Creating Icons? If it is posible and if so how?

[Guest]

I would like to creat my own Icons for my desktop from pics that I have saved from wed sites. If anyone can tell me how I can do this with Windows XP or do I need an other progra

Thank

 

[David Candy]

Save as a bitmap in paint. You may rename the bmp file to ico (as some parts expect icon to be ico).

 

[John Inzer]

I would like to creat my own Icons for my desktop from
pics that I have saved from wed sites. If anyone can tell
me how I can do this with Windows XP or do I need an
other program

Thanks

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Very simple...download and install the freeware
IrfanView...

Open the image in IrfanView and go to....File /
Save As / .ico.

IrfanView 3.85
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html
(get the plug-ins too)

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John Inzer
Picture It! MVP
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