One of my colleague asked me how to added day how to adapt icons on Windows XP, so I anticipation I’address up all the agency to change the icons, both by appliance the congenital methods and aswell with added software.
Changing My Computer, My Documents, and Recycle Bin Icons Manually
Right-click on the desktop and accept Properties, again on the Desktop tab you should accept the Adapt Desktop button.
In the Desktop Items chat you can baddest one of the icons and click the Change Figure button.
Now just click the Browse button, and aces whichever figure book you would prefer.
Change Icons for Specific Folders Manually
You can change the figure for abounding folders by right-clicking the binder and allotment Properties, and again beat Change Figure on the Adapt tab.
This adjustment works by autograph a hidden desktop.ini book into the binder that will accommodate argument like this:
[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=20
You could manually actualize or adapt the book if you choose, instead of appliance the dialogs. The IconFile band can be adapted to point to a custom figure file. If you are pointing to a .ico book you should change the IconIndex band to 0 instead.
Note that this isn’t accessible for all folders, for instance you can’t use this to change the figure for the Windows folder.
Using iColorFolder Skins to Adapt Specific Folders Easily
You can use the ahead advised iColorFolder appliance to amount black folders that can be activated to specific folders. You can aswell set the absence binder figure appliance this tool.
Not alone that, but this apparatus can be acclimated to set the absence figure for any book type, or calmly change the figure for a specific binder to a altered color, or a altered figure altogether.
Customize Your Binder Icons in Windows XP
Manually Setting Specific Icons for Disposable Drives
You can actualize a new book called autorun.inf in the basis of any beam or USB drive, and again add the afterward area to it:
[autorun]
icon=autorun.ico
You’ll apprehension that the figure book is set to autorun.ico, which agency for this book to plan you would accept to rename the figure book and add it to the basis of the drive as well:
Your best bet is to accomplish both of these files hidden so you don’t accept to see them. Right-click on the files, accept Properties, and again analysis the box for “Hidden” as shown:
This does not plan for approved harder drives, just for disposable ones. Aswell agenda that the custom figure will appearance up on any Windows computer that you bung the disposable drive into.
Change Icons for Approved Book Types
If you wish to change the figure for all those .txt files you accept laying around, you can do so by traveling into yet addition chat (seems like they could accept organized them into a individual place)
Open up a archetype of Windows Explorer and again accept Binder Options from the Tools menu.
Select the Book Types tab, and again accept the book blazon you wish to change and click the Advanced button.
In the “Edit Book Type” chat you can click the Change Figure button.
There are a few of the book types that won’t let you change the figure appliance this method--for instance you should not use this to change the figure for folders or drives or abroad things will go haywire.
Change Icons for Appliance Shortcuts
You can adapt the figure for any appliance icons, whether on the alpha menu, quick barrage or desktop, by right-clicking on the adjustment and allotment Properties, again use “Change Icon” from the adjustment tab.
Use Windows Vista Style Drive Icons
You can aswell adapt the drive icons in Windows XP to accord them the aforementioned windows Vista bar blueprint beneath that shows the deejay space.
Changing Special Icons like Control Panel, Drives, Folders, Printers, Etc
If you’rather change all the altered icons in one place, you can use the freeware IconTweaker appliance that gives you admission to change appealing abundant any figure in Microsoft Windows XP.
Click on the annular “icons” figure on the left-hand panel, and again you can adapt any of the congenital icons--just click the Change button.
And again click the Open button and aces the figure book you wish to use.
There’s a lot added to this application, for instance you can use it to actualize a affair that you could re-apply later--or you could download figure capacity and administer them.
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