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Old 07-29-2007, 02:58 AM
Ed O'Brien
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Custom Icons

I want to add a few custom made icons to %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll.

Does anyone know where I go to - that is: the folder/file to which
SHELL32.dll points?

TIA

Ed

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Old 07-29-2007, 10:10 AM
Andrew McLaren
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Re: Custom Icons

Hi Ed,
[color=blue]
>I want to add a few custom made icons to %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll.
> Does anyone know where I go to - that is: the folder/file to which
> SHELL32.dll points?[/color]

Not sure I follow. You cannot add any more icons to Shell32.DLL. It is a
compiled resource: the icons which Shell32.dll exports, were embedded into
the DLL file when it was compiled. After it is compiled, it is fixed; it
cannot be changed (well, not without a lot of dangerous, messy low-level
hacking).

If you have a customised icon, just save it as an *.ico file. Windows can
use ICO files in most places where it would use on of the embedded icons
from Shell32.DLL, Moreicons.dll etc. The *.ico files can be saved in any
directory where the user wull have read access.

Hope it helps.

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Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au


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