Task bar icons

[lozanoa11]

how would i go about changing the icons on the task bar?

 

[myzr7]

Do you mean startorb right click/ properties/

 

[lozanoa11]

sorry i mean the actual icons. The apperence of them. i have some icons i use for my dock that i would like to use for the task bar

 

[lozanoa11]

found a way to but all my icons are .png can i just change the file type on them? What should the extension be?

 

[myzr7]

found a way to but all my icons are .png can i just change the file type on them? What should the extension be?

maybe this is what you need
Download IconViewer

 

[myzr7]

how about this one maybe even better
IcoFX - The Free Icon Editor

 

[garbanzo]

lozanoa11, just make a shortcut the program you want to change the icon for. change the shortcut's icons in its properties dialog, then pin the shortcut to the taskbar. that way you can use whatever icons you like.

 

[lozanoa11]

i dont want anything pinned to my taskbar is the problem.

 

[Robert Cartman]

i dont want anything pinned to my taskbar is the problem.

I think I understand your problem. U start an app with a nice icon from the desktop and on the taskbar appears the original icon of the app. That was my problem with the TotalCommander. You may use ResourceHacker or something to change the icon inside the app's .exe or .dll .
I think Resource Hacker is not compatible with win7, so you have to "hack" it in XP.

You can convert your .png files also with the free irfanview.

 

[johnwillyums]

Hi. Just right click and unpin them from the task bar. J

 

[lozanoa11]

still does not let me change the icon to a .png image

 

[Robert Cartman]

?
You want to make a customized icon for a png image?
Or you want to change the default icon of png files?
My be my bad (sorry) but I now I really don't understand what is your question?

 

[lozanoa11]

i want to change the icons when they are on the taskbar. I have png images for icons that i want to use. Windohs will not let me change them to a .png it has to be a icon file

 

[Barman58]

Ok to do want you wish you have a two part process

First use one of the suggestions above to convert the .PNG files you have to .ICO files

Once you have done this you then need to use an application such as ResourceHacker to replace the .ico files embedded in the programs .exe or .Dll files with the new .ico files you have created

 

[myzr7]

i want to change the icons when they are on the taskbar. I have png images for icons that i want to use. Windohs will not let me change them to a .png it has to be a icon file

I think someone mentioned Irfanview, this is a freedownload image editor. all you do is right click on your png file then open with Irfanview and then click save as and in the dropdown for filetype there is an ico for windows icons. hope this helps

 

[lozanoa11]

ok thanks

 

[lozanoa11]

ohh its working ill get you guys a screen shot when im done

 

[lozanoa11]

havent done them all yet but you get the idea

 

[myzr7]

ohh its working ill get you guys a screen shot when im done

lozanoa11 Glad it is working for you looks good. Thanks for sharing the results with us. lm

 

[Robert Cartman]

Nice job lozanoa11!
Does the Resource Hacker work on Win7?