How to change LIVE FOLDER ICON ?

Arc said:

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

Whew! Good thing that worked. Thanks for giving us a follow up

Great post thank you all for your questions and all the excellent informative answers. I have one question about making the icons, I use Axialis and IconFX, what sizes do I choose when making the .ico to put back in the file (imageres.dll)

Here is what I have been using to create and then change using Tuneup or Microangelo depending on the icon


256x256 RGBA, 128x128RGBA, 96x96RGBA, 72x72RGBA, 64x64RGBA, 48x48RGBA, 32x32RGBA, 24x24RGBA, 16x16RGBA
48x48 256, 32x32 256,24x24 256, 16x16 256
48x48 16, 32x32 16, 24x24 16, 16x16 16
PNG compress 256x256 formats for Windows Vista
Apply Dithering for 256, 16 and mono formats

Thanks again!

Thanks Archie for the quick response I have made the files as was listed earlier with open, empty, front and back. Is #3 & #4 meant to be the same image or is one for open folder (showing white pages) and one for empty (completely empty). They work great except like you pointed out they open on the felt except on the top like I need. Does anyone know of a way to have them open like mac on the top, in other words turned 90 counter clockwise on the top for the thumbnail view.

One other problem which I must be missing changing some images because some of the old folders show up in the views in the new folder aas you can see in the 2nd png image. Any thoughts which ones?

Thanks again Archie and all the great posts on this forum!

I got all the files the same and showing in all views thanks to all the posts. Still would love to know how possible it is to change the folder view to one for the mac style folders that opens from the top if anyone has any suggestions. This request may be a little out of my league and I realize I may have to settle for how the currently look but anm still hopefull that someone on here has the SKILLS!!

Here is what they look like>

Thanks again everyone. Great info on this forum some of it I could not find anywhere else.

I am using Microangelo and Tuneup 2010 as you can see in post #25 above som eof the icons are not resetting when I add the new imageres.dll. I have been restoring the icon cache and still they do not reset. I can go in and change them manually but this is very time consuming. Anyone had the same issue before and have a solution for this. I seems quite random except that the folders that are completely empty always seem to change to the new ones and the rest seem to change or not change randomly.

Thanks Arc for all your assistance and feedback!!

I think I may not have been clear in my last post the everything is working fine except not all the folders are changing to the new ones I have placed in the new imageres.dll. Some change and some do not, and doing a restore cache does not seem to add the new icons throughout Windows 7 especially in windows system files some change many do not so I have to change them manually with Microangelo if I what them to change. Microangelo just allows me to change any folder either in properties or by right clicking the file I want to chjange and choosing change icon. I am sure I have changed all the necessary icon groups but the folders still do not all change and it looks pretty random. When you have changed you icons do they all change throughout your windows?