How to change the icon attached to PDF?

[Luis Zamparoni]

Hello there,

I don't know how to change the icon attached to PDF.
The "usual" way for other file type doesn't work
for PDF (Properties -> change icon).

Google gives
http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=3577
and

The simplest way to change the adobe pdf icon is to go to the "Installer"
folder in C:WINDOWS and find the adobe acrobat folder. Name your icon
"PDFFile" and substitute it for the stock icon in that folder. Logoff or
restart and the new icon is used. Every acrobat update requires a repeat
of these steps. This is the only successful longterm way I've been able
to change the pdf icon.

But I'm not sure what is meant by "stock icon" and I don't know
where to get a "PDFFile" icon (by the way what is the extension of
an icon?)

Thanks for any suggestions!

Luis

 

[Tim Slattery]

Hello there,

I don't know how to change the icon attached to PDF.
The "usual" way for other file type doesn't work
for PDF (Properties -> change icon).

It does on my machine.

But I'm not sure what is meant by "stock icon" and I don't know
where to get a "PDFFile" icon (by the way what is the extension of
an icon?)

The "stock icon" they're talking about would be the one that came with
the application. On my machine there are several PDF icons in
/WINNT/Installer/<long involved GUID string>.

The extension for an icon file is *.ico. When you browse for an icon
with Properties|Shortcut|Change icon, you can find icons in *.ico
files, also in *.dll and *.exe files.

 

[Luis Zamparoni]

Google giveshttp://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=3577

Sorry, it's a wrong link. The correct one is
http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=35777

 

[Luis Zamparoni]

The "stock icon" they're talking about would be the one that came with
the application. On my machine there are several PDF icons in
/WINNT/Installer/<long involved GUID string>.

The extension for an icon file is *.ico. When you browse for an icon
with Properties|Shortcut|Change icon, you can find icons in *.ico
files, also in *.dll and *.exe files.

Thanks for your answer. The Acrobat Reader is installed on
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0
Nevertheless I cannot find any ico-files in that folder.
Also, I cannot find a "stock icon".

 

[Luis Zamparoni]

Thanks for your answer. The Acrobat Reader is installed on
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0
Nevertheless I cannot find any ico-files in that folder.
Also, I cannot find a "stock icon".

By the way, the subfolders are
ActiveX
Esl
Help
Reader
Resource
Setup Files

Cheers,
Luis