Drive Icon - Change

Brink · 14 Jun 2012

Caspid said:

My autorun.inf files stopped working... any idea why?

Hello Caspid,

Do you still have the .ico file referenced in the autorun.inf file still on the drive?

If so, then you might try one of the other options to see if may work better for your setup.

shanucyborg · 27 Sep 2012

@BRINK

Nice Tutorial!! I tried this it worked, bt i hav little problem. The problem is when i change the view of Drive icons to "Large" or "Extra Large". My new icon is working properly.... bt when i change the view to "small"/"medium"/"tile"/"content"/"Details"/"List" it shows the old icon again. i'm confused.. hw's this happening.????

Also, i wanna know how to change icon of more than one drives ..as this trcick is for only 1 drive.
Suggestions Appreciated

Brink · 27 Sep 2012

Hello Shanucyborg, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)

What icon or .ico file did you use for the drive?

If .ico file, is it a 256x256 Vista styled icon?

shanucyborg · 27 Sep 2012

Yes, i used a 256x256 .ico file.

Brink · 28 Sep 2012

If you like, go ahead and ZIP the .ico file and upload it here. I'll be happy to test it on my system to help see what the issue may be. :)

Which option did you use in the tutorial?

shanucyborg · 28 Sep 2012

Ok.. here's d icon dat i used:
trans.zip

I used option no.2 as option 1 didn't work on my system.

Brink · 28 Sep 2012

There's nothing wrong with the icon. Give OPTION THREE for all users a try with it instead to see how it works then. That option tends to work best. :)

shanucyborg · 29 Sep 2012

Ok..

Brink · 29 Sep 2012

Shanucyborg,

Did that work ok for you?

Kaldarien · 03 Nov 2012

Hello,
I did everything in option two and it worked fine, but when I turned on my PC the next day, all icons were changed back to default.

In Registry Editor, everything in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe" was deleted, so I repeated option two again and successfully changed my icons, but after restart they were again changed to default and there was nothing in "Explorer.exe".

I tried to do it in Safe Mode and also I set permission on Explorer.exe to "read only", but neither of them worked.

I don't know what am I doing wrong and why the Registry Editor won't keep my changes after restart...

Could someone help me?