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Old 04-06-2007   #3 (permalink)
Scott


 
 

Re: Change hard drive icon

the picture here: http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/3231/foldermk3.jpg
shows the typical "Documenten" folder.
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Thank you


"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> Scott
>
> You need to perform the following.
>
> 1. In the root of the drive where you want the icon to appear, rihgt click
> and select New/Folder. Name the folder Autorun.
>
> 2. Open Notepad and enter the following text.
>
> [autorun]
> ICON=AUTORUN\xxxx.ICO
>
> Save this file with the name Autorun.INF and place it in the root of
> the drive.
>
> The xxxx is trhe name of the Icon file you wish to use.
>
> 3. Place this icon in the Autorun Folder that you created.
>
> The problem is finding the icon you wish to use. There are a lot of
> different "document" icons in Vista. You may need to use an icon extraction
> utility to get a copy of this icon. What program is this icon associated
> with?
>
> There are many websites that have many, many icons that are free of charge.
> Just make sure that it is in the Windows .ICO format.
>
> Use Google to search for "free icons"
>
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>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1E0B3DAF-DDD0-4136-8C4E-7D787588CD22@microsoft.com...
> >I use a seperate drive for all of my documents
> > I want to use the Vista documents icon for that drive. Where can I -
> > 1) find the document icon
> > 2) change the hard drive icon to that one
> >
> > --
> > Thank you

>

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