Icons in Vista

All the cool icons I find on the internet seem to be in the .png form and
supposedly work with/on MS systems. But whenever I try to associate one of
these .png icons with a program or file the system refuses to let me. Is
there some setting in Vista that I need to set in order to use these icons??

Ted Smith

Ted

Icons have a *.ico extension not a *.png. Convert to *.ico and then you can use
them

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"Ted Smith" <> wrote in message
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>
> All the cool icons I find on the internet seem to be in the .png form and
> supposedly work with/on MS systems. But whenever I try to associate one of these
> .png icons with a program or file the system refuses to let me. Is there some
> setting in Vista that I need to set in order to use these icons??
>
> Ted Smith
>

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...+icons&aqi=g10


"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
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> Ted
>
> Icons have a *.ico extension not a *.png. Convert to *.ico and then you
> can use them
>
> --
> Peter
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> "Ted Smith" <> wrote in message
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>> All the cool icons I find on the internet seem to be in the .png form and
>> supposedly work with/on MS systems. But whenever I try to associate one
>> of these .png icons with a program or file the system refuses to let me.
>> Is there some setting in Vista that I need to set in order to use these
>> icons??
>>
>> Ted Smith
>>
>

Bob

That is a useless link and a moot point at this stage where the OP needs the icon to
work with a program

To use the icon associated with a program as the OP desires then he needs it to be
in the *.ico extension otherwise the icon he downloads will not work.
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"Bob" <> wrote in message
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> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...+icons&aqi=g10
>
>
> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
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>> Ted
>>
>> Icons have a *.ico extension not a *.png. Convert to *.ico and then you can use
>> them
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
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>> "Ted Smith" <> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> All the cool icons I find on the internet seem to be in the .png form and
>>> supposedly work with/on MS systems. But whenever I try to associate one of
>>> these .png icons with a program or file the system refuses to let me. Is there
>>> some setting in Vista that I need to set in order to use these icons??
>>>
>>> Ted Smith
>>>
>>
>

If you made the effort to click your mouse a few more times you would have
discovered the link was far from useless.

http://converticon.com/


"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
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> Bob
>
> That is a useless link and a moot point at this stage where the OP needs
> the icon to work with a program
>
> To use the icon associated with a program as the OP desires then he needs
> it to be in the *.ico extension otherwise the icon he downloads will not
> work.
> --
> Peter
>
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> "Bob" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...+icons&aqi=g10
>>
>>
>> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Ted
>>>
>>> Icons have a *.ico extension not a *.png. Convert to *.ico and then you
>>> can use them
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>>
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>>>
>>> "Ted Smith" <> wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> All the cool icons I find on the internet seem to be in the .png form
>>>> and supposedly work with/on MS systems. But whenever I try to
>>>> associate one of these .png icons with a program or file the system
>>>> refuses to let me. Is there some setting in Vista that I need to set in
>>>> order to use these icons??
>>>>
>>>> Ted Smith
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

So I think I am understanding that I can't just rename the free .png icons
that I have downloaded to .ico. I have to actually run them through an
external (non MS) converter program first. Is that about the size of it.??

Ted Smith

"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
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> Ted
>
> Icons have a *.ico extension not a *.png. Convert to *.ico and then you
> can use them
>
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> "Ted Smith" <> wrote in message
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>>
>> All the cool icons I find on the internet seem to be in the .png form and
>> supposedly work with/on MS systems. But whenever I try to associate one
>> of these .png icons with a program or file the system refuses to let me.
>> Is there some setting in Vista that I need to set in order to use these
>> icons??
>>
>> Ted Smith
>>
>

Bob, I get the impression that you are saying the same as Peter seems to be
saying. That is, I can't just rename the .png icons to .ico; they have to
be "converted" first. So the problem isn't with MS or with Vista, per se -
right?

Ted Smith

"Bob" <> wrote in message
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> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...+icons&aqi=g10
>
>
> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
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>> Ted
>>
>> Icons have a *.ico extension not a *.png. Convert to *.ico and then you
>> can use them
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
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>>
>> "Ted Smith" <> wrote in message
>> news:%23E$...
>>>
>>> All the cool icons I find on the internet seem to be in the .png form
>>> and supposedly work with/on MS systems. But whenever I try to associate
>>> one of these .png icons with a program or file the system refuses to let
>>> me. Is there some setting in Vista that I need to set in order to use
>>> these icons??
>>>
>>> Ted Smith
>>>
>>
>

Yes, that's how it looks to me.

"Ted Smith" <> wrote in message
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>
> Bob, I get the impression that you are saying the same as Peter seems to
> be saying. That is, I can't just rename the .png icons to .ico; they have
> to be "converted" first. So the problem isn't with MS or with Vista, per
> se - right?
>
> Ted Smith
>
> "Bob" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...+icons&aqi=g10
>>
>>
>> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Ted
>>>
>>> Icons have a *.ico extension not a *.png. Convert to *.ico and then you
>>> can use them
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
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>>>
>>> "Ted Smith" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%23E$...
>>>>
>>>> All the cool icons I find on the internet seem to be in the .png form
>>>> and supposedly work with/on MS systems. But whenever I try to
>>>> associate one of these .png icons with a program or file the system
>>>> refuses to let me. Is there some setting in Vista that I need to set in
>>>> order to use these icons??
>>>>
>>>> Ted Smith
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

Thanks. I'll try that out.

Ted Smith

"meerkat" <> wrote in message
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>
> Go here to get free software to convert .png to .ico
> http://www.vistaico.com/how_to_convert_png_to_ico.htm
> bw
>>
>> "Ted Smith" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>
>>> Bob, I get the impression that you are saying the same as Peter seems to
>>> be saying. That is, I can't just rename the .png icons to .ico; they
>>> have to be "converted" first. So the problem isn't with MS or with
>>> Vista, per se - right?
>>>
>>> Ted Smith
>>>
>>> "Bob" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...+icons&aqi=g10
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> Ted
>>>>>
>>>>> Icons have a *.ico extension not a *.png. Convert to *.ico and then
>>>>> you can use them
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> "Ted Smith" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%23E$...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All the cool icons I find on the internet seem to be in the .png form
>>>>>> and supposedly work with/on MS systems. But whenever I try to
>>>>>> associate one of these .png icons with a program or file the system
>>>>>> refuses to let me. Is there some setting in Vista that I need to set
>>>>>> in order to use these icons??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ted Smith
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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