Open Application Toolbar and Context Menu Icon - Fix

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  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
       #20

    Yes, but blank in context menu and explorer icon on toolbar so that wouldn't have worked.
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  2. Posts : 824
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
       #21

    Japa said:
    Yes, but blank in context menu and explorer icon on toolbar so that wouldn't have worked.
    Which context menu?
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  3. Posts : 71,977
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       #22

    Hello Japa,

    If you like, the Remove_Restore_Shortcut_Arrow.zip download in METHOD ONE of the tutorial below has a Blank.ico file included in it that you could use instead that will give you a blank icon in both locations.

    Shortcut Arrow - Change, Remove, or Restore

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  4. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
       #23

    @Greg S
    Well the one we talk about in this thread. See topic title and images from first post.

    @Brink

    OK, maybe my English is bad I'm sorry about that, but I don't want blank icons in both locations just in context menu. I like the open application toolbar to have explorer icon and the only way I now how to do that is to reshack explorer which I did.

    Here is what I have and I'm just saying how I did it if there is an alternate or easier way please feel free to share. I think I'll it now.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Open Application Toolbar and Context Menu Icon - Fix-explorer.jpg  
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  5. Posts : 53
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
       #24

    I think this a real bug anyway.
    I say this because by default HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon = %1 that should be "use the currently selected" icon... but it doesn't and falls back to the first icon in shell32.dll (i.e. the horrible generic W95-like file icon).
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  6. Posts : 71,977
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       #25

    Hello Hexaae, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    They used %1 so that every EXE file will use it's own icon (first one included in it) instead of a specified one for all EXE files. Unfortunately, we get this as a result.
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  7. Posts : 53
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
       #26

    Brink said:
    They used %1 so that every EXE file will use it's own icon (first one included in it)
    Thank you. Hello world
    Yes, that's why I see this as a "bug": looks like the idea was to use the selected exe own icon in the toolbar, but it doesn't work and the sys falls back to first icon in shell32.exe... Should we report this to MS?
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  8. Posts : 71,977
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       #27

    Yes, reporting it to MS may help to get a fix faster for it one day in a Windows Update. :)
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  9. Posts : 23
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #28

    No matter what icon I choose I always get the 3d flip icon in windows explorer, ie: Imageres.dll,-32, should be a disk drive but doesn' t show like so.

    I've done some testing and I've found out that if you do the registry change what it really changes is the context menu icon, that's the right click on an exe program , th eicon next to the open entry. But it doesn't change the icon in th eopen button in windows explorer. in the windows explorer it shows the 3d-flip icon because it's the 1st icon in the imageres.dll so I think it's a bug in the windows exploere program
    Last edited by persep; 13 Jan 2011 at 07:59.
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  10. Posts : 71,977
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       #29

    Hello Persep, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    This is normal. While the context menu will use the icon # (ex: imageres.dll,-15) you selected in a file, the toolbar button will always only use the "first" icon included in the file.

    Open Application Toolbar and Context Menu Icon - Fix-properties.jpg


    You can use the file that Greg posted at the link below instead in the path in the tutorial to have the (imageres.dll,-15) icon at both locations though.

    Open Application Toolbar and Context Menu Icon - Fix
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