Changing shell icons thru Regedit - some icons not affected?!


  1. skribb
    Posts : 2
    Win7 x64 Enterprise
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    Changing shell icons thru Regedit - some icons not affected?!


    I am trying to find a way to change all the shell icons via Regedit instead of modifying the DLL files.
    It's working pretty well so far. A problem I'm having tho is that even after assigning new icons for folders in several places, they still remain the system default in Save/Open dialog.

    these entries affect the folders:

    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\DefaultIcon]
    @="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Icon packs\\Blue Aero i7\\imageres.dll,-4"
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\DefaultIcon]
    @="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Icon packs\\Blue Aero i7\\imageres.dll,-4"

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons]
    "3"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Icon packs\\Blue Aero i7\\imageres.dll,-4"
    "4"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Icon packs\\Blue Aero i7\\imageres.dll,-4"

    Network, hard drive and text file icons remain unchanged as well.

    Could there be more places in the Registry where icons are decided?


    Below you'll find my complete reg file that I use:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;;;;;;; when pointing to an icon resource, using DLL files apparently scales the icons better than using raw .icos


    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons]
    "8"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\Aero i7 icons\\hard drive.ico"
    "9"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\Aero i7 icons\\hard drive network.ico"
    "10"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\Aero i7 icons\\hard drive network offline.ico"
    "11"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\Aero i7 icons\\CDROM drive.ico"
    "13"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\network.ico"
    "15"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\black laptop.ico"
    "17"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\networkhood.ico"
    "31"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\bin_empty.ico"
    "32"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\bin_full.ico"
    "33"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\network.ico"
    "34"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\desktop google Icon 47.ico"
    "37"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\Aero i7 icons\\aero i7 printer folder.ico"
    "38"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\Aero i7 icons\\font folder.ico"
    "43"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\favorites.ico"
    "51"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\bin_full.ico"
    "52"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\bin_full.ico"
    "53"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\bin_full.ico"
    "59"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Windows Shell Icons\\File Types\\txt.ico"
    "3"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Icon packs\\Blue Aero i7\\imageres.dll,-4"
    "4"="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Icon packs\\Blue Aero i7\\imageres.dll,-4"


    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\DefaultIcon]
    @="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Icon packs\\Blue Aero i7\\imageres.dll,-4"
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\DefaultIcon]
    @="M:\\Portfolio\\Settings & Backups\\[icons]\\Icon packs\\Blue Aero i7\\imageres.dll,-4"
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  3. Eric3742
    Posts : 708
    Windows 7 x64
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    Do you know anything about Registry and its HKEY.

    If not, don't touch and edit any items inside.

    Registry have only 3 Main HKEY
    Not that 5 HKEY

    When open to edit, it will populate the 2 extra HKEY.

    You made a change which is not the real HKEY.

    Did you save "export" the whole registry and/or those items you just edited.

    That is why it failed.
    Use the properly way without going directly to change any Registry.


    Edit: I read and did many changes in the past since beginning on MS-Dos.
    Now, i do not touch &or edit any items inside.

    Maybe someone may provide you another route.
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  4. skribb
    Posts : 2
    Win7 x64 Enterprise
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       New #3

    thanks for your reply!

    No, I didn't export the registry as a whole.

    and what do you mean by not 5 HKEY? I only made reference to HKCR and HKLM as you can see. I haven't edited my own account ID registry keys directly, or anything like that.
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