desktop icons

[Guest Johnny]

I want to create my own unique icon graphic. I am using a custom made

inventory program. The desktop shortcut icon is assigned by me by choosing

an icon from "Windows/system32/shell32.dll". I do this by clicking on the

"change icon" tab in the properties dialog box. It seems like I should be

able to create a picture in Paint and use it somehow for my icon graphic.

Any ideas on how to do this?

[Guest Elmo]

Re: desktop icons

 

Johnny wrote:

> I want to create my own unique icon graphic. I am using a custom made

> inventory program. The desktop shortcut icon is assigned by me by choosing

> an icon from "Windows/system32/shell32.dll". I do this by clicking on the

> "change icon" tab in the properties dialog box. It seems like I should be

> able to create a picture in Paint and use it somehow for my icon graphic.

> Any ideas on how to do this?

 

Give your artwork an .ico extension and point to that file. It needs to

have specific dimensions though, 64x64, perhaps.

 

--

Joe =o)

[Guest C J.]

Re: desktop icons

 

Agrees with Elmo... but IIRC icons should be 32 x 32 pixels...

 

Johnny <Johnny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I want to create my own unique icon graphic. I am using a custom made

> inventory program. The desktop shortcut icon is assigned by me by

> choosing an icon from "Windows/system32/shell32.dll". I do this by

> clicking on the "change icon" tab in the properties dialog box. It seems

> like I should be able to create a picture in Paint and use it somehow for

> my icon graphic. Any ideas on how to do this?

[Guest Morrighan]

Re: desktop icons

 

Can you give more specific information here? How do I give my icon the .ico

extension? Because it won't let me save it with that extension from paint.

 

"Elmo" wrote:

> Johnny wrote:

> > I want to create my own unique icon graphic. I am using a custom made

> > inventory program. The desktop shortcut icon is assigned by me by choosing

> > an icon from "Windows/system32/shell32.dll". I do this by clicking on the

> > "change icon" tab in the properties dialog box. It seems like I should be

> > able to create a picture in Paint and use it somehow for my icon graphic.

> > Any ideas on how to do this?

>

> Give your artwork an .ico extension and point to that file. It needs to

> have specific dimensions though, 64x64, perhaps.

>

> --

> Joe =o)

>

[Guest witan]

Re: desktop icons

 

On Mar 6, 3:08 pm, Morrighan <Morrig...@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote:

> Can you give more specific information here? How do I give my icon the .ico

> extension? Because it won't let me save it with that extension from paint.

>

> "Elmo" wrote:

> > Johnny wrote:

> > > I want to create my own unique icon graphic.  I am using a custom made

> > > inventory program.  The desktop shortcut icon is assigned by me by choosing

> > > an icon from "Windows/system32/shell32.dll".  I do this by clicking on the

> > > "change icon" tab in the properties dialog box.  It seems like I should be

> > > able to create a picture in Paint and use it somehow for my icon graphic.  

> > > Any ideas on how to do this?

>

> > Give your artwork an .ico extension and point to that file.  It needs to

> > have specific dimensions though, 64x64, perhaps.

>

> > --

> > Joe   =o)

 

Save it in Paint as a .bmp file. Rename it later as .ico

I have done this a number of times, and it has always worked.

[Guest Bob]

Re: desktop icons

 

Open an image file with Paint.

 

Resize it to 32 x 32.

 

Save as a 256 color BMP file.

 

Right click and rename it <filename>.ico

 

 

>> Johnny wrote:

>> > I want to create my own unique icon graphic. I am using a custom made

>> > inventory program. The desktop shortcut icon is assigned by me by

>> > choosing

>> > an icon from "Windows/system32/shell32.dll". I do this by clicking on

>> > the

>> > "change icon" tab in the properties dialog box. It seems like I should

>> > be

>> > able to create a picture in Paint and use it somehow for my icon

>> > graphic.

>> > Any ideas on how to do this?

>>

>> Give your artwork an .ico extension and point to that file. It needs to

>> have specific dimensions though, 64x64, perhaps.

>>

>> --

>> Joe =o)

>>