custom icons

For many Windows enthusiasts and power users, Visual Basic Script (VBS) remains a reliable method for automating repetitive tasks, launching legacy apps, or orchestrating system routines. Yet, even as Windows 11 and Windows 10 introduce fresh UI paradigms and increased security, the mundane act...

Finding an efficient way to shut down your Windows 11 PC can be more important than you might think, especially when traditional methods freeze or the mouse becomes unresponsive. Windows 11, with its modern interface, offers several ways to power down, and with a little tweaking, you can speed...

Few utilities for Windows power users attract as much enduring loyalty as Stardock’s Fences, and with the newly-launched Fences 6, the company is reaffirming its reputation as a leader in Windows 11 desktop customization. The latest beta drop brings both design polish and workflow efficiency to...

In a world increasingly reliant on digital organization, keeping our online persona in check is more crucial than ever. Outlook is stepping up to the plate with a nifty new feature that will allow users to create custom icons for their accounts. This will not only make your email experience more...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20170 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. PLEASE NOTE: Windows Insiders with PCs that have AMD processors will not be offered this build today due to a bug impacting overall usability of these PCs. The issue...

Link Removed Iconography is a visual language used to represent features, functionality, or content. Icons are meant to be simple, visual elements that are recognized and understood immediately. In a previous post, we explored communication through visual cues. We also dove a little deeper...

I want to change the default icon in Windows Explorer for all files with the extension *.dat. How can I do this? Related question: Is it required to have a new icon with a certain size at hand? Assume I have an icon file "newicon.ico" with a dimension 256x256 available and assign this...

Hello. I know basically how to create custom folder icons by right clicking on a folder to "properties" and "customize" "change icon" by using ico formated icons in Windows 7 64bit; but how do you keep the custom folder icons from disappearing when you move them to another computer? I did find a...

For all those getting their knickers in a knot over the Win8 Start screen... do you realize w/ THIS (See below) on the Taskbar, visits to Start are reduced by a little over 99.9999999% Start Tiles (APPs) in Desktop Window!! Here is a quick, easy way to have ALL APPS in a Desktop window...

Hi I love applying custom icons to my folders in Windows Explorer, it's amazing how much this helps my find things quickly. I'm 73 and my eyes aren't what they once were, (I think it's time for a new set of computer glasses) I don't like trying to read all that little type in Windows Explorer...

Link Removed How does one go about making a metro style tile or icon for applications? As things stand right now the Metro UI looks like an absolute ghetto mess as soon as you get any number of standard applications installed. There is a handful of nice looking tiles, and then a vast number...

I have Widows 7 I am looking for Windows 98 icons desktop computer icons trash can icons etc. to install on my Windows 7 computer please if anyone has them or can please get back to me

Hello, I've been playing a bit with my Windows 7 PC for some time now, and I'm pretty skilled with computers in general, but I must admit, I do need help this time! So, I was adding some custom icons to most of my desktop icons and all was well until I turned off my PC and opened it again today...

Hi everyone, I've been searching around for a way to customize these, but I still haven't found it :( I'm setting up win 7 for my 4yo, and his game icons really suck :( I did stumble upon how to change the startup screen which is nice :teeth: Does anyone know how the game folder icons can be...

Hey everybody, I'm a newbie here and I apologize if this is something that's already been covered elsewhere, and/or I'm posting this in the wrong category. I've been searching around for answers to this problem but I can't find anything that's similar to our particular situation. Forgive...

Okay I only have a problem with one type of icon and that is the folder icon in my pictures. Here I'll show you: It's the only icon not displaying properly and as you can see it is a couple icons piled on top of each other making a weird looking icon. I have TuneUp Utilities installed and it...

How can I use custom images (.PNGs or whatever) for shortcut icons?

I got two these I want to chat about with you guys. Right when I start my pc, the bootloader comes up where you pick which os you want to go into, since I dont use Vista anymore or Ubuntu ones that I installed with Wubi, I want to delete them, but I dont know how can someone tell me how to...

Ok,is there any way to select for example 100 folders and set to all of them a default folder icon instead of the muic icon i set to my folders ? Or do i have to do change it one by one ? those icons are not some downloaded or my creation,those are windows music icons,but now i want to have...