Windows 10: Custom Icons from registry

Barnack · Aug 21, 2016

Hello, i'm new here.
I was trying various ways of customizing default icons. I ended uop modifying both shell32.dll and imageres.dll. Anyway i was planning to make a .bat installer, and i had the doubt that using the same shell32 and imageres in different computers could cause problems. Then i decided to move in the registry way of doing things. But i can't find out how to customize many icons from imageres.dll, they seem to be completely random.

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I took starting code from here, i've put CURRENT_USER instead of USER.
I know that in this part:
Code: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons] "3"="C:\\Folder.ico,0" "4"="C:\\Folder.ico,0" "livefolder_back"="C:\\livefolder_back.ico,0" "livefolder_front"="C:\\livefolder_front.ico,0" "29"="C:\\Shortcut-arrow.ico,0" "34"="C:\\Desktop.ico,0" "15"="C:\\Computer.ico,0"[/quote] The numbers refer to the iconsets contained inside shell32.dll, so it's easy to find out what number to use for other icons. Instead i don't understand how to know which icon from imageres.dll is referred from which code. In particular, apart for the fact that i'd like to change everything, in the page i linked the taskbar Explorer.exe icon is missing (http://windowstips.ru/wp-content/upl...Windows-10.png). And it's one of the many from imageres that i'd like to change and is missing in the linked page. Another missing one is the "full folder icon" (https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2...3038622e6a7067)
Also normal internal Hard Drive icon is missing...

Someone can tell me the logic between imageres icons index and registry codes? Or at least give me the codes for the three i've mentioned? Thanks

For who can be interested, this is the batch code i made. Still needs some adjustmentes. Yes i know, there's a lot of useless fancy stuff.

Code: @echo off color 1b echo Checking for administrator rights. timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul cls echo Checking for administrator rights.. timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul cls echo Checking for administrator rights... timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul cls echo Checking for administrator rights. timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul cls echo Checking for administrator rights.. timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul cls echo Checking for administrator rights... net session >nul 2>&1 if %errorLevel% == 0 ( echo Check was successfull. echo Explorer will restart during the process, echo /!\ please save any work and ensure you aren't moving, copying or writing files. echo Press any key to continue... pause >nul cls echo Killing explorer.exe... echo. echo. echo. echo [ ] 0% taskkill /f /im explorer.exe >nul cls echo explorer.exe has been successfully killed. echo. echo. echo. echo [== ] 20% timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul cls echo explorer.exe has been successfully killed. echo Moving icons to new location... echo. echo. echo [== ] 20% move CustomIcons C:\Windows\System32\ cls echo explorer.exe has been successfully killed. echo Icons moved to new loaction. echo. echo. echo. echo [==== ] 40% timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul cls echo explorer.exe has been successfully killed. echo Icons moved to new loaction. echo Editing imageres.dll resources... echo. echo. echo [==== ] 40% imageres_icons.reg cls echo explorer.exe has been successfully killed. echo Icons moved to new loaction. echo imageres.dll resources successfully edited. echo. echo. echo [====== ] 60% timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul cls echo explorer.exe has been successfully killed. echo Icons moved to new loaction. echo imageres.dll resources successfully edited. echo Editing shell32.dll resources... echo. echo [====== ] 60% shell32_icons.reg cls echo explorer.exe has been successfully killed. echo Icons moved to new loaction. echo imageres.dll resources successfully edited. echo shell32.dll resources successfully edited. echo. echo [======== ] 80% timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul cls echo explorer.exe has been successfully killed. echo Icons moved to new loaction. echo imageres.dll resources successfully edited. echo shell32.dll resources successfully edited. echo Resetting icon cache echo [======== ] 80% set iconcache=%localappdata%\IconCache.db If exist "%iconcache%" goto A goto B :A ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache del "%iconcache%" /A del "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*" /A :B cls echo explorer.exe has been successfully killed. echo Icons moved to new loaction. echo imageres.dll resources successfully edited. echo shell32.dll resources successfully edited. echo Icon Cache has been restored. echo [==========]100% timeout /t 2 /nobreak >nul echo. echo Restarting explorer explorer.exe echo. echo Press any key to continue... pause >nul cls echo Installation was successfull! Enjoy your new icons! ) else ( echo. echo Error: The installer must run with administrator rights. echo Please, rightclick and choose "run as administrator" option. ) echo Press any key to end the installation... pause >nul
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YerryBatista · Aug 21, 2016

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I'm also looking for a solution like this, to fully customize icons by file types or by program.

I did "some" customization but is too tedious and dangerous using the registry editor.

Rose Family · Aug 21, 2016

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Hi,

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Berton · Aug 23, 2016

May i... ehm... up?
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I dunno know, looks like you did it.

shimshom · Apr 5, 2018

The tutorial below might give you some more pointers

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