sudo Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 If you are not satisfied with the windows Normally offered icons you can get a little more unexplored icons from here. Open Notepad save as.. "a.com" in the desktop (including the comma) right click on the file and select properties from the Program Tab select Change Icon you will be presented with some never before seen icons!! Link to post Share on other sites
Arthur21743 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 (edited) If you are not satisfied with the windows Normally offered icons you can get a little more unexplored icons from here. Open Notepad save as.. "a.com" in the desktop (including the comma) right click on the file and select properties from the Program Tab select Change Icon you will be presented with some never before seen icons!! HUH? Am I missing something here? Or did some steps get dropped? And what comma? Edited April 25, 2007 by Arthur21743 Link to post Share on other sites
sudo Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 save the file name exactly as it's shown below "a.com" then follow the steps Link to post Share on other sites
Viking Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Fun They must be stored somewhere, and where is that? Link to post Share on other sites
sudo Posted April 29, 2007 Author Share Posted April 29, 2007 Windows basically stores these icon files in PIFMGR.DLL which is a dll file and which normally cannot be opened by image editor appz. Hope it was useful to you. Link to post Share on other sites
Arthur21743 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Windows basically stores these icon files in PIFMGR.DLL which is a dll file and which normally cannot be opened by image editor appz. Hope it was useful to you. Looks like someone else had the same problem as I. I just decided to walk away from this tip, but now will ask the question I had when I "followed the steps". That question is, how do you access the icons from there and apply them to wherever you want them, or are they just for looking but not touching? Link to post Share on other sites
IntelGuy Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 To use these icons you should be able to type 'PIFMGR.DLL' into the 'browse' box for selecting a custom icon and have them appear as choices. Link to post Share on other sites
Arthur21743 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 To use these icons you shoudld be able to type 'PIFMGR.DLL' into the 'browse' box for selecting a custom icon and have them appear as choices. <sigh> I should have gone with my instincts and hit the Del key as soon as I came to the part where it said to include the comma when there was no comma at all. Sure, you can go into a folder's menu and select another icon instead of the manila-folder thingy -- as shown in the previous post, but you don't need all that hocus pocus in Notepad. In fact I challenge anybody to show in coherent fashion -- and with all the steps included btw, how one goes about extracting one of those icons and applying it to some other file. This would have been a real help had it been a valid tip. I have a database file (dat) and Nero calls it a Windows video file and claims rights to open it. Well, of course it can't. But try to get rid of the Nero icon and you got troubles in River City boy. If I remember right you used to be able to change icons in Folder Options, File Types tab. I can change what is supposed to open it ( I chose Wordpad just to get rid of the stupid Nero icon) but not the icon used to represent it. It didn't replace the Nero icon with the one for Wordpad, which is what I was after. I can even uninstall Nero and the stupid DVD looking thingy is still there. Link to post Share on other sites
mme Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 (edited) thats a good tip i always wanted other icons heres how i was able to change it to the icon i had a web page on desk top with the big E for icon i right click properties click change icon click browse ...system32 scroll to the right until i saw pifmgr.dll click on it...select and the icons open up highlight the one i want click ok...then apply..then ok vola...the icon changed very good its should be a winner p.s. you dont need the notepad a.com you got my five star Edited April 30, 2007 by mme Link to post Share on other sites
Arthur21743 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 thats a good tip i always wanted other icons heres how i was able to change it to the icon i had a web page on desk top with the big E for icon i right click properties click change icon click browse ...system32 scroll to the right until i saw pifmgr.dll click on it...select and the icons open up highlight the one i want click ok...then apply..then ok vola...the icon changed very good its should be a winner p.s. you dont need the notepad a.com you got my five star I'm outta here. Unsubscribing now. You dopers had me fooled into thinking this was a serious place to talk aboiut computer issues. I ask for coherent and I get some guy who doesn't even know about the Shift key trying to pass himself off as some savvy dude. LOL THIS IS HILARIOUS. Link to post Share on other sites
mme Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 i use nero ultra edition i changed the icon for nero startsmart do it the way i mentioned dont worry about any commas or dots just follow the steps mentioned in post 9 Link to post Share on other sites
Simon9one Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 This also works on Vista. I just tried it out. Also Arthur, if you are going to insult other members you should leave. Link to post Share on other sites
mme Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 (edited) try this Arthur highlight the nero icon on the right side of your keyboard in between ALT and CTRL press menu key use arrows use down arrow go to properties tap enter the properties will show use cursor and change icon click browse system 32 scroll to the right find this..pifmgr.dll right click select icons open and click on one click ok click apply click ok again to close hope this is what you mean or what your looking for ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I came accross some icons they can be found in system 32 just keep scrolling to the right it is in alphabetical order click properties change icon click browse scroll system 32 here are the icons hticons.dll moricons.dll just right click select those icons open up highlight and save click ok and apply and ok Edited May 1, 2007 by mme Link to post Share on other sites
sudo Posted May 14, 2007 Author Share Posted May 14, 2007 Hi all, The Bricks & mortars were all fine. My intention was just to let something known..of course I could have straightaway mentioned that PIFMGR.dll thing in the first post itself..but on second thought I opted for the former assuming that most of the guys and gals out there know about this already. As Arthur and Mme explained it's easy... IT'S EASY FOR THOSE WHO MASTERED THE ART BUT A HERCULEAN TASK FOR THE NOVICE. (Let's be a humble novice always ) Link to post Share on other sites
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