I didn't mention the Restore button because it isn't there in a normal
installation. As I mentioned to you before, there's something really strange
about your installation....something that I don't understand.
Glad to hear you found a workaround. It may be a way of life for many of your
system's standard features.
| |
| > Strange, I don't know what you're looking at.
| >
| > Just a long shot.....but are you maybe logged in as a Guest?
| >
| > | >| David Webb wrote:
| >| > Control Panel > Folder Options > Files Types > scroll to applicable
| >| > item > select item > click on Advanced button > click on Change Icon
| >| > > select new
| > icon
| >| > from resource shown there.
| >| >
| >| I am seeing different. After I select TXT extension, there are 3
| >| choices, Change, Restore, or New. Change puts me in the Open With
| >| screen
| >| to pick another association, N/A.
| >| Only if I click on New do I see Advanced.
| >| Then, click on Advanced button, have to enter extension, but DON'T
| >| want to disassociate txt with text files, so I never see: click on
| >| Change Icon > select new icon from resource shown there.
| >|
| >| Comment?
| >|
| > | >| > | Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
| >| > | > | >| > | >> In W98, View/File Types, there is for each file type, the
| >| > | >> possibility
| > to
| >| > | >> change the file icon.
| >| > | >>
| >| > | >> In W2K, I can change the file association, but there seems to be
| >| > | >> no way to change the icon.
| >| > | >>
| >| > | >> Advice?
| >| > | >>
| >| > | >> TIA
| >| > | >
| >| > | > It's one of the icon properties, accessible via a right-click.
| >| > | >
| >| > | >
| >| > | In the Open With screen, when I click Other, then browse to my
| >| > | executable, then OK, the icon properties never come up. The file
| >| > | association changes, but that's it.
| >| > |
| >| > | I could maybe change the executable's icon, but W98 did it in the
| >| > | File Properties screen when editing the file association.
| >| > |
| >| > | Comment?
| >| > |
|
| David, I hope you see this.
|
| It finally fell into place.
|
| You didn't mention the Restore button. That leads to Advanced, that leads
| to the normal icon change, association change, etc.
|
| So I do see what you described, finally, but the Restore button is needed.
| Certainly not very intuitive, if you want to change a file association,
| restore is the last thing you want.
|
| Thanks again,
|
| MS
|
