Windows 7: Downloads Library - Create

Hello svnpenn,

Links is the folder that the "Favorites" in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer are stored at. Since "Favorites" is the same as "Links", "Links" is basically already in the navigation pane as "Favorites" for quick access.

Did you still want a "Links" library even though Favorites is already there in it's own group above the libraries?

The default icons, that is the icons for the folders in c:/users/brink, I dont like the default icons. I really like the icons for Windows 7 Libraries, so I want to use all those.

So far I have:
Downloads Library Icon
Favorites Library Icon
Documents Library Icon
Music Library Icon
Pictures Library Icon
Videos Library Icon
Games Library Icon
Searches Library Icon



If I could add the
Links Library Icon
that would be excellent!

Ok. All finished.

Links Library - Create

Brink, could you possibly create a "Backups" Library icon similar to the others you have created?

Thanks,
Yogi

Hello Yogi, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Since there's not a "Backups" user folder by default to included in a library, you would need to create a new library, then include any folders you wanted in this new library. Afterwards, you could change the icon of the library to whatever icon you like.

I'll post back later with an icon.

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn

Yeah, I already have the Library created and it has all my content in it, I just want a better looking icon that matches the other default Library icons. The other ones you made earlier in this thread look good, so I figure it was worth a shot to ask you to make another.

Also, as I'm sure you probably already noticed, changing the icon to a Library in Windows 8 is much easier. There is now a "Change library icon..." button on the Properties page of any Library which lets you do it without needing a third party tool or mucking about in the xml of the file.

Thanks,
Yogi

Yogi,

Yeah, Windows 8 make it much easier to change "new" library icons, but it's still the same for the existing default libraries.

Library Icons - Change in Windows 8

Here's the .ico file in the attached ZIP download below. The image below is just a .PNG to see what it looks like. I hope you like.