Hello,
I created several shortcuts to movies and would like to have different
pictures (icons) for the movie shortcuts.
How would I do that?
Thanks,
AJS

AJS wrote:

> Hello,
> I created several shortcuts to movies and would like to have different
> pictures (icons) for the movie shortcuts.
> How would I do that?
> Thanks,
> AJS

Right-click on the shortcut, Properties, use Change Icon, browse to an
..ico file containing the desired icon. Some files also include icons so
you could point at them (progmgr.exe is still around although rarely
used). Some DLLs have icons in them, like shell32.dll and moricons.dll.

AJS said this on 2/13/2009 1:05 PM:
> Hello,
> I created several shortcuts to movies and would like to have different
> pictures (icons) for the movie shortcuts.
> How would I do that?
> Thanks,
> AJS
>
>
You need icons, ICO files. You may be able to find them on the
internet, google images might work. But you can make them with
freeware like icofx.
Once you have an icon you just right click the shortcut -> properties ->
change icon. Pick the ico file you just got and bingo.

Thanks,
Can I convert an image to an icon file?


"Big_Al" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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| AJS said this on 2/13/2009 1:05 PM:
| > Hello,
| > I created several shortcuts to movies and would like to have different
| > pictures (icons) for the movie shortcuts.
| > How would I do that?
| > Thanks,
| > AJS
| >
| >
| You need icons, ICO files. You may be able to find them on the
| internet, google images might work. But you can make them with
| freeware like icofx.
| Once you have an icon you just right click the shortcut -> properties ->
| change icon. Pick the ico file you just got and bingo.

AJS wrote:
<after editing AJS's use of vertical bar to change to greater-than char>

> Big_Al wrote ...
>>
>> AJS said:
>>>
>>> I created several shortcuts to movies and would like to have different
>>> pictures (icons) for the movie shortcuts.
>>> How would I do that?
>>
>> You need icons, ICO files. You may be able to find them on the
>> internet, google images might work. But you can make them with
>> freeware like icofx.
>> Once you have an icon you just right click the shortcut -> properties ->
>> change icon. Pick the ico file you just got and bingo.
>
> Can I convert an image to an icon file?

You wouldn't be able to recognize the image after it was squashed to the
16x16 or 32x32 pixel size for an .ico file. Google on an icon editor to
make your own.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(icon_image_file_format)

VanguardLH said this on 2/13/2009 6:17 PM:
> AJS wrote:
> <after editing AJS's use of vertical bar to change to greater-than char>
>
>> Big_Al wrote ...
>>> AJS said:
>>>> I created several shortcuts to movies and would like to have different
>>>> pictures (icons) for the movie shortcuts.
>>>> How would I do that?
>>> You need icons, ICO files. You may be able to find them on the
>>> internet, google images might work. But you can make them with
>>> freeware like icofx.
>>> Once you have an icon you just right click the shortcut -> properties ->
>>> change icon. Pick the ico file you just got and bingo.
>> Can I convert an image to an icon file?
>
> You wouldn't be able to recognize the image after it was squashed to the
> 16x16 or 32x32 pixel size for an .ico file. Google on an icon editor to
> make your own.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(icon_image_file_format)

Icofx.exe will capture a square section of your screen. Sometimes that
works, it's real Russian roulette, but sometimes....

Thanks for all the help.
I was able to change the icons for the shortcuts, but they were too small
and even smaller when I moved them to a folder.
Is it possible to have them larger, but just those in that folder.
Here is what I like to do: I have a bunch of movies and created shortcuts
for them so all I have to do is double click on the shortcut and the movie
starts. Now I want to use the cover images of the movies to replace the
default shortcut icons and have them in a much larger size.
Is this possible?
Thanks
AJS


"Big_Al" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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| VanguardLH said this on 2/13/2009 6:17 PM:
| > AJS wrote:
| > <after editing AJS's use of vertical bar to change to greater-than char>
| >
| >> Big_Al wrote ...
| >>> AJS said:
| >>>> I created several shortcuts to movies and would like to have
different
| >>>> pictures (icons) for the movie shortcuts.
| >>>> How would I do that?
| >>> You need icons, ICO files. You may be able to find them on the
| >>> internet, google images might work. But you can make them with
| >>> freeware like icofx.
| >>> Once you have an icon you just right click the shortcut ->
properties ->
| >>> change icon. Pick the ico file you just got and bingo.
| >> Can I convert an image to an icon file?
| >
| > You wouldn't be able to recognize the image after it was squashed to the
| > 16x16 or 32x32 pixel size for an .ico file. Google on an icon editor to
| > make your own.
| >
| > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(icon_image_file_format)
|
| Icofx.exe will capture a square section of your screen. Sometimes that
| works, it's real Russian roulette, but sometimes....
|

AJS wrote:
> Thanks for all the help.
> I was able to change the icons for the shortcuts, but they were too small
> and even smaller when I moved them to a folder.
> Is it possible to have them larger, but just those in that folder.
> Here is what I like to do: I have a bunch of movies and created shortcuts
> for them so all I have to do is double click on the shortcut and the movie
> starts. Now I want to use the cover images of the movies to replace the
> default shortcut icons and have them in a much larger size.
> Is this possible?
> Thanks
> AJS

Change that folder's view to Thumbnails and you should see the starting
frame of each movie.

--
Joe =o)

Thanks

"Elmo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| AJS wrote:
| > Thanks for all the help.
| > I was able to change the icons for the shortcuts, but they were too
small
| > and even smaller when I moved them to a folder.
| > Is it possible to have them larger, but just those in that folder.
| > Here is what I like to do: I have a bunch of movies and created
shortcuts
| > for them so all I have to do is double click on the shortcut and the
movie
| > starts. Now I want to use the cover images of the movies to replace the
| > default shortcut icons and have them in a much larger size.
| > Is this possible?
| > Thanks
| > AJS
|
| Change that folder's view to Thumbnails and you should see the starting
| frame of each movie.
|
| --
| Joe =o)