mariusu Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 is there a way to change the default/the built-in icon of a programm file (of an *.exe file) i just downloaded some icons designed for windows xp and they look way better than the icons the programs have (eg. photoshop). i know that you can change the icon of a shortcut, but i have many shortcuts and i think it would be better to change the icon of the programm file. (well: just trying to change the icon of photoshop.exe) any ideas? marius:paranoid: :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariusu Posted January 29, 2002 Author Share Posted January 29, 2002 any ideas....:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katalyst Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 axialis icons was a good program for doing that however most ppl will suggest that you use the resource hacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariusu Posted January 29, 2002 Author Share Posted January 29, 2002 i heard about ressource hacker, but the problem is i'm not skilled with it. is there somewhere a tutorial about this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shodan Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 Download Resuorce Hacker, it let's you change the icon inside the .exe file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 resource hacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thantos Posted January 30, 2002 Share Posted January 30, 2002 Yes but i have tried the Ressource hacker.. but sometimes the icon doesnt change... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova Posted January 30, 2002 Share Posted January 30, 2002 make sure you compile it and save it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoaVista Posted January 30, 2002 Share Posted January 30, 2002 Hi guys, I tried to change the Icons in the shell32.dll using the Resource Hacker 3.3.4 ... but after replacing the Icons in the shell and saving the file to its original Location the old Icons reappeared.... so I did it again changing the icons saving the file ... but after reopening the file ... the old icons are still in the shell32.dll..... Any suggestion ? Greetz BoaVista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariusu Posted January 30, 2002 Author Share Posted January 30, 2002 i must say, i heard about it. this issue with changing icons and ressource hacker...but the problem is i don't know how to solve it any ideas?:ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shodan Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Yeah sometimes I have the same problems too... and I didnt figure out how to solve it... for example some applications see my new "Desktop" icon in the open/save window, some others no.... and I've not been able to figure out why. Or for example I can't change the .zip icon... it's still the same old Compressed folder, that looks terribly ugly in 64x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clonk Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 There is a much easier way to change icons of file types, shodan I'm talking to you in particular. Open my Computer, goto Tools --> Folder Options --> 'File Types' Tab --> find the file type you want to change the icon for, select it and click on the 'Advanced' button. There you will see the option to change the icon, just browse to whenever you keep it and viola! The zip folder is magically beautiful again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shodan Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Originally posted by clonk There is a much easier way to change icons of file types, shodan I'm talking to you in particular. Open my Computer, goto Tools --> Folder Options --> 'File Types' Tab --> find the file type you want to change the icon for, select it and click on the 'Advanced' button. There you will see the option to change the icon, just browse to whenever you keep it and viola! The zip folder is magically beautiful again. Geez thanks... I'm really dumb... I didn't think about that! Now it worked!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Death Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Ok, I tried to change the default folders to blue ones instead of the default yellow. I went to File Types and clicked on File Folder>Advance and changed the icon. This did not changed the icon for me. And now, everytime I double click to open a folder, a new search folder will pop up instead of it opening to show it's contents. Any help here would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. -Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Death Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Nevermind. I fixed it with System Restore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariusu Posted January 31, 2002 Author Share Posted January 31, 2002 as for the problem with shell32.dll who couldn't get patched. as i read in other threads, the prob is that this file, shell32.dll, is always "in use" and when you patch it, you only patch the file on your hd, at shutdown, the file is overwritten with the unpatched file in the memory. the solution i found is only for win98, you have to rename the file, boot into dos and replace the old one with the pathced one. but since xp hasn't a true dos-mode i was wondering if there is a solution for this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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