Video: How to Change Icons on Windows XP

Changing icons in Windows XP is done by right-clicking the icon, selecting Properties and then the Change Icon button. Change Windows XP icons with tips from a software developer in this free video about computer technology.

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Dave Jul 03, 2011

The "change icon" option does not appear in properties of a media file sitting in a folder. I can create a shortcut to the desktop and change THAT, but successfully associating a program to open a certain file type does not seem to change the icon from the original program. Do I need to delete/uninstall the program to accomplish this?

Manjunath Jun 18, 2011

can u tel some interesting tricks in windows xp and in office like word and excel and tel me how can I contact u or to see u r replay?

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Hi, my name is Dave Andrews. Today, I'm going to show you how to change icons in Windows XP. To begin, let's go to the computer, and I have an icon here for Windows Media Player that I want to change to something else. Note, that I'm not going to be changing the program. It will still launch the same program. I just want to change the icon on my desktop. So, let's right click on it, and go to properties, and then select the change icon button. What will come up by default here, is any icons that are already associated with that program. To change to an icon that is not associated with the program, just click browse, and we're going to select the Windows icon file storage. Let's change the files of type to say libraries. In this list, which is under the C Drive Windows in System 32, we're going to find the document called Shell 32. Select Shell 32 and say open. As you can see, this has opened up Windows default list of icons. We're going to select one. I like this tree and let's say okay and now click apply and close the dialog by pressing okay. As you can see our Windows Media Player icon is now a tree. It's that easy to change icons. My name is Dave Andrews, and I've just showed you how to change icons in Windows XP.

How to Change Icons on Windows XP

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