Windows 10: may i know which program do you use to change icons?

Hi
i would like to change some system icons
like drive icons , dvd , blue ray icons
may i know which program do you use?
i don't want to mess up with w10 *sarc*sarc

i prefer don't use autorun.inf because i can't change blu ray burner
thanks

:)

 

October Windows 10 Update

Thank you so much for your help.

 

October Windows 10 Update

Microsoft installed an update on my laptop last night, and now my touchpad is all screwed up--again. I had the same problem with the last update a couple of months ago, which I spent hours researching how to fix before I reverted back to a mouse. Microsoft
eventually fixed it, because I certainly couldn't figure out how to, and the touchpad worked relatively well until now (although the click lower right never worked again, and I used it constantly). Why do they keep fixing things that ain't broke? Anyway,
has anyone had this problem with the latest update and, if so, did you figure out how to fix it? Thank you!

 

Hi drugo,

There may be some 3rd party software for doing this but you can do it within W10 using the range of built in icons by the following method:

https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/change-folder-icon-in-windows-10.6823/

You can adapt the method for other shortcuts too. There are lots of good icons in C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll

 

hi
thanks philc
but i have some really beautiful icons
but are we sure that CustomizerGod won't mess up windows 10 ...

 

You will find that CustomizerGod will not work for some of the icons in W10. Here is a quote from their site:

If you're using Windows 10, you may notice read-only resources in the left-hand pane. Or if you open shell32.dll in Windows 8+, it too will be loaded as read-only. This happens because the system file containing those resources is digitally signed. Modifications to the file will break the signature and Windows will refuse to load it.

This'll hopefully be circumvented in a future update to CustomizerGod.

Some other comments:

CustomizerGod lets you change the start button in Windows 7 and 8.1 but not in Windows 10. A separate app or a future update to CustomizerGod will let you change the start button in Windows 10.

In Windows 10, Microsoft moved the start button resource back to the visual style's msstyle file, like in Windows Vista and XP. So if you really want to change it, use a 3rd-party theme that comes with a custom start button.

 

hi
thanks!!!
i wanted to change hard disk icon and burners icon
seems i can't do it
here there is a video
[youtube]JlAEMQCNgPo[/youtube]
but i don't know how safe is it

 

I use 'Icon changer' which creates a version of imageres.dll containing some 77 Win 7 icons. (If it had a different icon set available, I guess that would work).

However its 'Patch' function (to replace the default dll) seems ineffective, so I have to replace the dll manually. (which is hardly ever).

Depends what icons you want and how long you want to spend doing it.

Bear in mind that
- any major upgrade (like 1511 in November)
- an in-place upgrade repair install
- SFC /scannow

will revert system files - and hence resources - to MS default

 

hi
thanks
i would like to change the icon size on explorer on the left side , but i guess it's no possible , right?
they are so tiny , i would like to try w10 under a 4k monitor
thanks

 

Not as far as I know. And agreed, on higher res screens things get to look tiny.

Scaling (not recommended by MS!) is an option but then affects everything.
(Settings, search Scaling)

Here's my explorer This PC view:

 

To change the icon for system drive(s). Open the registry and go to:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons
• create a key for the drive you want to change the icon
• set the Default Icon to what ever icon you want to change.

Here's an example to change the icons for drive C and W:
Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\DefaultIcon] @="%SystemRoot%\\System32\\imageres.dll,1" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\W] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\W\DefaultIcon] @="%SystemRoot%\\System32\\imageres.dll,93"[/quote]



To set back to the default, just delete C & W under DriveIcons

 

To set back to the default, just delete C & W under DriveIcons[/quote] hi
very nice
but can i use the icon too?
at least in the video above , the author used the icons

 

Of course, use any icon with .ico extension.

In the example, the line containing:
@="%SystemRoot%\\System32\\imageres.dll,1" is set the icon for C drive in imageres.dll with an index pointing to the icon.
If you have an icon, for example, in D: drive. Change the path where your icon is:
@="D:\\myicon.ico

 

thanks man
under w8 or 7 there is no HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\

do you the key for w8 and w7 ?
thanks

 

Hi Guys,

I was looking for a tutorial on how to change the icons in the control panel and came across this one for Windows 8/8.1. Any idea if it would work on Windows 10 since 8/8.1 and 10 are quite similar?


Regards,
Andrew