hi, please help me learn how to give my desktop icon websites pictures that
are definitive as to their content. i have already R clicked on the icon,
opened its Properties, and then i am only able to choose from three icons.
the arrow key to look at other available icons is grayed out so i cannot look
at anymore than three.

i KNOW that somewhere in xp pro, there are MANY icons that i could choose
from. i want to visually represent to the user what the shortcut is for,
what it applies to. for example, one of my users is a writer and uses many
dictionaries. those web sites are saved onto her desktop as shortcuts.
however, i do not know where i can find icons that would be descriptive as to
that the icon is for a dictionary. that is just one example.

thank you for any help you can give to me. karen

THere is several ways to do this 1st is to do a search for *.ico files and in
properties change the path i would recomend you copy all the ico files to one
directory or create one for them to that file another is to browse to
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe it has icons built into the file you can also use the
following locations C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
%SystemRoot%\system32\mycomput.dll there are many more but the easyist is to
copy all the ico files to one directory.

"igorathepsychowoman" wrote:

> hi, please help me learn how to give my desktop icon websites pictures that
> are definitive as to their content. i have already R clicked on the icon,
> opened its Properties, and then i am only able to choose from three icons.
> the arrow key to look at other available icons is grayed out so i cannot look
> at anymore than three.
>
> i KNOW that somewhere in xp pro, there are MANY icons that i could choose
> from. i want to visually represent to the user what the shortcut is for,
> what it applies to. for example, one of my users is a writer and uses many
> dictionaries. those web sites are saved onto her desktop as shortcuts.
> however, i do not know where i can find icons that would be descriptive as to
> that the icon is for a dictionary. that is just one example.
>
> thank you for any help you can give to me. karen

Browse through these DLLs in the Icon picker dialog:
- Shell32.dll
- Moricons.dll
- Shimgvw.dll
- and others...


Additional input - from Wesley Vogel MVP.
- - -
[[If you click Change Icon, and there are no icons available, use the
Browse button to find Shell32.dll:
1.. Right-click the shortcut you created, click Properties, and then
click Change Icon.
2.. Click Browse, type %systemroot%\system32\shell32.dll in the File
name box, click
Open, click the icon you want to use, click OK, and then click OK.]]
From...
How to Change the Default Icons for Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;310192


Some places to download free icon files...


Jeff's Icons
http://www.jeffs-icons.com/


Scrow's Icons
http://virtualplastic.net/scrow/misc.html


Ur I.T. Mate Group Freeware Library Icon Library
http://www.it-mate.co.uk/icons/



--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"igorathepsychowoman" <igorathepsychowoman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:40FC9F92-EEFE-4630-A90C-C0C4B53A2A46@microsoft.com...
> hi, please help me learn how to give my desktop icon websites pictures
> that
> are definitive as to their content. i have already R clicked on the icon,
> opened its Properties, and then i am only able to choose from three icons.
> the arrow key to look at other available icons is grayed out so i cannot
> look
> at anymore than three.
>
> i KNOW that somewhere in xp pro, there are MANY icons that i could choose
> from. i want to visually represent to the user what the shortcut is for,
> what it applies to. for example, one of my users is a writer and uses
> many
> dictionaries. those web sites are saved onto her desktop as shortcuts.
> however, i do not know where i can find icons that would be descriptive as
> to
> that the icon is for a dictionary. that is just one example.
>
> thank you for any help you can give to me. karen

hi there, mike! how nice of you to help me out searching for different icons
to assign to shortcuts.

however, when i do a search for *.ico files, all sorts of files come up in
the search, including anything used for yahoo, mediaplayer, etc.,
representing those icons of programs on my hard drive.

i also followed your directions in opening up the IE file; however, in
exploring each of ITS files, i found nothing that indicates that the files
contain icons.

the search for "%SystemRoot%\system32\mycomput.dll" yielded MYCOMPUT.DLL
inside of the folder called C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32. I opened the folder and saw
that SOME of the icons contained in IT look like i might use them; however,
this is not the file that i recall enountering a long time ago with all of
the xp (pro) icons.

do you know which file contains the wide and large number of windows icons?

thank you every so kindly, karen

"Mike" wrote:

> THere is several ways to do this 1st is to do a search for *.ico files and in
> properties change the path i would recomend you copy all the ico files to one
> directory or create one for them to that file another is to browse to
> C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe it has icons built into the file you can also use the
> following locations C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
> %SystemRoot%\system32\mycomput.dll there are many more but the easyist is to
> copy all the ico files to one directory.
>
> "igorathepsychowoman" wrote:
>
> > hi, please help me learn how to give my desktop icon websites pictures that
> > are definitive as to their content. i have already R clicked on the icon,
> > opened its Properties, and then i am only able to choose from three icons.
> > the arrow key to look at other available icons is grayed out so i cannot look
> > at anymore than three.
> >
> > i KNOW that somewhere in xp pro, there are MANY icons that i could choose
> > from. i want to visually represent to the user what the shortcut is for,
> > what it applies to. for example, one of my users is a writer and uses many
> > dictionaries. those web sites are saved onto her desktop as shortcuts.
> > however, i do not know where i can find icons that would be descriptive as to
> > that the icon is for a dictionary. that is just one example.
> >
> > thank you for any help you can give to me. karen