Changing the yellow folder icon in thumbnail view

I would like to make a custom icon for use in thumbnail view to look like a
cd case. I use the thumbnail view to display a picture of the folder contents
however I would like to change the yellow folder which appears behind my
thumbnail picture. Q1 Is there a way to do this? Q2 Where is the folder icon
stored? Q3 Can these be changed with a graphics program such as photoshop?
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smiles
ced

Yes, however you have to create a Windows XP/Vista compatible icon (*.ico)
file, but I don't believe PhotoShop can do this for you.

You can try apps such as Avialis IconWorkshop, but it really depends on how
you want the icon to look.

The current folder icon used is an icon overlay ... it uses the standard
Windows XP folder icon and overlays small thumbnails of at least four
pictures of contents in the folder. This is all generated on the fly.

"ced" wrote in message
...
I would like to make a custom icon for use in thumbnail view to look like a
cd case. I use the thumbnail view to display a picture of the folder
contents
however I would like to change the yellow folder which appears behind my
thumbnail picture. Q1 Is there a way to do this? Q2 Where is the folder
icon
stored? Q3 Can these be changed with a graphics program such as photoshop?
--
smiles
ced

NewScience, he wants to change the yellow folder background of thumbnails,
not the icons.

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Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

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"NewScience" wrote in message
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| Yes, however you have to create a Windows XP/Vista compatible icon (*.ico)
| file, but I don't believe PhotoShop can do this for you.
|
| You can try apps such as Avialis IconWorkshop, but it really depends on
how
| you want the icon to look.
|
| The current folder icon used is an icon overlay ... it uses the standard
| Windows XP folder icon and overlays small thumbnails of at least four
| pictures of contents in the folder. This is all generated on the fly.
|
| "ced" wrote in message
| ...
| I would like to make a custom icon for use in thumbnail view to look like
a
| cd case. I use the thumbnail view to display a picture of the folder
| contents
| however I would like to change the yellow folder which appears behind my
| thumbnail picture. Q1 Is there a way to do this? Q2 Where is the folder
| icon
| stored? Q3 Can these be changed with a graphics program such as
photoshop?
| --
| smiles
| ced
|
|

Q1: Yes

Q2: shell32.dll

Q3: The actual editing of the icon could be done in Photoshop, but you also need a resource hacker
to extract the icon & recompile the altered dll.

You would not be able to select which folders the icon was used for, though. It would be
system-wide for all thumbnail views.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


"ced" wrote in message
...
I would like to make a custom icon for use in thumbnail view to look like a
cd case. I use the thumbnail view to display a picture of the folder contents
however I would like to change the yellow folder which appears behind my
thumbnail picture. Q1 Is there a way to do this? Q2 Where is the folder icon
stored? Q3 Can these be changed with a graphics program such as photoshop?
--
smiles
ced

The yellow folder background of thumbnails IS an icon!

"Ayush" ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com wrote in message
...
NewScience, he wants to change the yellow folder background of thumbnails,
not the icons.

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search www.Google.com
Want to know about a term http://en.wikipedia.org


"NewScience" wrote in message
...
| Yes, however you have to create a Windows XP/Vista compatible icon
(*.ico)
| file, but I don't believe PhotoShop can do this for you.
|
| You can try apps such as Avialis IconWorkshop, but it really depends on
how
| you want the icon to look.
|
| The current folder icon used is an icon overlay ... it uses the standard
| Windows XP folder icon and overlays small thumbnails of at least four
| pictures of contents in the folder. This is all generated on the fly.
|
| "ced" wrote in message
| ...
| I would like to make a custom icon for use in thumbnail view to look
like
a
| cd case. I use the thumbnail view to display a picture of the folder
| contents
| however I would like to change the yellow folder which appears behind
my
| thumbnail picture. Q1 Is there a way to do this? Q2 Where is the
folder
| icon
| stored? Q3 Can these be changed with a graphics program such as
photoshop?
| --
| smiles
| ced
|
|