Andre

So, no more replies means there is simply no way of doing it on Vista? You
see, I love everything about Vista and the only issues I am experiencing are
due to third party drivers (that is, nothing to do with Microsoft and Vista).
But the filetype association is simply awful.

I could explore the registry manually and change the icons there, I know how
to do it. But sometimes the icon is inside a dll or exe file and there is no
way of knowing the resource number (that goes after the comma) for the icon I
want.

That's so bad. How come something so simple is gone? You can search the
internet and you will realise this was not a useless feature on XP, that
nobody used.

Andre

"Joe Guidera" wrote:

> By changing the program I believe it will change the icon to associate with
> the executable you choose. If it doesn't the only other way I know of is to
> edit the registry.
>
> in HKCR locate the associated extension (for example looking at .CAB you'll
> see it references WinZip if WinZip is installed). This points you to
> HKCR/WinZip (in my example). Within that entry you'll see an entry for
> "DefaultIcon" with a string entry of (Default) which points to the
> executable or DLL and the icon image within that executable and dll (for
> example c:\progra~1\winzip\winzip32.exe,2)
>
> Joe
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:BA7F0B21-BD1E-42C2-973F-FDC7985522CF@microsoft.com...
> > And then what?
> > I see how to change programs, but not how to change icons.
> >
> > "Joe Guidera" <jguidera@remove.msn.com> wrote in message
> > news:91A90912-561B-4B63-A347-499CDAD2E656@microsoft.com...
> >> Start button type "default programs"
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
> >> "jgrfx" <jgrfx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:B9898965-5B92-4233-AADB-245E371F4A99@microsoft.com...
> >>> How can I change the Filetype icons in Vista? A few of my programs
> >>> didn't set
> >>> the icon when they associated themselves with the file, so they show as
> >>> the
> >>> default blank document. I want to be able to change these.
> >