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Henry
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      12-02-2007
VHP

I would like to replace some of the standard VHP icons
with icons downloaded from the net. Where do I put those
new files (.png) to make them accessible?

Thanks!
 
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Henry
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      12-02-2007
In C:\windows\system32 there does not appear to be icon
storage. When I change icon using the Vista supply, it
shows %SystemRoot%\System32\Shell32.dll as the source.

And, when I 'change icon' and browse to the desktop
folder containing downloaded new icons (.png format),
they're invisible.

This should be a simple task - obviously I'm missing
some key step. Windows Help, as usual, is helpless.

???


Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
> If you want follow Windows standards, this is where Windows system icons are
> stored:
> %SystemRoot%\system32

 
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      12-02-2007
Mr. Arnold wrote:
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> "Henry" <> wrote in message
> news:fiuqpb$noi$...
>> In C:\windows\system32 there does not appear to be icon storage. When
>> I change icon using the Vista supply, it shows
>> %SystemRoot%\System32\Shell32.dll as the source.
>>
>> And, when I 'change icon' and browse to the desktop folder containing
>> downloaded new icons (.png format), they're invisible.
>>

>
> Did you select the option on the browse when you browsed to the location
> where they were at to *show all files* in the File Types dropdown box?
>
>


Yes, I did. But the response was something like "no icon
files found..." I even changed one of the .png files to
..ico, but it made no difference.

There must be some simple way to get this done.
 
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Henry
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      12-02-2007
Perfect! Thanks much...


uvbogden wrote:
> See details in this tutorial: all about icons in Vista.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...c-ie-icon.html
>
>
> "WaIIy" wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:30:29 -0500, Henry <> wrote:
>>
>>> VHP
>>>
>>> I would like to replace some of the standard VHP icons
>>> with icons downloaded from the net. Where do I put those
>>> new files (.png) to make them accessible?
>>>
>>> Thanks!

>> Get something like this and convert the png to .ico
>>
>> http://www.towofu.net/soft/e-aicon.php
>>
>> Make a folder called Henry_Icons and put all your personal icons
>> in there.
>>
>> Done
>>

 
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"Henry" <> wrote in message
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> VHP
>
> I would like to replace some of the standard VHP icons with icons
> downloaded from the net. Where do I put those new files (.png) to make
> them accessible?
>
> Thanks!


You can put them anywhere you want, because whatever mechanism is being used
to select an icon should have the ability to browse to where the file is
located and select it.

For instance, if you right-click a desktop short-cut, go to Properties and
select Change Icon, you can change it by browsing to a location.



 
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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]
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      12-02-2007
If you want follow Windows standards, this is where Windows system icons are
stored:
%SystemRoot%\system32
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http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
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> VHP
>
> I would like to replace some of the standard VHP icons with icons
> downloaded from the net. Where do I put those new files (.png) to make
> them accessible?
>
> Thanks!



 
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Mr. Arnold
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"Henry" <> wrote in message
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> In C:\windows\system32 there does not appear to be icon storage. When I
> change icon using the Vista supply, it shows
> %SystemRoot%\System32\Shell32.dll as the source.
>
> And, when I 'change icon' and browse to the desktop folder containing
> downloaded new icons (.png format), they're invisible.
>


Did you select the option on the browse when you browsed to the location
where they were at to *show all files* in the File Types dropdown box?


 
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WaIIy
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      12-02-2007
On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:30:29 -0500, Henry <> wrote:

>VHP
>
>I would like to replace some of the standard VHP icons
>with icons downloaded from the net. Where do I put those
>new files (.png) to make them accessible?
>
>Thanks!


Get something like this and convert the png to .ico

http://www.towofu.net/soft/e-aicon.php

Make a folder called Henry_Icons and put all your personal icons
in there.

Done
 
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Mr. Arnold
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"Henry" <> wrote in message
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> Mr. Arnold wrote:
>>
>> "Henry" <> wrote in message
>> news:fiuqpb$noi$...
>>> In C:\windows\system32 there does not appear to be icon storage. When I
>>> change icon using the Vista supply, it shows
>>> %SystemRoot%\System32\Shell32.dll as the source.
>>>
>>> And, when I 'change icon' and browse to the desktop folder containing
>>> downloaded new icons (.png format), they're invisible.
>>>

>>
>> Did you select the option on the browse when you browsed to the location
>> where they were at to *show all files* in the File Types dropdown box?
>>
>>

>
> Yes, I did. But the response was something like "no icon files found..." I
> even changed one of the .png files to .ico, but it made no difference.
>
> There must be some simple way to get this done.


Maybe, you need Vista icons. <g>

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

 
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uvbogden
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      12-02-2007
See details in this tutorial: all about icons in Vista.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...c-ie-icon.html


"WaIIy" wrote:

> On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:30:29 -0500, Henry <> wrote:
>
> >VHP
> >
> >I would like to replace some of the standard VHP icons
> >with icons downloaded from the net. Where do I put those
> >new files (.png) to make them accessible?
> >
> >Thanks!

>
> Get something like this and convert the png to .ico
>
> http://www.towofu.net/soft/e-aicon.php
>
> Make a folder called Henry_Icons and put all your personal icons
> in there.
>
> Done
>

 
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