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06-30-2009, 11:30 PM
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| My Pictures folder...CHANGE THE ICON Is there a way to change the icon fo the "My Pictures" folder under Desktop\Documents and Settings\Francis Kulchar\My Documents It seems windows wants to prevent this from happening! I realize I could create a new folder, say My Pictures1... then copy the contents of My Pictures to the new folder...then it would work, but my My Pictures folder has 11,368 files within 318 folders! Thanks, FLKulchar      |
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06-30-2009, 11:30 PM
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| Re: My Pictures folder...CHANGE THE ICON FLKULCHAR wrote: > Is there a way to change the icon fo the "My Pictures" folder under > Desktop\Documents and Settings\Francis Kulchar\My Documents > > It seems windows wants to prevent this from happening! I realize I > could create a new folder, say My Pictures1... > > then copy the contents of My Pictures to the new folder...then it > would work, but my My Pictures folder has 11,368 files within 318 > folders! > > Thanks, > > FLKulchar ============================== Did you miss my previous reply? The trial version of the following software worked for me: Icon Software - IconChanger 3.8 http://www.shelllabs.com/icon_software.htm Info from the site: The evaluation version of IconChanger can change no more than 3 icons and is limited to finding a maximum of 3000 icons, however, with the registered version of this software you can change and find an unlimited number of icons -- J. Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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07-01-2009, 12:00 AM
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| Re:*More* My Pictures folder...CHANGE THE ICON Actually...the freebie posted by Tim Meddick is even better...you don't have to install it... you just unzip it and run it. Change Icon 1.2 http://wareseeker.com/Utilities/chan...-1.2.zip/58402 Direct Download Link http://wareseeker.com/freeware/chang...7/ChgIconE.zip -- J. Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk =================================== > FLKULCHAR wrote: >> Is there a way to change the icon fo the "My Pictures" folder under >> Desktop\Documents and Settings\Francis Kulchar\My Documents >> >> It seems windows wants to prevent this from happening! I realize I >> could create a new folder, say My Pictures1... >> >> then copy the contents of My Pictures to the new folder...then it >> would work, but my My Pictures folder has 11,368 files within 318 >> folders! >> >> Thanks, >> >> FLKulchar > ============================== > Did you miss my previous reply? > > The trial version of the following software > worked for me: > > Icon Software - IconChanger 3.8 > http://www.shelllabs.com/icon_software.htm > > Info from the site: > The evaluation version of IconChanger can change no more > than 3 icons and is limited to finding a maximum of 3000 icons, > however, with the registered version of this software you can > change and find an unlimited number of icons |
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07-01-2009, 07:00 AM
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| Re: Re:*More* My Pictures folder...CHANGE THE ICON Change Icon's final version is: Change Icon 1.2.1 http://home.nordnet.fr/~pmdevigne/Lo...n/ChgIconE.zip ju.c "John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.zyx> wrote in message news:uXbWBhh#JHA.3320@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Actually...the freebie posted by Tim Meddick > is even better...you don't have to install it... > you just unzip it and run it. > > Change Icon 1.2 > http://wareseeker.com/Utilities/chan...-1.2.zip/58402 > > Direct Download Link > http://wareseeker.com/freeware/chang...7/ChgIconE.zip > > -- > > J. Inzer MS-MVP > =================================== >> FLKULCHAR wrote: >>> Is there a way to change the icon fo the "My Pictures" folder under >>> Desktop\Documents and Settings\Francis Kulchar\My Documents >>> >>> It seems windows wants to prevent this from happening! I realize I >>> could create a new folder, say My Pictures1... >>> >>> then copy the contents of My Pictures to the new folder...then it >>> would work, but my My Pictures folder has 11,368 files within 318 >>> folders! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> FLKulchar >> ============================== >> Did you miss my previous reply? >> >> The trial version of the following software >> worked for me: >> >> Icon Software - IconChanger 3.8 >> http://www.shelllabs.com/icon_software.htm >> >> Info from the site: >> The evaluation version of IconChanger can change no more >> than 3 icons and is limited to finding a maximum of 3000 icons, >> however, with the registered version of this software you can >> change and find an unlimited number of icons > |
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07-01-2009, 07:10 AM
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| Re: My Pictures folder...CHANGE THE ICON It's easier to change the 'My Pictures' folder icon directly: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\DefaultIcon Enter the full path to an icon file, like this: C:\Path to\icon.ico For an exe or dll file, add ",0": C:\Path to\file.dll,0 For either, do not add quotes. ju.c "FLKULCHAR" <FLKULCHAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:57120CDB-E68D-47C5-90A6-7FABBA4F4982@microsoft.com... > Is there a way to change the icon fo the "My Pictures" folder under > Desktop\Documents and Settings\Francis Kulchar\My Documents > > It seems windows wants to prevent this from happening! I realize I could > create a new folder, say My Pictures1... > > then copy the contents of My Pictures to the new folder...then it would > work, but my My Pictures folder has 11,368 files within 318 folders! > > Thanks, > > FLKulchar |
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07-01-2009, 08:20 AM
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| Re: Re:*More* My Pictures folder...CHANGE THE ICON ju.c wrote: > Change Icon's final version is: > > Change Icon 1.2.1 > http://home.nordnet.fr/~pmdevigne/Lo...n/ChgIconE.zip > > > ju.c ================================ Thanks....but that's the exact same version as the one I posted. -- J. Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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07-01-2009, 09:00 AM
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| Re: My Pictures folder...CHANGE THE ICON John Inzer wrote: > FLKULCHAR wrote: >> Is there a way to change the icon fo the "My Pictures" folder under >> Desktop\Documents and Settings\Francis Kulchar\My Documents >> >> It seems windows wants to prevent this from happening! I realize I >> could create a new folder, say My Pictures1... >> >> then copy the contents of My Pictures to the new folder...then it >> would work, but my My Pictures folder has 11,368 files within 318 >> folders! >> >> Thanks, >> >> FLKulchar > ============================== > Did you miss my previous reply? [He usually does, also in forums.] |
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07-01-2009, 09:10 AM
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| Re: My Pictures folder...CHANGE THE ICON PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >> Did you miss my previous reply? > > [He usually does, also in forums.] =========================== Thanks... -- J. Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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07-03-2009, 07:20 AM
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| Re: My Pictures folder...CHANGE THE ICON How to Change the 'My Pictures' Folder Icon The folder icon data is stored in a hidden file called "Desktop.ini". This file is located inside the folder. This is the default 'My Pictures' Desktop.ini file, if it does not exist, create it using Notepad. After saving, right-click it, select Properties then check the "Hidden" box. (Enter your user account name in place of {username}) [DeleteOnCopy] Owner={username} Personalized=39 PersonalizedName=My Pictures [.ShellClassInfo] InfoTip=@Shell32.dll,-12688 IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\mydocs.dll IconIndex=-101 To change the icon, just enter the path to the new icon after "IconFile=". Delete the "IconIndex=-101" line. Examples: - For .ico files: IconFile=C:\Path To\file.ico - For .dll and .exe files: IconFile=C:\Path To\file.dll IconIndex=0 ju.c "ju.c" <bibidybubidyboop@mailinator.com> wrote in message news:OAjWwSl#JHA.4432@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > It's easier to change the 'My Pictures' folder icon directly: > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\DefaultIcon > > Enter the full path to an icon file, like this: > C:\Path to\icon.ico > > For an exe or dll file, add ",0": > C:\Path to\file.dll,0 > > For either, do not add quotes. > > > ju.c > > > "FLKULCHAR" <FLKULCHAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:57120CDB-E68D-47C5-90A6-7FABBA4F4982@microsoft.com... >> Is there a way to change the icon fo the "My Pictures" folder under >> Desktop\Documents and Settings\Francis Kulchar\My Documents >> >> It seems windows wants to prevent this from happening! I realize I could >> create a new folder, say My Pictures1... >> >> then copy the contents of My Pictures to the new folder...then it would >> work, but my My Pictures folder has 11,368 files within 318 folders! >> >> Thanks, >> >> FLKulchar |
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07-10-2009, 10:14 AM
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| Re: *More* My Pictures folder...CHANGE THE ICON On Jul 1, 9:57*am, "ju.c" <bibidybubidyb...@mailinator.com> wrote: > Change Icon's final version is: > > Change Icon 1.2.1http://home.nordnet.fr/~pmdevigne/Logiciels/ChangeIcon/ChgIconE.zip > > ju.c > > "John Inzer" <oo...@doobie.zyx> wrote in messagenews:uXbWBhh#JHA.3320@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl. .. > > Actually...the freebie posted by Tim Meddick > > is even better...you don't have to install it... > > you just unzip it and run it. > > > Change Icon 1.2 > >http://wareseeker.com/Utilities/chan...-1.2.zip/58402 > > > Direct Download Link > >http://wareseeker.com/freeware/chang...7/ChgIconE.zip > > > -- > > > * * *J. Inzer MS-MVP > > =================================== > >> FLKULCHAR wrote: > >>> Is there a way to change the icon fo the "My Pictures" folder under > >>> Desktop\Documents and Settings\Francis Kulchar\My Documents > > >>> It seems windows wants to prevent this from happening! *I realize I > >>> could create a new folder, say My Pictures1... > > >>> then copy the contents of My Pictures to the new folder...then it > >>> would work, but my My Pictures folder has 11,368 files within 318 > >>> folders! > > >>> Thanks, > > >>> FLKulchar > >> ============================== > >> Did you miss my previous reply? > > >> The trial version of the following software > >> worked for me: > > >> Icon Software - IconChanger 3.8 > >>http://www.shelllabs.com/icon_software.htm > > >> Info from the site: > >> The evaluation version of IconChanger can change no more > >> than 3 icons and is limited to finding a maximum of 3000 icons, > >> however, with the registered version of this software you can > >> change and find an unlimited number of icons > > Let's see... Fill out a bunch of personal information on some web page, download some zip file, run some unknown executable that does something you may not fully comprehend, or... edit a text file and at the same time get an education about how the desktop.ini file works. |
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