Changing the desktop icon of an application

yusakhar · 05-17-2008, 01:20 PM

I open the Properties of the application's button (icon), and see a copy of the existing icon in the window. First guess was that I must simply drop the desired new icon on the it; this doesn't work -- the cursor changes into a "forbidden" sign.

Next guess is to click on the copy of the existing icon in the Properties window. This opens a new small window, containing a pane containing many available icons. Clicking on one of these does replace the existing icon ..... but none of the suggested icons is appropriate. Moreover, the application does come with a selection of icongs designed for it, and I want to choose one of these.

The third guess is that I must find a way to get one of the application's icons into the pane of available icons. But no, just dropping one there does nothing, but fails even to change the cursor form or raise an error message.

Is it really possible that there is no way to replace an arbitrary icon?

imbillc · 05-22-2008, 09:17 PM

to add the custom icon goto c:\windows\system32\moricons.dll and drop custem icon there then start over to change icon and it will show up.
imbillc billc@wi.rr.com sorry these are windows xp directions
I forgot where I was.

yusakhar · 05-23-2008, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imbillc

to add the custom icon goto c:\windows\system32\moricons.dll and drop custem icon there then start over to change icon and it will show up.
imbillc billc@wi.rr.com sorry these are windows xp directions
I forgot where I was.

But you sent the message anyway. Good thinking.

05-17-2008, 01:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
yusakhar Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 OS: openSuSE v10.3	Changing the desktop icon of an application I open the Properties of the application's button (icon), and see a copy of the existing icon in the window. First guess was that I must simply drop the desired new icon on the it; this doesn't work -- the cursor changes into a "forbidden" sign. Next guess is to click on the copy of the existing icon in the Properties window. This opens a new small window, containing a pane containing many available icons. Clicking on one of these does replace the existing icon ..... but none of the suggested icons is appropriate. Moreover, the application does come with a selection of icongs designed for it, and I want to choose one of these. The third guess is that I must find a way to get one of the application's icons into the pane of available icons. But no, just dropping one there does nothing, but fails even to change the cursor form or raise an error message. Is it really possible that there is no way to replace an arbitrary icon?

05-22-2008, 09:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
imbillc Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP sp2	Re: Changing the desktop icon of an application to add the custom icon goto c:\windows\system32\moricons.dll and drop custem icon there then start over to change icon and it will show up. imbillc billc@wi.rr.com sorry these are windows xp directions I forgot where I was. Last edited by imbillc; 05-22-2008 at 09:28 PM.