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Candy - 10 Sep 2005 14:08 GMT

How do I add new icons that can be accessed when I click on "change icon"?
Thank you very much to whomever can tell me.

Candy

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dadiOH - 10 Sep 2005 15:04 GMT

> How do I add new icons that can be accessed when I click on "change
> icon"? Thank you very much to whomever can tell me.
>
> Candy

1. Find those already on your computer...

Normally, when you do the above and click "browse", Windows will open
the file which contains the current icon. There may be others available
in the same file. You can also look in moreicons.dll (106 pretty boring
ones), progman.exe (46), shell32.dll (80), pifmgr.dll (38), shdocvw.dll
(35) and a whole bunch more files in the Windows folder. Ditto in the
Programs folder - most program exe and/or dll files will have several.

The best way to explore is via an icon program such as Microangelo.
With such program you can also extract/save icons and create icon
libraries (sort of like a zip for icons).
http://www.microangelo.us/

IconShop is another for extracting and creating libraries.
http://users.pandora.be/liontech/Downloads.htm

2. It is easy to find collections of icons on the web which can be
downloaded.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+icons

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Candy - 10 Sep 2005 15:08 GMT

Thanks. I THINK this will help. I will have to check those programs out
you mentioned. What I meant was, "How can I add icons to an icon file from
programs that I add to my computer later, as time goes on?

Candy

> > How do I add new icons that can be accessed when I click on "change
> > icon"? Thank you very much to whomever can tell me.
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Don Phillipson - 10 Sep 2005 18:19 GMT

> Thanks. I THINK this will help. I will have to check those programs out
> you mentioned. What I meant was, "How can I add icons to an icon file from
> programs that I add to my computer later, as time goes on?

For functional purposes, you do not need to put custom
icons into a compiled app file. Just create them to icon
specifications, name them wiith filetype ICO, keep them
in a folder /Icons, and when you browse to that folder in
/ Properties each icon will display correctly.

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Candy - 12 Sep 2005 04:44 GMT

"...Just create them to icon specifications, name them with filetype ICO,
keep them in a folder /Icons, and when you browse to that folder in /
Properties each icon will display correctly..."

Please forgive me. Chalk it up to my ADHD, I guess. How do you "create
them to icon specifications"? I understand about the filetype ICO, but what
do you mean by "keep them in a folder /Icons"? Do you mean in a folder
named "Icons"?

Why do the website specific icons that download when you first save a group
in Favorites or download from it sometimes disappear and are replaced by
that e icon?

Thank you very much.

Candy

> > Thanks. I THINK this will help. I will have to check those programs out
> > you mentioned. What I meant was, "How can I add icons to an icon file
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> in a folder /Icons, and when you browse to that folder in
> / Properties each icon will display correctly.

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dadiOH - 12 Sep 2005 11:41 GMT

> Why do the website specific icons that download when you first save a
> group in Favorites or download from it sometimes disappear and are
> replaced by that e icon?

Those "Favicons" were d/l to a temporary internet folder and are dumped
when you clean it out (you should) or it reaches the maximum capacity
you set for it. You can keep them by moving them to another home;
however, after you do that, the favorite shortcut will change to the "e"
unless you point it to the icon's new home.

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Candy - 12 Sep 2005 11:47 GMT

I do that, but some of them change back even after I do that. Is there
another thing I should do to prevent this?

Candy

> > Why do the website specific icons that download when you first save a
> > group in Favorites or download from it sometimes disappear and are
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> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

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dadiOH - 10 Sep 2005 21:00 GMT

> Thanks. I THINK this will help. I will have to check those programs
> out you mentioned. What I meant was, "How can I add icons to an icon
> file from programs that I add to my computer later, as time goes on?

By "extracting" the icon with an app similar to the ones I mentioned and
stashing them in a folder or an icon library.

The advantage to an icon library is that the entire contents is
essentially one big file. If you store them as individual icons, each
one will use a minimum of 4096 of disc space - probably more (up to
32,767)depending on your system and the size of the drive on which you
store them - even though the icon itself is only a few hundred bytes.

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mdp - 27 Sep 2005 03:45 GMT

To help prevent them from changing, you can adjust's Window's ability to
store more of them. I couldn't find the following file online for you to
download so I'll post it here. Cut and paste the text between the dashed
lines into Notepad (don't include the dashed lines) and save as iconca.reg
(note the reg extension). Then right click on the file and select install.

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REGEDIT4

;ShellIconCache
;Original concept by Tom Koch. This version by Andreas Kaestner.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer]
"Max Cached Icons"="4096"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\IconCache]
"Text"="Icon Cache Size"
"Type"="group"
"Bitmap"="SHDOC401.DLL,6"
"HelpID"="update.hlp#51140"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\IconCache\Small]
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer"
"Text"="1024 Icons"
"Type"="radio"
"CheckedValue"="1024"
"ValueName"="Max Cached Icons"
"DefaultValue"="4096"
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000002
"HelpID"="update.hlp#51140"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\IconCache\Medium]
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer"
"Text"="2048 Icons"
"Type"="radio"
"CheckedValue"="2048"
"ValueName"="Max Cached Icons"
"DefaultValue"="4096"
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000002
"HelpID"="update.hlp#51140"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\IconCache\Large]
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer"
"Text"="4096 Icons"
"Type"="radio"
"CheckedValue"="4096"
"ValueName"="Max Cached Icons"
"DefaultValue"="4096"
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000002
"HelpID"="update.hlp#51140"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\IconCache\Huge]
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer"
"Text"="8192 Icons"
"Type"="radio"
"CheckedValue"="8192"
"ValueName"="Max Cached Icons"
"DefaultValue"="4096"
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000002
"HelpID"="update.hlp#51140"
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> How do I add new icons that can be accessed when I click on "change icon"?
> Thank you very much to whomever can tell me.
>
> Candy

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