Question about desktop icons

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-14 09:02am

Is there a way to change them to icons that you made yourself? If so, how do you do this?

~ver

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-14 09:17am

Go into properties of the icon, change it. If you're referring to things like "My Computer" and the "Recycle Bin," it depends on what OS you're using.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-14 09:18am

phongn wrote:Go into properties of the icon, change it. If you're referring to things like "My Computer" and the "Recycle Bin," it depends on what OS you're using.

Yes, those are what I'm referring to. Using WinXP HE (we should all know this by now, come on

). When I try to change those, the My Computer icon goes to explorer.exe in WINNT and everything else goes to SHELL32.dll in WINNT/SYSTEM32.

~ver

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-14 09:38am

Open up the Display properities, it's somewhere in a sublevel of that, IIRC.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-10-14 09:45am

R-Clic on the desktop / Propeties / Desktop / Customize Desktop / Click on the Icon you wich to change and the change icon button / Search for your icon file.

Easy!

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-14 10:01am

Faram wrote:R-Clic on the desktop / Propeties / Desktop / Customize Desktop / Click on the Icon you wich to change and the change icon button / Search for your icon file.

Easy!

I don't want a system icon, is the thing. What I'm asking is if I can use one of my personal images to put in place of them. I would have to create a file for it, of course, but what kind of file extension would I use?

[EDIT] It's not *.ico; I already tried that.

~ver

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-10-14 10:10am

I have two nice sets of Wiccan icons if you want them.

/me seriously needs to set up a damn FTP Serva so y'all can L33ch my filez till the cows come home. YARRR!

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-14 10:33am

Cool, thanks, Ein!

Now... does anyone know how to create a dll or ico file so that I can make my own?

~ver

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-10-14 11:09am

verilon wrote:Cool, thanks, Ein!

Now... does anyone know how to create a dll or ico file so that I can make my own?

~ver

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