Icon Replacement Programs

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I see that there are quite a few programs that you can use to change your
system(shell32.dll) icons. Are any of these good? Seems like a lot of them
cause problems. I'd like to try one, but not if it's going to make a mess.
Thank you.
 
I use Icon Packager from stardock, (http://www.iconzone.com/)
Although this works fine for me, my system is not identical to yours and
Icon Packager may not work as well.
It would be virtually impossible to guarantee that any software will work
fine on your machine and not cause any problems. If your not sure then leave
things as they are. If you want to try any make sure you back-up first just
in case anything does go wrong.

Hope this Helps,

Simon.
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REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell Icons]
"Number from list below"="Path to icon, Icon index"The list below specifies the number for the default shell icons.

The path to icon is a dos path to the icon, in a registry file remembe to use \\ (regedit rmoves one \ when merging).

The icon index is used when the icons are coming from a binary file like a .dll or .exe. It is the position of the icon in the file (a negitive number is the inverse of the resource ID). Omit the comma and Icon Index when using an .ICO file.

To get the index create a shortcut, right click and choose Properties, then Change Icon, then Browse. Select the file and click open. The icons are numbered from 0 downwards then across.

Icons can also be set under the Default Icon setting for the object in HKEY_ROOT (which is where Windows stores its' icon information), the Shell Icon setting overrides this.

Value Description
0 Unknown File Type
1 Default Document
2 Default Application
3 Folder
4 Open Folder
5 5.25 inch Floppy
6 3.5 inch Floppy
7 Removable Drive
8 Hard Drive
9 Network Drive
10 Network Disconnected
11 Cd-rom Drive
12 Ram Drive
13 Globe
14 Network Pipes ?
15 Desktop
16 Print Manager
17 Network Neighborhood
18 Workgroup
19 Program
20 Document Folder
21 Settings
22 Find
23 Hint
24 Command
25 Screen Saver
26 Docking
27 Display
28 Sharing Overlay (Hand)
29 Shortcut Overlay (Small Arrow)
30 Default Printer Overlay (Small Tick)
31 Recycled Empty
32 Recycled Full
33 Dial-up Networking
34 Desktop
35 Control Panel
36 Program Groups
37 Printers
38 Font
39 Start Menu settings
40 Audio Cd
44 Log Off
45 May not apply to Win98
46 May not apply to Win98
 
I see that there are quite a few programs that you can use to change your
system(shell32.dll) icons. Are any of these good? Seems like a lot of
them
cause problems. I'd like to try one, but not if it's going to make a
mess.
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The registry entries explained by David Candy in his response is the only
clean way to do this I know of.
AFAIK, it isn't documented, but it based on the customization feature built
into Windows itself.

In case you want an easy to use application to perform these registry
changes, it is the method used in my PHM Plus! for Windows XP.
Once installed, you can take the display properties (right-click on empty
area of the desktop > Properties, or Display icon in the control panel), and
you'll see it has an extra Customize tab. At the bottom of that that tab, a
"Customize Shell..." button brings up a new properties window that lets you
change these icon entries (on the Shell Icon tab), as well as system folders
icons (on the System Folders tab).
These provide easy to use frontends on top of existing Windows XP features
and are _not_ running in the background to enforce these changes, as Windows
itself is using the values they set.
 
Jada said:
Thank you. I'll read on both of those programs.
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If you're running a Windows pc then look at( or for?) the file:

pifmgr.dll

A bunch of custom icons you may find useful.

Martin.
 
If you're running a Windows pc then look at( or for?) the file:
pifmgr.dll
A bunch of custom icons you may find useful.
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Hehe, that's a very old set of icons for DOS applications (icons library for
the Program Information Files Manager, the configuration extensions for DOS
apps).

You can also check out moricons.dll (icons for common DOS applications).
But I think any set of free icons on some designer's Web sites looks better
than those.

The well known shell32.dll contains the standard icons used in the shell,
but also xpsp1res.dll, xpsp2res.dll and xpsp3res.dll for the new shell icons
introduced with each Service Pack (no I'm not beta testing some SP3 for XP,
xpsp3res.dll presumably contains Post-SP2 icons until SP3 gets released).
 
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