HOTMAIL ICON ON DESKTOP

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Donna

I have asked this question to every discussion group that I can think would
help I have searched the Internet endlessly...but to no avail...so I will
try here and if I cannot get an answer I will give up...
How do I change my Hotmail shortcut Icon on my Windows xp desktop...yes I
have gone into properties and selected change icon and selected 1000
different file type s and option but it will not change it flickers for a
moment and returns to the standard E icon which I hate...This is my last hope
can someone help me PLEASE
 
Donna said:
I have asked this question to every discussion group that I can think would
help I have searched the Internet endlessly...but to no avail...so I will
try here and if I cannot get an answer I will give up...
How do I change my Hotmail shortcut Icon on my Windows xp desktop...yes I
have gone into properties and selected change icon and selected 1000
different file type s and option but it will not change it flickers for a
moment and returns to the standard E icon which I hate...This is my last hope
can someone help me PLEASE
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Instead of ... to end a sentence have you considered just a .? And then
start the next sentence with a Capital letter? Like I'm doing. Yes, it's
like an test in English class but it really makes for easier reading.
And hit Enter every so often...like I'm doing...

On to your question...when you select Change Icon, Paste this into the
little window next to Browse...

%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

Then choose an icon from there. Will that icon stick?

If this doesn't work then you may not be able to change the icon for
your Hotmail shortcut.
 
JD said:
Instead of ... to end a sentence have you considered just a .? And then
start the next sentence with a Capital letter? Like I'm doing. Yes, it's
like an test in English class but it really makes for easier reading.
And hit Enter every so often...like I'm doing...

On to your question...when you select Change Icon, Paste this into the
little window next to Browse...

%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

Then choose an icon from there. Will that icon stick?

If this doesn't work then you may not be able to change the icon for
your Hotmail shortcut.
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Also, as a Graduate in English Literature (Masters) I am well aware
of the proper grammar and etiquette for composing documents, however
I am frustrated at being told the same darn thing over and over
and I tend to allow my emotions to rule my training.
SO thanks for the help NOT...
 
Mick Murphy said:
Dear Miss High and Mighty,

GOOGLE it!
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I ain't neither high nor mighty I am just trying to get a better icon on my
desktop
and believe me I meant no insult towards the gentleman
who left me last message, as I tried to explain I keep
getting the same response to this question
and I cannot seem to get an answer as to why
I cannot change the darned icon
So forgive me JD and forgive me Mike
And if Google it means to use google to look for an answer
I have done that for 2 days. Any other info that might help
would be appreciated.
 
Donna said:
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If what I suggested didn't work for you then I don't know another way to
change the icon. Sometimes things don't work like we want them to? ;-)
 
JD said:
If what I suggested didn't work for you then I don't know another way to
change the icon. Sometimes things don't work like we want them to? ;-)
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for my rudeness earlier, but what do you do when
you have an "unanswerable question"??
Once again, forgive me and if you do ever hear
of this problem and get a solution, please post it!
 
Donna said:
for my rudeness earlier, but what do you do when
you have an "unanswerable question"??
Once again, forgive me and if you do ever hear
of this problem and get a solution, please post it!
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One other thing you can try is to create a new shortcut on your desktop.
Right mouse click on your desktop, select New and then Shortcut. Browse
to the location of your Hotmail .exe or whatever Hotmail uses to launch
itself, give it a name like Hotmail2 and once it's on your desktop see
if you can then change the Icon by browsing
%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

I don't have a Hotmail account so I can't try this myself. If this
doesn't work then Hotmail just don't want you changing it's Icon. :-(
 
Peter Foldes said:
Donna

Post this to the newsgroups that handles Hotmail issues

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...fault.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.msn.discussion
On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...efault.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internet.mail


--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
Peter
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I was told by that link last week to ask my question in Windows XP??
I am going to just give up and accept that it cannot be done
but thanks anyway.
 
JD said:
One other thing you can try is to create a new shortcut on your desktop.
Right mouse click on your desktop, select New and then Shortcut. Browse
to the location of your Hotmail .exe or whatever Hotmail uses to launch
itself, give it a name like Hotmail2 and once it's on your desktop see
if you can then change the Icon by browsing
%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

I don't have a Hotmail account so I can't try this myself. If this
doesn't work then Hotmail just don't want you changing it's Icon. :-(
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Thanks anyway but no luck so I will give up and move on but thanks for all
your
help, I appreciate it!!
 
Donna said:
Thanks anyway but no luck so I will give up and move on but thanks for all
your
help, I appreciate it!!
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You're very welcome! I guess Hotmail really likes that icon?
 
Donna said:
Thanks anyway but no luck so I will give up and move on but thanks for all
your
help, I appreciate it!!
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If you're still there - you're not going to thank me for saying this, but
I've just created two desktop shortcuts to Hotmail, both with different
icons (from shell32.dll), and they're holding nicely...

I'm curious - you say the icon is the "standard E icon". Is it the actual
"e" by itself, or the white "page" with an e on top of it? Could it be that
your home page is Hotmail and you're creating a shortcut to *Internet
Explorer* (wherein when you go to change the icon, the button to do so is on
the "Shortcut" tab, the middle one of three buttons, the others saying "Find
Target" and "Advanced")? As opposed to a shortcut directly to a web page,
in this case http://www.hotmail.com, via right-click > New > Shortcut (where
"Change Icon" is the only button, on the "Web Document" tab)? Mine are the
latter.

Perhaps try creating an entirely different shortcut (to eg calc.exe), giving
it the icon you want for Hotmail, then changing the Target. And maybe before
that, clear your browsing history, in case Hotmail's holding on to some
"favicon" link or something. If it were me with your problem, I think I'd
clear out the whole IE cache, too.

Another thought - browse to another website, say Yahoo; right-click and drag
the "Y!" icon at the left end of IE's address bar to the desktop; choose
Create Shortcut; then right-click > Properties and change the icon and URL
on the "Web Document" tab and name at top of the General tab.

Maybe try creating a new shortcut pointing to all of this:

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" www.hotmail.com

(changing the first path if necessary) and then changing that one's icon.

Apologies if you've tried all these - I can't really think of anything else.
 
Donna said:
I have asked this question to every discussion group that I
can think would
help I have searched the Internet endlessly...but to no
avail...so I will
try here and if I cannot get an answer I will give up...
How do I change my Hotmail shortcut Icon on my Windows xp
desktop...yes I
have gone into properties and selected change icon and
selected 1000
different file type s and option but it will not change it
flickers for a
moment and returns to the standard E icon which I
hate...This is my last hope
can someone help me PLEASE
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The shape/color of a desktop icon seems a bit trifling to be
upset over. However most of these shortcuts to web sites
are controlled by cookies.
 
Donna said:
I have asked this question to every discussion group that I can think would
help I have searched the Internet endlessly...but to no avail...so I will
try here and if I cannot get an answer I will give up...
How do I change my Hotmail shortcut Icon on my Windows xp desktop...yes I
have gone into properties and selected change icon and selected 1000
different file type s and option but it will not change it flickers for a
moment and returns to the standard E icon which I hate...This is my last hope
can someone help me PLEASE
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