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Changing I.E. Desktop Icon???
Name: Nanette Date: October 16, 2003 at 19:04:32 Pacific OS: Windows Xp CPU/Ram: Celeron
Comment:
How do I change the internet explorer icon?? There is no were in the properties to do so.
Name: Solarian Date: October 16, 2003 at 19:28:20 Pacific
Reply:
Nanette:
Kind of strange. I just right-clicked on my Internet Explorer icon, clicked on properties, clicked on CHANGE ICO, and it showed 18-20 different icons.
Can't explain why yours only has one. Are you running IE6, or another version?
Solarian
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Response Number 2
Name: Nanette Date: October 16, 2003 at 19:33:42 Pacific
Reply:
When I right click on it , then on properties, it opens up internet options panel.
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Response Number 3
Name: Solarian Date: October 16, 2003 at 19:37:14 Pacific
Reply:
Nanette:
Try clicking on the desk icon without Internet Explorer running (close the program).
Solarian
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Response Number 4
Name: RobbieDickon Date: October 16, 2003 at 19:38:58 Pacific
Reply:
That is because you cant do it on the desktop shortcut.
You have to go through the programs to internet explorer then right click and you will see the prompt to change it.
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Response Number 5
Name: Nanette Date: October 16, 2003 at 19:41:02 Pacific
Reply:
Still the same thing. I am only having this problem with 2 icons, I.E. and my nortons trash bin icon. These 2 items donot have a short cut to the desktop. They were automatiaccy placed there.
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Response Number 6
Name: Nanette Date: October 16, 2003 at 19:43:24 Pacific
Reply:
Robbie, you hit it right on the problem. Tried what you said, and it worked. Thanks guys for your help!!!!
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Response Number 7
Name: Solarian Date: October 16, 2003 at 19:45:10 Pacific
Reply:
Nanette:
Robbie's right. I clicked the icon in my START list and brought up the properties/icon change with the program off.
With all the recent security problems with IE, I've been using Mozilla Firebird and Opera for most of my Internet browsing. :-)
Solarian
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Response Number 8
Name: RobbieDickon Date: October 16, 2003 at 19:56:41 Pacific
Reply:
your welcome!
Just goes to show you us girls have some computer sense too!
lol most people think I am a guy, guess my parents wanted a boy and got a girl instead!
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Response Number 9
Name: Solarian Date: October 16, 2003 at 20:11:35 Pacific
Reply:
Robbie:
I suspect that those who believe girls don't have computer sense were born long before computers were invented. 8-)
Solarian
PS My niece works installing accounting software for major hospitals throughout the country. Wish I made that kind of money!
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Response Number 10
Name: RobbieDickon Date: October 16, 2003 at 20:27:56 Pacific
Reply:
That is good to hear...
You wont believe the surprised looks I get when I tell someone I built both of my own computers.
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Response Number 11
Name: CyberSlug Date: October 16, 2003 at 20:53:07 Pacific
Reply:
You can change the desktop icon if you find the right registry key and CLSID...
Run regedit and browse to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}\DefaultIcon The default value is shdoclc.dll,-190 (I believe the -190 is some sort of index into the shdoclc.dll file which contains a bunch of icons. If you simply use an ICO file (instead of a DLL or EXE file), then you should use index 0.)
Hope this helps a bit
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Response Number 12
Name: computerwizdude Date: November 22, 2003 at 23:39:40 Pacific
Reply:
CyberSlug, you're a life saver. I just change it to the right directory path to a ICO file and the IE icon changed.
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