How to change LIVE FOLDER ICON ?

NEXTLOVER said:

What GothicDeath suggests is the way to go. But do you possibly have the other "types" of folders (ie: Not just the gray icon folder but the Front, Back, & Open)? Because you're gonna need 'em for what you want. If you do have those, then you're good to go. & they'll show the stuff inside, like so

The softwares I had to use were IcoFX (to view inside the imageres.dll file & to serve as a reference) & Resource Hacker (to change the imageres.dll icons). You can achieve this too using Restorator (seems ppl like it more), but Resource Hacker is free.

Hi Nextlover !
I have all the parts of the gray folder.. open, front & back. Yes, I agree that GothikDeath is perfect! But I think as I have both the IcoFX and Resource Hacker, I have a bit experience of using both of those, I may carry it out. Will you please give me a walkthrough ?

NEXTLOVER said:

What GothicDeath suggests is the way to go. But do you possibly have the other "types" of folders (ie: Not just the gray icon folder but the Front, Back, & Open)? Because you're gonna need 'em for what you want. If you do have those, then you're good to go. & they'll show the stuff inside, like so

The softwares I had to use were IcoFX (to view inside the imageres.dll file & to serve as a reference) & Resource Hacker (to change the imageres.dll icons). You can achieve this too using Restorator (seems ppl like it more), but Resource Hacker is free.

Perhaps I got the idea . I am to change the red box of pic1 with the folders of pic 2 . How to use resource hacker to do this?

Hi NextLover!
I tried to walk a few steps alone. Went to C:\windows\system32\imageres.dll in resource hacker. Opened Icon group > 3> 1033 .It says "out of system resources. the same is for 4> 1033 , 5>1033 & 6>1033.

What is the problem ? Is the step wrong ? Then where to go ?

NEXTLOVER said:

Don't worry about those messages. I had the same ones that kept popping up. But did you make a copy of the imageres.dll file? It's just for safety's sake. Keep changing (& ignore the popups of "out of system resources.") the icons to the gray ones. I right click on #3>1033-->click the button 'Open file with new resource-->find the gray folder (it should be the Open, Empty folder ico)-->Then hit Replace. Do the same for #s 3 (Open, Empty folder), #4 (Open, Empty folder), #5 (Back view), & #6 (Front view).

After you're done with that, save it to your desktop (save it as 'imageres.dll'), then navigate to C:\windows\system32\, find the imageres.dll file, & rename it (something like 'imageres.dll.old' or something like that). Then just drag the new imageres.dll file into the system32 folder.

Then restart the comp.

I'm not sure why your comp. & mine keeps saying that "out of system resources." It's annoying & makes your heart beat faster, but my comp's running fine after experiencing that. Who knows why the software does that Let us know how it went or if you need any other help.

Thanks a lot m8!
Yes, I have backed it up. And really, when it was said that it is out of system resources, I was a bit nervous , but I knew that you are there ... and so I am not alone

After completion, I will inform you how it worked.

It only changed the details pane icons. Not in explorer. Now what to do ?

NEXTLOVER said:

Hmm. Lemme take a look when I get home. Don't worry. I think there were some other folders you needed to change. I remember doing this a while back LOL.

Repeated the process, and got everything fixed !!!

Really a nice process you explored for me , mate !! It can change any icon in windows. just voila. Thanks again, man