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Deano - 25 Jan 2007 22:43 GMT

Is there somewhere that I can get a basic icon manager and icons sets
for Windows XP for free? I have had the Wincustomize products in the
past, but I could not afford the constant renewal fees. ;-Deano

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Wesley Vogel - 26 Jan 2007 21:08 GMT

Some places to download free icon files...

Jeff's Icons
http://www.jeffs-icons.com/

Scrow's Icons
http://virtualplastic.net/scrow/misc.html

Ur I.T. Mate Group Freeware Library Icon Library
http://www.it-mate.co.uk/icons/

Here's how to get to a few free icons that you already have.

On the Change Icon dialog, in the Look for icons in this file box, paste the
path and hit Enter. Or use the Browse button to browse through folders to
find the file you want.

%systemroot%\system32\shell32.dll
%SystemRoot%\system32\Desk.cpl
%SystemRoot%\system32\Inetcpl.cpl
%SystemRoot%\system32\Mmsys.cpl
%SystemRoot%\system32\Mshtml.dll
%SystemRoot%\system32\Main.cpl
%SystemRoot%\system32\PIFMGR.DLL
%SystemRoot%\system32\Progman.exe
%SystemRoot%\system32\Sysdm.cpl
%programfiles%\Internet Explorer\Iexplore.exe
%windir%\Explorer.exe

How to Change the Default Icons for Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310192

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

> Is there somewhere that I can get a basic icon manager and icons sets
> for Windows XP for free? I have had the Wincustomize products in the
> past, but I could not afford the constant renewal fees. ;-Deano

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<*(((>< - 27 Jan 2007 06:16 GMT

I'd like to edit some of those icon files. If I do that, will XP still let
me use them? Or is there some kind of check-sum that would prevent me from
editing the colors or replacing an icon or two in the *.dll files?

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> Some places to download free icon files...
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>> for Windows XP for free? I have had the Wincustomize products in the
>> past, but I could not afford the constant renewal fees. ;-Deano

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Wesley Vogel - 30 Jan 2007 21:36 GMT

I would not fool around editing the ico files within a.dll, .cpl or .exe
file. If you extract the ico files first, that's one thing.

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

> I'd like to edit some of those icon files. If I do that, will XP still
> let me use them? Or is there some kind of check-sum that would prevent
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>>> for Windows XP for free? I have had the Wincustomize products in the
>>> past, but I could not afford the constant renewal fees. ;-Deano

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