OT: exe icons in explorer

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Is there a way in WinXP to show only generic exe icons in explorer?
Extracting these icons from exe files in folders with a large number of
programs is slow, and once even crashed the explorer.
 
Fran said:
Is there a way in WinXP to show only generic exe icons in explorer?
Extracting these icons from exe files in folders with a large number
of programs is slow, and once even crashed the explorer.
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Go to the registry and in:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon
Change the value of:
(Default)
from:
%1
to the icon of your choice. One possibility is:
C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,2
which is the default for executables without a built-in icon on WinXP.

I haven't tested this personally, so please report back how it works.

Andrew Graham
 
Fran said:
Is there a way in WinXP to show only generic exe icons in
explorer? Extracting these icons from exe files in folders with a
large number of programs is slow, and once even crashed the
explorer.
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Try an XP news group.

Thanks.
 
Thank you, it works

Andrew Graham said:
Go to the registry and in:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon
Change the value of:
(Default)
from:
%1
to the icon of your choice. One possibility is:
C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,2
which is the default for executables without a built-in icon on WinXP.

I haven't tested this personally, so please report back how it works.

Andrew Graham
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