How Do You Change Or Create Desktop Icons For Windows?
There are a number of ways to change or create Desktop icons which include programs one can buy. However the following are free ways to do it. • Change My Computer or The Recycle Bin that are ‘built-in’ to Windows. • Right-click on Desktop/Properties/Effects/ • Highlight Icon/Change and Icon/Browse/Local Disk • Open C:/WINNT/System 32/Progman. Note that the filename is Progman. Change the icons using this program. • Use this method to change all the icons associated with a given file type, like all NotePad documents, for example. Changing one file icon generally changes all of that type. • Open My Computer/Open tools/Open folder options • Click File Types • Highlight the file-type icon you wish to change. • Click Advanced at the bottom right of the screen. • Change the icon. • Use one of the4 shown icons or click Browse to go to Local Disk C:/WINNT/ System 32/Progman/ • Highlight the icon. Click OK. • You cannot properly change individual icons on the Desktop without editing the Regist
