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If you like to customize your folder icons in Vista, you can either download custom icons or use Windows’ build in icons. In this guide, you’ll learn how to change a folder icon and how to find more icons, which are built right into Vista.
Customize Folder Icons
To customize folder icons, do the following:
- Right click on the folder you want to customize and click Properties
- Under the Customize tab, click Change Icon…
- Select an icon from the list and click OK
- Click OK on the folder properties screen to save changes
Locating More Icons
To find more folder icons, do the following:
- Right click on the folder you want to customize and click Properties
- Under the Customize tab, click Change Icon…
- On the Change Icon For… screen, highlight SHELL32.dll (in the path for icons)
- Replace SHELL32.dll with imageres.dll
- Browse for a new icon and follow steps 3 and 4 above
Now you can add your personal touch to your system. Below is an example of my E (Media) partition.
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Rich is the owner and creator of Windows Guides; he spends his time breaking things on his PC so he can write how-to guides to fix them.
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hey that look of the menus how do you get vista to make them lok like that? like the dark all around it looks cool
hey that look of the menus how do you get vista to make them lok like that? like the dark all around it looks cool
I am using Fleur de lys for my theme.
I am using Fleur de lys for my theme.
i hv explored almost each win7 icon{even system icons}
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I want to assign a different icon to each file extension that open with the same application. Example: Microsoft Paint opens many file types (bmp, jpg, ico, png, etc) but they all have the same icon. Is it possible to have a different icon for each one of these files?