Multi-state Icons

[Guest Fjatle]

Hi.

If you look at example the "games" folder in the start menu (using a file explorer), you

see that there is a link-file called icon.lnk

If if put the icon.lnk in "programs" folder, the "program" folder gets the same multi-state icon as "games".

Now, i have made several folders (for logical hierarchy purpose). But when all of the are alike, i find

it booring :)

So, can anyone help me with making folder-icons more fun?? ;)

thanks..

[Guest scudo]

Hi.

If you look at example the "games" folder in the start menu (using a file explorer), you

see that there is a link-file called icon.lnk

If if put the icon.lnk in "programs" folder, the "program" folder gets the same multi-state icon as "games".

Now, i have made several folders (for logical hierarchy purpose). But when all of the are alike, i find

it booring :)

So, can anyone help me with making folder-icons more fun?? ;)

thanks..

Hi

Interesting question.... never asked myself about that, but I looked for it, and here are my results :

if you open the icon.LNK with notepad, you'ill see in it only

1#:games

now, if we look in registry, here is what we find

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\games\SelectIcon]

@="shellres.dll,-8313"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\games\DefaultIcon]

@="shellres.dll,-8229"

so, I think you could try create your own folder icon, copying the process.. for example, you want to have a particular icon for your Excel files :

1. find 2 icon files (*.ico) or an icon resource DLL to copy in windows folder (or use existing dll)....
2. create your "icon.LNK" with notepad, and put it in the wanted folder

   1#:MyXLfiles

3. edit registry (be carefull with registry edition....) to add a new key similar to "games" one, like this :

   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MyXLFiles\SelectIcon]
   
   @="excel1.ico"
   
   
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MyXLFiles\DefaultIcon]
   
   @="excel2.ico"

   
   

if you use an icon DLL, this is the same, except that code for registry should be like

@="icons.dll,0"

where "0" is the index of icon in the file.

hope this help.... :D

note: I believe you'll have to reboot the smartphone to make it works....

note2: if you're unused with registry editing, read posts about that before... you could break the smarphone in one click..

Edited July 28, 2006 by scudo

[Guest w411y]

http://www.gpcarreon.com/?p=14 :)

[Guest scudo]

http://www.gpcarreon.com/?p=14 ;)

OK... I return to my bed :D :)

[Guest Fjatle]

Thanks folks, and to gpcarreon. Now its time to customize some more :)

[Guest w411y]

OK... I return to my bed :( :)

;) lol Bet you had fun though :D

[Guest scudo]

:) lol Bet you had fun though :D

:P for fun I don't know, but I have a chance to sleep a while and be more awaken next time ;) :(

[Guest Fjatle]

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Does this really work for WM5.. I tried it but it didn't work.

Here is what I did:

Downloaded the gpc.icons.exe file, and stored it to "Application Data"

in Notepad i wrote the following : #42\Storage\Application Data\gpc.icons.exe,-26

Stored it as icon.lnk (as "all file types" and "ANSI" coding)

puttet the .lnk file to the folder in the start menu I wanted, and nothing happend..

Whats wrong??

[Guest gpcarreon (MVP)]

Try changing #42\Storage\Application Data\gpc.icons.exe,-26 to #42\Windows\Application Data\gpc.icons.exe,-26

Same technique works even on the emulator

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5365/snap1075bx7.jpg