Generic icons.....

[slick8]

whenever i save a shortcut to the desktop its generic, is there a setting i can change?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello slick8, welcome to Seven Forums!


To start, have a look at the tutorial at the link below to see if it'll help with what you want.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/57455-file-extension-icon-change-default-icon.html

 

[slick8]

what about when i save a website to my desktop, those icons are generic, like for instance on xp when i save the ebay websit to desktop the icon is an ebay icon or when i save yahoo to the desktop its a yahoo icon, how do i set windows 7 to do the same?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Have a look at this one.


http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/60274-internet-website-shortcut-create.html?ltr=I

 

[slick8]

isnt there just a setting somewhere??? seems like alot of work

 

[richc46]

Welcome

Maybe this will work

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/53402-shortcut-change-icon.html

Set up the short cut

right click

Properties

Change Icon