Assigning an icon to a db

[Kevin]

I'd like to assign an icon to a database so that it will
be displayed in Win Exlorer, and not Access' default
icon. I know how to assign the icon in Tools-Startup,
but that doesn't change what is displayed in Explorer.

Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks in adavnce!

 

[M.L. Sco Scofield]

The icon that shows up in Windows Explorer is based on the extension of the
file.

If you changed the icon for mdb files, all of your mdb files would show up
with your icon.

You could always come up with your own extension and associate your own icon
with it. But changing the extension of an mdb file can have other side
effects.

Also, your icon will only show up on machines that have your custom
extension registered on.

In Windows Explorer, you can see all of the registered extensions along with
their associated icons by going to Tools/Folder Options/Files Types.

Good luck.

Sco

 

[Kevin]

Sco-

Thanks for the feedback. I thought that in an earlier
version of Access you could just put a bitmap in the same
folder w/ the same name and it would give that icon to
the db also. I can't remember the particulars.

Oh well, thanks anyway!

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Sounds as though you're confusing how to change the startup "splash" screen
with how to change the icon.

 

[Jeff Conrad]

As Sco pointed out it is an all-or-nothing proposition.
You can change the icon for a desktop shortcut and even the one that will
display on the Taskbar (Tools-Startup), but the icon that will show in
Windows Explorer will still be the Access one. Change that file extension
property and they will change for all databases.

You might be getting confused with this:

http://www.mvps.org/access/general/gen0029.htm

This just changes the startup splash screen for that particular database.