Hello,
I have the following problem: under Win2000 SP4, I want to change the
default folder icon, the one that is used by the shell (e.g. Windows
Explorer) to show that somethign is a folder.
I tried creating the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons\
and in there I have a couple string values, one of them called 3, for
which the value is the path to an existing icon. The icon file contains
icons in the sizes 16x16, 32x32 and 48x48 in 16 and 256 colors.
When I do that and refresh the icon cache, I can briefly see the Windows
Explorer showing the new icons - and then they quickly are replaced by
the old standard yellow folder icons.
Replacing the default icons in
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\DefaultIcon\
and
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\DefaultIcon\
doesn't yield a result as well.
The other replaced icons in the Shell Icons key works, just not for the
folders (open and closed).
I am helpless here - the folders seem to somehow be treated special and
I cannot find out what it is. Even third-party programs that claim they
can change these icons show the new icon.
One thing works though: if I right-click a folder in the Windows Explorer
and choose "open", a new window opens in which the new icon is used. If I
right-click a folder there and select "open", the new window uses the old
icons again, though.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks in advance.
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