Change desktop icon

[bargor]

I want to change desktop icons but when I click on 'personalize', and then 'change desktop icons' I only see five computer icons and none of my own even though I have the user files box checked. Any help?

 

[Grimmjow]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/920-desktop-icons-change-restore-default-icon.html

 

[Dwarf]

Hi bargor and welcome to Windows 7 Forums

That's perfectly normal. The method you describe only affects the following (see image):.



For the others, you need right-click the icon, select Properties, select the Shortcut tab and click on Change Icon... If there are any alternative icons to display, you should see them there. Just click on the one you want to select it and then click OK twice to close the dialogue panels. In some, but not all, cases you may be prompted for administrative consent before an icon can be changed.

For example:

 

[bargor]

My problem is that the icons I want to change don't show up on the 'change icon' drop down menu.

 

[boohbah]

i use object dock you can use any icon you want and it keeps the desktop clean
heres a screenie
http://http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/downloads.asp#download

 

[Dwarf]

Which icons do you want to change?

This is what you should see if you click on Change Icon... in the first image in my previous post:



Are you saying that you're not seeing this?

 

[Brink]

My problem is that the icons I want to change don't show up on the 'change icon' drop down menu.

Hello Bargor, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Not sure of what you mean.

What icons do you want to change?

If you mean that the icon you want to use is not there when you select the desktop icon and click on "Change Icon", then you would just need to click on "Browse", then navigate to and select the .ico file that you want to use for the icon.

 

[boohbah]

i keep a folder full of icons i can navigate to
Edit: dang!. shaun you beat me to it.

 

[bargor]

Thanks much. Your pictures made me realize I was trying to change the file icon, not the shortcut icon.

 

[boohbah]

glad to have helped!

 

[Dwarf]

Yes, I forgot to mention the use of Browse... as you can then select an icon from anywhere and use that.

 

[MSwhip]

I have followed the instructions in the tutorial BUT...

I was unable to change icons for "folders". It only seems to work with software icons. but not with any other icons existent in desktop.

I am in windows 7 of course, any new discoveries since the older posts from 2010?

Thank you.

 

[Brink]

Hello MSwhip,

The tutorial posted in post #2 of this thread is only for the default "Desktop Icons" (ex: My Computer, Recycle Bin, etc..) and nothing else.

Depending on if you wanted to change the icon of all folders, specific folders, or shortcut's of folders, then you might see if either of the tutorials below may be able to help.

• http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/23825-folder-icon-change-windows-7-default-folder-icon.html
• Folder Icon Change - Vista Forums
• http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/144807-folder-icon-change-default-icon.html
• http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/53402-shortcut-change-icon.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn