This only happens if you upgrade form Internet Explorer 6 to IE7 or
IE8:

When you right click on an internet link shortcut > Properties >
Change icon...
you can set custom icons for links in your Internet Explorer Favorites
folder.



After you do that, why does clicking on Change icon... always show
%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

instead of the location of your custom icons for your Internet
Explorer Favorites links?

This behavior started happening with IE 7. If you check on IE 6 on old
systems, it still correctly shows the actual custom icon location, but
not IE7 or IE8, is this a bug?

Here is a a picture of what I am talking about:
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/a...1&d=1299636522


This is about custom icons stored locally on your system - not default
icons for all internet links in your IE Favorites folder.

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:24:04 -0700 (PDT), c627627 wrote in message
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> This only happens if you upgrade form Internet Explorer 6 to IE7 or
> IE8:
>
> When you right click on an internet link shortcut > Properties >
> Change icon...
> you can set custom icons for links in your Internet Explorer Favorites
> folder.
>
> After you do that, why does clicking on Change icon... always show
> %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
>
> instead of the location of your custom icons for your Internet
> Explorer Favorites links?
>
> This behavior started happening with IE 7. If you check on IE 6 on old
> systems, it still correctly shows the actual custom icon location, but
> not IE7 or IE8, is this a bug?
>
> Here is a a picture of what I am talking about:
> http://www.overclockers.com/forums/a...1&d=1299636522
>
> This is about custom icons stored locally on your system - not default
> icons for all internet links in your IE Favorites folder.

I don´t exactly have a cure for your problem, but you can always locate
your custom icons by opening the URL files in your Favorites folder with
Notepad. It would look something like this:

[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://someserver.com
IconFile=C:\Program Files\Favorite Icons\some.ico
IconIndex=0

(Assuming that your Favorites are stored on your C:\ drive)