subject: The Easy Way to change Windows 7 Library Icons [print this page] The Easy Way to change Windows 7 Library Icons
Have you ever tried to change Windows 7 Library icons? Perhaps you know to use a hack to change it, and today I will tell you a simple way.
Change Library Icons
To change the icons out the easy way, we'll use a tiny tool called Library Icon Changer from a user over at deviantART.
Once you've opened up the tool, you'll be presented with list of icons and libraries just click on the Library on the right-hand side, and then choose the icon on the left, and click "Select Icon from dll". You can also use the Select new Icon from file instead, if you don't want to use a default Windows icon.
Note that if you want to change out the DLL, you'll need to select it, and then hit the Enter key.
Another note is that if you want to restore the icon to default, you have to click on the Library first on the right-hand side, and then click the Restore default icon button.
Once you've swapped out your icon, it usually shows up right away, or you can Refresh with F5 (though logging off or restarting explorer.exe might be required).
Download Replace Librarie Icons from deviantART [mirror copy]
Change Libraries the Manual Way
Don't feel like messing with a piece of software from some person somewhere? You can make these changes manually with nothing more than Notepad. Just paste the following into the Start Menu search box, or Explorer location bar:
%appdata%microsoftwindowslibraries
Then drag one of the icons from Explorer over to a Notepad window to open up the file.
Inside the file, you'll see an iconReference line, or if you don't see it, you'll want to add one like so:
C:WindowsSystem32shell32.dll,301
The data in the middle is the path, either to the icon (.ico) file, or if you are referencing a DLL file, you'll need to add the comma and number position of the icon in the file.
Follow those steps and then you will see the icon you like on it.
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