Changing an image into an .ico

[Kelly]

Sent via email.

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Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Attach your ico then.

 

[David Candy]

Bad news. It's not a jpg. It's a bmp file named as a jpg. Jpgs and png can only be used in Thumbnail view.

 

[Kelly]

Hmm, that is the way I received it....was from a cell camera phone sent via
email.. Have tried several others as well (not from the same source).
Can't be that all of my .jpg's that I have tested were or are really bmp's.
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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Bad news. It's not a jpg. It's a bmp file named as a jpg. Jpgs and png can
only be used in Thumbnail view.

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 00:26:04 -0500, "Kelly"

|<LOL> on the wand. That said, what tools? )
Resources actually @
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvptechres
Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

 

[hanae412]

It's been ages since the original OP posted, but reading this and using my friend Google did help me since I haven't used XP (or Windows) for a long time. Just in case anyone else is wondering how to do it:

1) Open your picture in MS Paint (or, if you have anything higher-tech, sure - why not)

2) Resize your picture to 32x32 pixels (I tested a file that wasn't resized but the end result was blurrier). I couldn't find the easy way to resize in Paint so just used the Image -> Stretch/Skew option and shrinking 80% a few times then cropped using Image -> Attributes to the size I wanted.

3) Save As 24-bit .bmp

4) Browse to the file just created and rename extension to .ico. If you can't see the extension after the filename in your explorer go to Tools -> Folder Options...; click on th View tab; uncheck Hide extensions for known file types

5) Right click on the existing icon and select properties

6) Click on Change icon and browse to the .ico file you just created

Done