I changed my Control Panel icon in XP to the standard 98 one without
problem.
I just made the change in the registry here.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\DefaultIcon
Just a matter of entering the ico path.vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kaulback" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 10:40 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Re: XP icons - (was Printer & Faxes Icon in Control Panel have changed > Clint, have you switched the XP desktop to classic view? > > Changing the icons back to a win98 standard might be possible with a 3rd > party tool. > > You are not going to enjoy the next windows Clint ;) > > Peter Kaulback > > In the hour of 03:45 AM 19/03/2003 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > spoke this: > >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 =====================================================
