Changing Yours Windows Icons

Changing Your Windows’ Icons

You can change the Icons Windows uses for folders, the Start Menu, opened and closed folder in the Explorer, and many more.

1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIcons 3. Add a string value for each Icon you wish to change.

Example: “3” =”C:\Windows\Icons\MyIcon.ico,0″

This will change the closed folders in the Explorer to “MyIcon.ico”.

Here is a complete list for each value 1 through 40.

0= Unknown file type 1= MSN file types 2= Applications Generic 3= Closed Folder 4= Open Folder 5= 5.25″ Drive 6= 3.25″ Drive 7= Removable Drive 8= Hard Drive 9= NetWork Drive 10= Network Drive Offline 11= CD-ROM Drive 12= RAM Drive 13= Entire Network 14= Network Hub 15= My Computer 16= Printer 17= Network Neighborhood 18= Network Workgroup 19= Start Menu’s Program Folders 20= Start Menu’s Documents

21= Start Menu’s Setting 22= Start Menu’s Find 23= Start Menu’s Help 24= Start Menu’s Run 25= Start Menu’s Suspend 26= Start Menu’s PC Undock 27= Start Menu’s Shutdown 28= Shared 29= Shortcut Arrow 30= (Unknown Overlay) 31= Recycle Bin Empty 32= Recycle Bin Full 33= Dial-up Network 34= DeskTop 35= Control Panel 36= Start Menu’s Programs 37= Printer Folder 38= Fonts Folder 39= Taskbar Icon 40= Audio CD

Note: You will need to reboot your computer before these changes will take effect, and you may need to delete the hidden ShellIconCache file if, after rebooting, the desired Icons are not displayed.