Solved device icons

[Britton30]

Hello Jerry I got my printer icon changed in Devices and Printers thanks to your advice. Do you know how to change in the window below? The location for the icon is a dll and reshacker won't open it.


This is how it looks here.

 

[Bongo]

Hello Jerry I got my printer icon changed in Devices and Printers thanks to your advice. Do you know how to change in the window below? The location for the icon is a dll and reshacker won't open it.
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This is how it looks here.

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Which dll is it in? And which picture are you talking about the top one or the bottom one?
Jerry

 

[Britton30]

It is the top pic I want to change the printer picture in. This is the dll.
C:\Windows\system32\DDORes.dll

 

[Bongo]

It is the top pic I want to change the printer picture in. This is the dll.
C:\Windows\system32\DDORes.dll

It's not in a .dll I found mine at C:\Users\Jerry\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Device Stage\Device\{B86D7A6F-E8BA-4073-BFDD-38BE9A3179F2}\en-US\deviceImageMFP.png try there.
Jerry

 

[Britton30]

I don't have that, mine only goes to here: C:\Users\myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Device Stage\Device\PropStore

 

[Bongo]

I don't have that, mine only goes to here: C:\Users\myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Device Stage\Device\PropStore

Let's try something else
Right click on Printer Actions and click on create shortcut.


On the shortcut Right click on it and click on properties.


Click on Change Icon button.


Copy the location and be sure to copy all of it it could be quite long.


Now paste that into your start menu search box when it shows up right click on it and go to Open file location once there in the address bar navigate backwards and see if you can find some other folders to look in that's how I searched for mine let me know if you need more help.
Jerry

 

[carwiz]

I tried and mine show up in DDORes.dll also. And there's a 64-bit version too. (System32 & SysWOW64)

The only way those icons would be in a file is if the manufacturer issued a metadata file with the hardware driver(s). Or you made your own.

 

[Britton30]

@Ken, my printer is old and Win 7 has no icon for it so I have made one.

Jerry I followed you directions, but as you can see my printer props page is different than your is. I have a scanner icon there and I found only more scanner icons in the folder.
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Device Stage\Task\{E35BE42D-F742-4D96-A50A-1775FB1A7A42}\print_queue.ico


I finally got reshack to open C:\Windows\system32\DDORes.dll but there are around a 1000+ icons in it.

 

[Bongo]

I think I may have it for you.
In DDORes.dll ( there is only 81 icons in their) try icon #2413 you will need to change in both System32 & SysWOW64


It must depend on how the drivers are loaded when installing the printer or whether it's a network printer or connected to the computer both my desktop and my laptop that icon is located in my AppData folder.

If you would like me to edit the DDORes.dll for you let me know all I need is the icon. I use Restorator 2007 to edit .dll it's a lot easier but it's not free.
Jerry

 

[Britton30]

View attachment Icon and System 32 dll.zip View attachment SysWOW64 dll.zip



Thanks for the offer Jerry. Here is what the dll looks like in reshacker, and this is just one group of icons. I give you the DDORes.dll from both System32 & SysWOW64. I suspect they are identical, but not sure.

 

[Bongo]

Here you go Gary

System32 & SysWOW64. I suspect they are identical, but not sure.

They are different they use the same icons but the rest of it is different.

Let me know how it goes
Jerry

 

[Britton30]

Well, I named the original files to .dll.bak and copied the edited ones to the corresponding folders, rebooted but it didn't change anything.


Maybe that top part is a picture and can't be changed?
Thank you very much for trying.

 

[Bongo]

Look in C:\Program Files (x86)\HP folder
Or
C:\ProgramData\HP folder
Did you http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html
it has to be somewhere do a search for deviceImageMFP.png, deviceImageMFP.ico, printer.ico
Jerry

 

[Britton30]

Thanks for your interest in this Jerry
I did the searches to no avail. I think the MFP in your terms means Multi Funtion Printer, which I don't have. Searched for deviceImage too, nothing, printer.ico brought up the icon I made.
I did figure out how to change the scanner icons to my printer in the printer property window. One issue I think is that my printer uses a generic HP driver built-in Win 7, HP has no Win 7 driver.

I haven't tried to rebuild icon cache since I thought it would change all the work we've done back to default?

hopefully you can understand my stupid maze easily followed diagram below.

 

[Bongo]

Gary rebuilding icon cache will not change anything to default the icon cache stores the information about icons that could be why that old icon is still there, now that you have changed the icon the cache needs new information that might not be the proper explanation but a simple one.

I think is that my printer uses a generic HP driver built-in Win 7

Mine to


Did you dig around in
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Device Stage\Device
Jerry

 

[Britton30]

Thank you Jerry, I did run Rebuild Icon Cache and the picture didn't change.

 

[Bongo]

Two more question did you take ownership and give yourself permission before you change the name of the .dll ? And did you change in both C:\Windows\System32 & C:\Windows\SysWOW64 ?
Jerry

 

[Britton30]

Yessir, I couldn't change the name till I took ownership. And did so in both System32 and SysWOW64, the permission I'm confused on.

 

[Bongo]

the permission I'm confused on.

Look at post #6 it shows you how to take ownership and give permission http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/179502-basic-networking-information.html#post1525656
Jerry

 

[Britton30]

Did the permissions, rebuilt again, and rebooted but no difference.