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silentthunder

April 16th 04, 06:45 AM

on xp home sp1a

with a folder open i
click Tools > Folder Options > File Types
select an entry such a File Folder
click the Advanced > Change Icon buttons,
specify a kick ass, 32x32, icon,
click OK > OK > OK,
run regsvr32 /i shell32 to recover from the bug in Edit File Type dialog
restart explorer and
nothing happens.

in the Edit File Type dialog the icons for File Folder is the one i
selected but that's the only place it's changed.
when i change icons for files such as txt or url it works fine.

how do i change the icon for open and closed folders, my documents, my
videos, network neighborhood, program group, hard/cd/floppy drive,
control panel and desktop?

thank you. have an awesome day.

btw what's the diff between a folder and a file folder
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Kelly

April 16th 04, 01:03 PM

Follow the path here from my .vbs:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/foldericonchange.vbs

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"silentthunder" > wrote in message
...
> on xp home sp1a
>
> with a folder open i
> click Tools > Folder Options > File Types
> select an entry such a File Folder
> click the Advanced > Change Icon buttons,
> specify a kick ass, 32x32, icon,
> click OK > OK > OK,
> run regsvr32 /i shell32 to recover from the bug in Edit File Type dialog
> restart explorer and
> nothing happens.
>
> in the Edit File Type dialog the icons for File Folder is the one i
> selected but that's the only place it's changed.
> when i change icons for files such as txt or url it works fine.
>
> how do i change the icon for open and closed folders, my documents, my
> videos, network neighborhood, program group, hard/cd/floppy drive,
> control panel and desktop?
>
> thank you. have an awesome day.
>
> btw what's the diff between a folder and a file folder
> --
> http://home.eol.ca/~rysb/ <http://home.eol.ca/%7Erysb/>
>
>

silentthunder

April 18th 04, 02:20 PM