Thanks Ed, but I know that, that's what I've been doing, but it's not working. Since that was not 'my original post' so to speak, I didn't go into details....but will now.
I hate the XP icon theme, I guess I'm just used to 98/ME icons. I was able to change many of them, I even brought the shell32.dll file from ME to XP and I'm using it ok in most cases. I can't find the old calculator icon, it's not in the shell32, it's in the calc.exe file so I'll have to get it off a '98 PC. With the control panel, for some reason every time I try and change it back to the 98/ME icon (that yellow folder with the hammer and screwdriver on it), it won't work. I pick it, and it STAYS the XP default control panel icon! Odd. I even tried on it the old shell32 file (which is working on some other icons), but it won't work as well on the control panel icon. I find myself searching all over the desktop for that 'yellow folder with hammer and screwdriver' on it, since for 5+ years that's what I've been looking for! Funny how we get trained on certain things! I guess what I'm going to have to do, is take the icon from the shell folder using IrfanView, save it as a .ico, create a hidden folder called 'icons', and 'browse' to it. Yep, that worked. -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner Want to exchange links with us? http://OrpheusComputing.com � ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Clint, Just read your post about having an Icon problem with changing Control Panel Icon on desktop. I just made a shortcut Control Panel on my desktop. Properties - Change Icon - Apply and it works on my XP-Home Edition. Ed <Clint wrote:> I have an icon problem with XP as well. To mention one, I can't change my control panel icon on my desktop. It won't "take". -Clint ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
