answer is :
there is no way.
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Yes there is. Just did it as a matter of fact.
http://www.microangelo.us/

It could also be done - probably - using a resource editor but that would be
rather laborious.

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c627627 said:
In addition to being an icon editor, Microangelo can change hard drive
and program icons for example. This is why I thought maybe the poster
above was suggesting it can manipulate individual file icons.
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That is correct
But I
understand, I will probably end up modifying a Folder icon - then
placing the .iso file inside that visually modified folder and do it
like that.
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Nope.



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Hello dadiOH,
It does much more than that.
http://www.microangelo.us/
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Pardon me, but I know Microangelo as an icon-editor only. Hence its name.
You know, Michelangelo, the famous painter/artist ?

Although the ISO 9660 standard (for CDs) does seem to have 2048 bytes of
user data available (which I forgot), the OS does by itself not do anything
with it. After all, it *user* data.

By throwing all kinds of tools and third-party drivers/filters/services etc.
you can make the *current* computer do anything. Move the ISO to another
computer and it will display as normal, without a special icon (unless you
install Microangelos tools there too).
Yes there is. Just did it as a matter of fact.
http://www.microangelo.us/
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I'm sorry, but linking to an advertisement-page is not what I call "proof".

Bottom-line: Yes, its possible to put (some) user-data in an ISO 9660-file
(an icon or otherwise). On a standard computer that icon will never be
displayed though.

A bit of a warning though: I could imagine that some ISO creating programs
might be using that user-data area for a description of what the ISO
contains....

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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I am the thread starter and have been using Microangelo for years.
dadiOH, are you saying you got Microangelo to display two
different .iso files with two different icons?

The Appearance option is part of the On Display program. On Display is
Checked as an option (or not) with version 5.x and installed
separately with version 6.
On Display did not change *individual* iso icons for me. Perhaps it's
because I have changed the default program which opens iso files. I am
not trying to permanently assign icons to files, if it's just
displayed on my machine where Microangelo is installed - that's fine,
but before I go further I just wanted to confirm if you got
Microangelo (5 or 6?) to assign two different icons to two .iso files?
 
I had a fresh Windows install at hand and used the opportunity to
install Microangelo so I can set the record straight:

All Microangelo does is set ALL .iso icons one way or another. It
cannot assign different icons to different .iso files. You can only
have one icon for all .iso files. As far as I know only
executable .exe files can have individual icons assigned to
individual .exe files. Most other file types have just one icon
assigned to them.
 
c627627 said:
I had a fresh Windows install at hand and used the opportunity to
install Microangelo so I can set the record straight:

All Microangelo does is set ALL .iso icons one way or another. It
cannot assign different icons to different .iso files.
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Mine can.
You can only
have one icon for all .iso files. As far as I know only
executable .exe files can have individual icons assigned to
individual .exe files. Most other file types have just one icon
assigned to them.
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I can assign any icon I wish to any single file of any file type without
affecting the default icon for other files of the same file type.

You might want to read the manual; specifically, On Display Help, changing
icons.

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R.Wieser said:
Hello dadiOH,


Pardon me, but I know Microangelo as an icon-editor only. Hence its
name. You know, Michelangelo, the famous painter/artist ?
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Since you only know it as an icon editor/creator you might want to refrain
from saying it can't do something that it *can* do.
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Although the ISO 9660 standard (for CDs) does seem to have 2048 bytes
of user data available (which I forgot), the OS does by itself not do
anything with it. After all, it *user* data.

By throwing all kinds of tools and third-party
drivers/filters/services etc. you can make the *current* computer do
anything. Move the ISO to another computer and it will display as
normal, without a special icon (unless you install Microangelos tools
there too).
Click to expand...

I imagine that is correct, don't know, only need one computer.
____________
I'm sorry, but linking to an advertisement-page is not what I call
"proof".
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Bottom-line: Yes, its possible to put (some) user-data in an ISO
9660-file (an icon or otherwise). On a standard computer that icon
will never be displayed though.
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The same is true if you change the icon for a file type on one computer and
then try to display it on another computer. So?

dadiOH
 
c627627 said:
I am the thread starter and have been using Microangelo for years.
dadiOH, are you saying you got Microangelo to display two
different .iso files with two different icons?
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No, sorry, my bad. And my apologies to you and others. It changes the
filetype icon, you can do the same thing via Folder Options. You can change
individual folders with it if that would help.

I guess about the only way to do what you want is via shortcuts. That or
make more file types - iso, iso1, iso2, etc. - and assign a different icon
to each type.

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Hello dadiOH,
Since you only know it as an icon editor/creator you might want
to refrain from saying it can't do something that it *can* do.
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I think I'm quite allowed to make "assumptions" about a program that I know
as a *drawing* program.

Also, when I replied I thought a bit further than one single (your/his)
computer. Yes, you might be able to get *your computer* to do all kinds of
stuff, but it still won't work on others.

Oh, by the way: this page of Micoangelo about its "On Display" program does
not mention *data-files* at all: http://www.microangelo.us/mod.asp . Maybe
you should post the bit of relevant info you think you found ("You might
want to read the manual; specifically, On Display Help, changing icons").
I imagine that is correct, don't know, only need one computer.
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So ? What do you now suggest c627627 should do ?

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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Hello dadiOH,
No, sorry, my bad. <snip>
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Maybe you should refrain from claiming it can do something when it can't ?
:-p

I don't know whats worse : Me not knowing that Microangelo is, apart from an
icon-drawing program with that name, also a company which offers a full suit
of tools, or you having those tools at your disposition and not
double-checking your own claims ...

Oh well, lesson learned. Thanks.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

-- Origional message.
 
dadiOH said:
Mine can.


I can assign any icon I wish to any single file of any file type
without affecting the default icon for other files of the same file
type.
You might want to read the manual; specifically, On Display Help,
changing icons.
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Scratch all the above, I was wrong.

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