I was wondering how to change a drive icon. I have a Western Digital
external hardrive and it has an ugly icon. I like the default xp drive icons
better. Is there a way to change it?

In DyYyf.58$(E-Mail Removed) Stimpy wrote:
> I was wondering how to change a drive icon. I have a Western
> Digital external hardrive and it has an ugly icon. I like
> the default xp drive icons better. Is there a way to change
> it?

In Windows Explorer or My Computer, double click on the ugly
icon to open up your external hard drive. Look for a file named
autorun.inf. Rename this file autorun.old. You may have to
restart or log off and back on but when you do you should see
the default hard drive icon.

FYI, if you ever come up with a different drive icon that you
would like to use for your WD drive put it in the Autorun
folder on the external drive and rename the file back to
autorun.inf.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

My external WD drive has an autorun folder on it that contains the icon.
Copy a new .ico file over the old one but save the old one under a different
name in case you want to go back.

The Autorun folder is hidden so you will have to make sure that your Folder
Options\View is setup to show hidden files.
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Steve

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Steve Cohen had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> My external WD drive has an autorun folder on it that contains the
> icon. Copy a new .ico file over the old one but save the old one
> under a different name in case you want to go back.
>
> The Autorun folder is hidden so you will have to make sure that your
> Folder Options\View is setup to show hidden files.

FWIW:

Showing Hidden Files:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/genera...den_files.html

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Thanks all! that worked great
"Nepatsfan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In DyYyf.58$(E-Mail Removed) Stimpy wrote:
>> I was wondering how to change a drive icon. I have a Western
>> Digital external hardrive and it has an ugly icon. I like
>> the default xp drive icons better. Is there a way to change
>> it?
>
> In Windows Explorer or My Computer, double click on the ugly icon to open
> up your external hard drive. Look for a file named autorun.inf. Rename
> this file autorun.old. You may have to restart or log off and back on but
> when you do you should see the default hard drive icon.
>
> FYI, if you ever come up with a different drive icon that you would like
> to use for your WD drive put it in the Autorun folder on the external
> drive and rename the file back to autorun.inf.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>

You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

In FRhAf.16693$(E-Mail Removed) Stimpy wrote:
> Thanks all! that worked great
> "Nepatsfan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsZ6dnQIKH5kBylHeRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> In DyYyf.58$(E-Mail Removed) Stimpy wrote:
>>> I was wondering how to change a drive icon. I have a
>>> Western
>>> Digital external hardrive and it has an ugly icon. I like
>>> the default xp drive icons better. Is there a way to change
>>> it?
>>
>> In Windows Explorer or My Computer, double click on the ugly
>> icon to open
>> up your external hard drive. Look for a file named
>> autorun.inf. Rename
>> this file autorun.old. You may have to restart or log off
>> and back on but
>> when you do you should see the default hard drive icon.
>>
>> FYI, if you ever come up with a different drive icon that
>> you would like
>> to use for your WD drive put it in the Autorun folder on the
>> external
>> drive and rename the file back to autorun.inf.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan