Thanks Bob
I followed your instructions (I think) when I got to the resize it gave me
choices of percentage and I used 32 X 32 and followed the rest of the trail,
however when the icon came up on my desktop it was very faint and grainy.
Did I screw up in the resize?
"Bob" wrote:
Quote:
> Use Paint to open the file you want to use as an icon. Resize it to 32x32
> and save it in the folder in question as a BMP file. Rename it to
> filename.ico.
>
> "DeanC" <DeanC@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:B691ED79-6CD7-4E88-A6C2-B80A627F6174@xxxxxx Quote:
> > when i try to change a shortcut icon on my desktop I get a message that
> > there
> > are no icons in that folder. I am used to being able to use any item for
> > an
> > icon when using XP. Vista will not let me use downloaded clip art etc.
> > any
> > suggestions.
> > Dean
>
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