Desktop Icons

[noyb]

How do I get this Thumbnail to show as a Notepad Icon on my Desktop ???
W7 - 7600 x64

 

[swarfega]

1. Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Associations
2. scroll down to the .txt extension
3. click on change program
4. notepad should be showing in the box that appears, so select and press ok

 

[noyb]

Control Panel > Default Programs > Set Defaults ... (Notepad choice not there)

Control Panel > Default Programs > Associate a file .. > txt .. (Doesn't Work ???)

 

[Ballistyx]

Try

right click > open with > notepad > save as > rename it to whatever..

make sure you leave .txt on the end.. if that doesnt work try it without the .txt

hope i helped =)

 

[noyb]

Doesn't even like Wordpad

 

[noyb]

Try

right click > open with > notepad > save as > rename it to whatever..

make sure you leave .txt on the end.. if that doesnt work try it without the .txt

hope i helped =)

Sorry .. But Nice try

 

[Ballistyx]

Sorry .. But Nice try

This link has kinda the same problem

 

[noyb]

I don't think Elvandil is up on all the W7 tricks yet .. And I can't try all his suggestions (yet)

Earlier, I had the same problem with the CCleaner shortcut, but was able to fix it by clearing the Icon cache.

I'm still getting the txt Thumbnails .. Even if I disable all thumbnail viewing.
I'm beginning to wonder about my "copy" of W7-7600 .. or is M$ tripping over themselves ??







http://forums.techguy.org/members/74786-elvandil.html

 

[Ballistyx]

was it a fresh install or an upgrade?

 

[noyb]

I always do a fresh install.
I'm thinking about trying it again .. But I need a break first.

Thumbnails on the desktop in place of Icons is my second biggest complaint about Vista or W7

e.g... Since when, is a Thumbnail of the contents of a pdf file .. an Icon ??
and now .. a txt file ??

 

[noyb]

Brand New install on a clean HDD .. I Still have the same problem ??

 

[Brink]

Hello Noyb,

The page icon is the default icon for TXT file when Notepad is the default program. You can change the icon for the .txt file extension though to use the Notepad icon with the path %windir%\system32\notepad.exe,-2 by using the tutorial below though.

File Extension Type Icon - Change - Vista Forums

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Zidane24]

Hello Noyb,

The page icon is the default icon for TXT file when Notepad is the default program. You can change the icon for the .txt file extension though to use the Notepad icon with the path %windir%\system32\notepad.exe,-2 by using the tutorial below though.

File Extension Type Icon - Change - Vista Forums

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Shawn...His page icon is like it has no file type...
Shouldn't it be this for him?

 

[Brink]

Hello Zidane,

That's the icon that he has in his attached image though, unless I'm missing something. It though that he wante to change the default .txt icon to use the Notepad icon instead.

 

[noyb]

Many Thanks Brink .. I'm gonna mark this one solved.
At least I now know it's working as it should.

But it makes no sense to me to show a Thumbnail for an Icon.
I thought an Icon was to show the associated program .. or other file/program info.

To add to my confusion .. I fired up Paint to grab my previous screen shots.
I didn't want to load my favorite programs just yet .. in case they were messing me up.

The Paint gif images show up as a Paint Icon and not an Image Thumbnail.
I fail to see the logic or any consistency.

I had a hunch my Avatar would be appropriate
I'm gonna blame this on a wetware problem

 

[Zidane24]

Hello Zidane,

That's the icon that he has in his attached image though, unless I'm missing something. It though that he wante to change the default .txt icon to use the Notepad icon instead.

good its solved now...looks like I misunderstood his problem

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Noyb.

 

[copernicus]

Do you by any chance have "show thumbnails insntead of icons" disabled on the performance options > Visual Effects options?

 

[noyb]

NO .. I'm familiar with that option .. And tried it both ways.

Too bad I can't disable "show thumbnails instead of icons" on the desktop Display only ..
This would solve another one of my Vista or W7 irritations.
It will not let me use my customized Image Icons on the Desktop ... Unless I disable ALL Thumbnail Viewing...
and Thumbnail viewing is handy when browsing a folder of Images.