Hello there,

I don't know how to change the icon attached to PDF.
The "usual" way for other file type doesn't work
for PDF (Properties -> change icon).

Google gives
http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=3577
and
> The simplest way to change the adobe pdf icon is to go to the "Installer"
> folder in C:WINDOWS and find the adobe acrobat folder. Name your icon
> "PDFFile" and substitute it for the stock icon in that folder. Logoff or
> restart and the new icon is used. Every acrobat update requires a repeat
> of these steps. This is the only successful longterm way I've been able
> to change the pdf icon.

But I'm not sure what is meant by "stock icon" and I don't know
where to get a "PDFFile" icon (by the way what is the extension of
an icon?)

Thanks for any suggestions!

Luis

Luis Zamparoni <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hello there,
>
>I don't know how to change the icon attached to PDF.
>The "usual" way for other file type doesn't work
>for PDF (Properties -> change icon).

It does on my machine.

>But I'm not sure what is meant by "stock icon" and I don't know
>where to get a "PDFFile" icon (by the way what is the extension of
>an icon?)

The "stock icon" they're talking about would be the one that came with
the application. On my machine there are several PDF icons in
/WINNT/Installer/<long involved GUID string>.

The extension for an icon file is *.ico. When you browse for an icon
with Properties|Shortcut|Change icon, you can find icons in *.ico
files, also in *.dll and *.exe files.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
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http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

On 23 Aug, 15:47, Luis Zamparoni <luis.zampar...@directbox.com> wrote:
>
> Google giveshttp://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=3577

Sorry, it's a wrong link. The correct one is
http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=35777

On 23 Aug, 17:38, Tim Slattery <Slatter...@bls.gov> wrote:
>
> >But I'm not sure what is meant by "stock icon" and I don't know
> >where to get a "PDFFile" icon (by the way what is the extension of
> >an icon?)
>
> The "stock icon" they're talking about would be the one that came with
> the application. On my machine there are several PDF icons in
> /WINNT/Installer/<long involved GUID string>.
>
> The extension for an icon file is *.ico. When you browse for an icon
> with Properties|Shortcut|Change icon, you can find icons in *.ico
> files, also in *.dll and *.exe files.

Thanks for your answer. The Acrobat Reader is installed on
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0
Nevertheless I cannot find any ico-files in that folder.
Also, I cannot find a "stock icon".

On 27 Aug, 17:46, Luis Zamparoni <luis.zampar...@directbox.com> wrote:
> On 23 Aug, 17:38, Tim Slattery <Slatter...@bls.gov> wrote:
>
>
>
> > >But I'm not sure what is meant by "stock icon" and I don't know
> > >where to get a "PDFFile" icon (by the way what is the extension of
> > >an icon?)
>
> > The "stock icon" they're talking about would be the one that came with
> > the application. On my machine there are several PDF icons in
> > /WINNT/Installer/<long involved GUID string>.
>
> > The extension for an icon file is *.ico. When you browse for an icon
> > with Properties|Shortcut|Change icon, you can find icons in *.ico
> > files, also in *.dll and *.exe files.
>
> Thanks for your answer. The Acrobat Reader is installed on
> C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0
> Nevertheless I cannot find any ico-files in that folder.
> Also, I cannot find a "stock icon".


By the way, the subfolders are
ActiveX
Esl
Help
Reader
Resource
Setup Files

Cheers,
Luis