Hi everyone,

This is a trivial question relative to others I've posted over the past year
but it's becoming a real nuisance.

Is there any way I can change the Icons accompanying the shortcuts on my
desktop? Most of them are the same - the blue "e" representing Internet
Explorer. The problem is that it takes me too long to scan through the icons
to find the shortcut I need and when multi-tasking, it frustrates me to no
end. If I could find more identifiable icons it would be much easier.

Like I said, a relatively trivial question, but I'd like to hear from you if
you have a sugestion. Btw, I use Win XP Pro.

Peace,
Terry
--
Peaceis not to be pursued; it is a by-product of love.

Use Firefox, there's no need for a desktop full of shortcuts with the
bookmarks toolbar.
I have my most used shortcuts with their favicons on the toolbar plus a
folder which opens as a drop down list with the rest.


Peaceworks wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> This is a trivial question relative to others I've posted over the past year
> but it's becoming a real nuisance.
>
> Is there any way I can change the Icons accompanying the shortcuts on my
> desktop? Most of them are the same - the blue "e" representing Internet
> Explorer. The problem is that it takes me too long to scan through the icons
> to find the shortcut I need and when multi-tasking, it frustrates me to no
> end. If I could find more identifiable icons it would be much easier.
>
> Like I said, a relatively trivial question, but I'd like to hear from you if
> you have a sugestion. Btw, I use Win XP Pro.
>
> Peace,
> Terry

"Peaceworks" <Peaceworks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB025F09-9423-42EE-B557-B27566EBE69D@microsoft.com
> Hi everyone,
>
> This is a trivial question relative to others I've posted over the
> past year but it's becoming a real nuisance.
>
> Is there any way I can change the Icons accompanying the shortcuts on
> my desktop? Most of them are the same - the blue "e" representing
> Internet Explorer. The problem is that it takes me too long to scan
> through the icons to find the shortcut I need and when multi-tasking,
> it frustrates me to no end. If I could find more identifiable icons
> it would be much easier.
>
> Like I said, a relatively trivial question, but I'd like to hear from
> you if you have a sugestion. Btw, I use Win XP Pro.
>
> Peace,
> Terry

1. Right click the shortcut and choose Properties. Then click "Chage
Icon".

2. (Better) Add them to your Favorites instead of putting an icon on the
desktop.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

Thank you,

I agree. I haven't been making real efficient use of options other than tne
desk top. As I consider your advice I realize my only problem in foillowing
it is that I have developed the habit of chasing my most-used sites and
programs from the desktop. So all it actually requires is that I break that
habit and replace it with using the "Favourites" drop down box; Actually, my
Favourites list is quite extensive due to research of many topics and
subjects for my writing.

I'm about to change my ways. Thanks all.

Peace,
Terry
--
Peaceis not to be pursued; it is a by-product of love.


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

> "Peaceworks" <Peaceworks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FB025F09-9423-42EE-B557-B27566EBE69D@microsoft.com
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > This is a trivial question relative to others I've posted over the
> > past year but it's becoming a real nuisance.
> >
> > Is there any way I can change the Icons accompanying the shortcuts on
> > my desktop? Most of them are the same - the blue "e" representing
> > Internet Explorer. The problem is that it takes me too long to scan
> > through the icons to find the shortcut I need and when multi-tasking,
> > it frustrates me to no end. If I could find more identifiable icons
> > it would be much easier.
> >
> > Like I said, a relatively trivial question, but I'd like to hear from
> > you if you have a sugestion. Btw, I use Win XP Pro.
> >
> > Peace,
> > Terry
>
> 1. Right click the shortcut and choose Properties. Then click "Chage
> Icon".
>
> 2. (Better) Add them to your Favorites instead of putting an icon on the
> desktop.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
> Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Protect your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>
>
>

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:38:12 -0700, Peaceworks wrote:

> So all it actually requires is that I break that
> habit and replace it with using the "Favourites" drop down box; Actually, my
> Favourites list is quite extensive due to research of many topics and
> subjects for my writing.

Try Favorites> Organize Favorites in the menu bar of an IE window. Create
folders to group related sites.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User