Changing mde icon

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Silvester

Hi,

I know one can change the icon for the mde shortcut to be placed on the
desktop.

But is there any way to change the actual icon for the mde itself.


Thanks for any help
 
Hi Silvester,

You can change the icon for ALL .mde files on your PC, but not on an individual basis. To
do this, open Windows Explorer. Click on Tools > Folder Options. Select the File Types
tab. Scroll down the list until you find the MDE extension and select it. Click on the
Advanced button. Click on the Change Icon... button. If you click on the Browse button,
you can select other files that include icons.

Tom
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Hi,

I know one can change the icon for the mde shortcut to be placed on the
desktop.

But is there any way to change the actual icon for the mde itself.


Thanks for any help
 
Thanks Tom.

Hmm, what about when I distribute my app. I would not want to go changing
users default mde icons to my custom icon. Just mine.

Any ideas ?
 
Hi Silvester,

I think you're out of luck, unless you want to go with the method that you already know,
ie. changing the icon for a shortcut.

You can specify an application icon under Tools > Startup, but this icon only shows up in
the task bar once you start your application. I wouldn't necessarily recommend doing
this, because it can be problematic since the icon's path is hard coded.

Sorry.

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Thanks Tom.

Hmm, what about when I distribute my app. I would not want to go changing
users default mde icons to my custom icon. Just mine.

Any ideas ?

___________________________________


Hi Silvester,

You can change the icon for ALL .mde files on your PC, but not on an individual basis. To
do this, open Windows Explorer. Click on Tools > Folder Options. Select the File Types
tab. Scroll down the list until you find the MDE extension and select it.
Click on the Advanced button. Click on the Change Icon... button. If you click on the
Browse button, you can select other files that include icons.

Tom
_____________________________________


Hi,

I know one can change the icon for the mde shortcut to be placed on the desktop.

But is there any way to change the actual icon for the mde itself.


Thanks for any help
 
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