creating an icon for a shortcut?

[aa]

I have a shorcut to a file on my desktop. The shortcut is represented by an
icon.
If I wanted to replace it with another icon, I do right-click it, select
Property and then click replace icon and select a necessary icon from a
list.
If I wanted to have a special icon of my own, how do I create such an icon
and how do I make it to appear in the list of icons available for a given
shortcut?

 

[Tim Slattery]

I have a shorcut to a file on my desktop. The shortcut is represented by an
icon.
If I wanted to replace it with another icon, I do right-click it, select
Property and then click replace icon and select a necessary icon from a
list.
If I wanted to have a special icon of my own, how do I create such an icon
and how do I make it to appear in the list of icons available for a given
shortcut?

You create an icon using a graphics program. You can use a general one
like Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro, or do a Google search for lots of
inexpensive and even free icon editors.

There are also Web sites that will take a JPG, or GIF, or BMP, and
turn it into an icon (*.ico) for you.

Once you have a *.ico file, use the "Browse..." button in the Change
Icon dialog box to find it.

 

[aa]

Thanks, Tim, it works