change an icon

[eric]

I'm using XP Home. When saving an email in 'Message format' within one of my
files,
the envelope icon is too similar to the standard folder icon. Can I change
the Outlook envelope icon for something else - what choices do I have and how
can I do it so that
the new icon becomes the default icon?

 

[F.H. Muffman]

I'm using XP Home. When saving an email in 'Message format' within

one of my files, the envelope icon is too similar to the standard folder
icon. Can I change the Outlook envelope icon for something else -
what choices do I have and how can I do it so that
the new icon becomes the default icon?

Start - Run - explorer
Tools - Folder Options - File types Tab
Click on MSG and press the Advanced button.
Click on Change Icon...

These icons will be all the Outlook icons you have available.

There's also the icons in C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll,
as well as lots of other possible locations.

 

[ehermesol]

I'm using XP Home.  When saving an email in 'Message format' within one of my
files,
the envelope icon is too similar to the standard folder icon.  Can Ichange
the Outlook envelope icon for something else - what choices do I have andhow
can I do it so that
the new icon becomes the default icon?

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[eric]

Thank you FHM - will give it a go!

Start - Run - explorer
Tools - Folder Options - File types Tab
Click on MSG and press the Advanced button.
Click on Change Icon...

These icons will be all the Outlook icons you have available.

There's also the icons in C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll,
as well as lots of other possible locations.

 

[eric]

Hello again FHM - tried your route and changed the icon - this new icon now
shown in the 'change' dialogue box heading - so change confirmed. BUT this
has not gone to the icons in customer files - not even after a recent 'save
as' and re-start. Any ideas why not?
Tks,

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I have no idea why windows won't honor the change. Even deleting the icon
cache won't change it.

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[F.H. Muffman]

I'm using XP Home. When saving an email in 'Message format' within

I have no idea why windows won't honor the change. Even deleting the
icon cache won't change it.

Huh. That is weird. I didn't actually even change mine, just assumed it'd
work,
since, y'know, that's how you do it.

I'm tempted to suggest posting to the xp.general newsgroup, just because
this is really a feature of Windows, but, I almost wonder if Outlook is
somehow overriding the situation.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I suspect Outlook is doing something because it does work with other files.

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[F.H. Muffman]

I'm using XP Home. When saving an email in 'Message format'

I suspect Outlook is doing something because it does work with other
files.

Yeah, but I wouldn't have the first thought of how OL would be influencing XP
in this way, but someone more conversant with the OS might. I mean, I'd make
sure I've rebooted the machine after making the change, just to make sure
it's not
something else (something I can't do atm, busy with work stuff), but, I'm at
a loss otherwise.