can not change desktop icons "Jerry Grabill" <jgrabill[ at ]bellsouth.net> 6/13/2007 8:21:00 PM I can not change desktop shortcut icons. I need help.

RE: can not change desktop icons PaulB 6/13/2007 11:15:01 PM Which ones do you want to change? -- Paul "Jerry Grabill" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I can not change desktop shortcut icons. > > I need help. >

Re: can not change desktop icons "Jerry Grabill" <jgrabill[ at ]bellsouth.net> 6/14/2007 8:12:20 PM Shortcuts I have created for new programs and web sites. "PaulB" <PaulB[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9E11593A-6333-42AC-8507-447561857BA3[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Which ones do you want to change? > -- > Paul > > > "Jerry Grabill" wrote: > >> I can not change desktop shortcut icons. >> >> I need help. >>

Re: can not change desktop icons "JW" <JW[ at ]nospam.nspam> 6/14/2007 8:29:13 PM Set up to use smaller Icons for some reason to change the Icons the Icons need to be less then 50 pixels high. "Jerry Grabill" <jgrabill[ at ]bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:O5VoaBsrHHA.3484[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Shortcuts I have created for new programs and web sites. > > "PaulB" <PaulB[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:9E11593A-6333-42AC-8507-447561857BA3[ at ]microsoft.com... >> Which ones do you want to change? >> -- >> Paul >> >> >> "Jerry Grabill" wrote: >> >>> I can not change desktop shortcut icons. >>> >>> I need help. >>> >

Re: can not change desktop icons "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> 6/15/2007 5:15:36 PM JW-- I found this interesting because I often change icons using the over a thousand intrinsic icons in Vista and adding favicon.ico to urls, using program folders or zip files, or programs like Office. However in Vista I could not make shortcuts exchange icons--only folders. I have resorted to putting shortcuts in folders with the same name but your method while interesting, doesn't work for me at all. I tried using the smallest icon setting. Where did you get the 50 pixal guidelines? CH "JW" <JW[ at ]nospam.nspam> wrote in message news:95993CD7-1EC9-40BD-9CB3-969D41A7B8C6[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Set up to use smaller Icons for some reason to change the Icons the Icons > need to be less then 50 pixels high. > > "Jerry Grabill" <jgrabill[ at ]bellsouth.net> wrote in message > news:O5VoaBsrHHA.3484[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Shortcuts I have created for new programs and web sites. >> >> "PaulB" <PaulB[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:9E11593A-6333-42AC-8507-447561857BA3[ at ]microsoft.com... >>> Which ones do you want to change? >>> -- >>> Paul >>> >>> >>> "Jerry Grabill" wrote: >>> >>>> I can not change desktop shortcut icons. >>>> >>>> I need help. >>>> >> >

Re: can not change desktop icons "JW" <JW[ at ]nospam.nspam> 6/15/2007 6:27:57 PM I saw it posted about a month ago without an explanation and found that with IE7 on XP where you could specify the ICON heights you had to set the height to 48 or less. On Vista I have the smallest Icon selected but also had to lower the DPI from the value I had it set to insure that pixel height was small enough on my 1280x1024 display. "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message news:uFrHND3rHHA.4932[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > JW-- > > I found this interesting because I often change icons using the over a > thousand intrinsic icons in Vista and adding favicon.ico to urls, using > program folders or zip files, or programs like Office. However in Vista I > could not make shortcuts exchange icons--only folders. I have resorted to > putting shortcuts in folders with the same name but your method while > interesting, doesn't work for me at all. I tried using the smallest icon > setting. Where did you get the 50 pixal guidelines? > > CH > > "JW" <JW[ at ]nospam.nspam> wrote in message > news:95993CD7-1EC9-40BD-9CB3-969D41A7B8C6[ at ]microsoft.com... >> Set up to use smaller Icons for some reason to change the Icons the Icons >> need to be less then 50 pixels high. >> >> "Jerry Grabill" <jgrabill[ at ]bellsouth.net> wrote in message >> news:O5VoaBsrHHA.3484[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> Shortcuts I have created for new programs and web sites. >>> >>> "PaulB" <PaulB[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:9E11593A-6333-42AC-8507-447561857BA3[ at ]microsoft.com... >>>> Which ones do you want to change? >>>> -- >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> >>>> "Jerry Grabill" wrote: >>>> >>>>> I can not change desktop shortcut icons. >>>>> >>>>> I need help. >>>>> >>> >> >

Re: can not change desktop icons "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> 6/16/2007 2:41:41 AM JW-- That's good info. My understanding is you empirically tried and then scaled the icons lower than default. It's ridiculouls that you have to do that though, so I can live with doing my 'icon thing' where I can collect favicons and intrinsic icons from Vista or XP (about 2000 including downloaded programs and zip files for them) with folders where you don't have to play games with scaling them. I do appreciate the info though--it's resourceful of you to have figured that out. I don't know what about Vista influenced the shell team or whomever to play games with the shortcuts so that you can't do icon exchanges with them by default. CH "JW" <JW[ at ]nospam.nspam> wrote in message news:BD767D55-E271-4E27-B44F-4149FF3F774A[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I saw it posted about a month ago without an explanation and found that >with IE7 on XP where you could specify the ICON heights you had to set the >height to 48 or less. > On Vista I have the smallest Icon selected but also had to lower the DPI > from the value I had it set to insure that pixel height was small enough > on my 1280x1024 display. > > "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message > news:uFrHND3rHHA.4932[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> JW-- >> >> I found this interesting because I often change icons using the over a >> thousand intrinsic icons in Vista and adding favicon.ico to urls, using >> program folders or zip files, or programs like Office. However in Vista I >> could not make shortcuts exchange icons--only folders. I have resorted >> to putting shortcuts in folders with the same name but your method while >> interesting, doesn't work for me at all. I tried using the smallest icon >> setting. Where did you get the 50 pixal guidelines? >> >> CH >> >> "JW" <JW[ at ]nospam.nspam> wrote in message >> news:95993CD7-1EC9-40BD-9CB3-969D41A7B8C6[ at ]microsoft.com... >>> Set up to use smaller Icons for some reason to change the Icons the >>> Icons need to be less then 50 pixels high. >>> >>> "Jerry Grabill" <jgrabill[ at ]bellsouth.net> wrote in message >>> news:O5VoaBsrHHA.3484[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> Shortcuts I have created for new programs and web sites. >>>> >>>> "PaulB" <PaulB[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>> news:9E11593A-6333-42AC-8507-447561857BA3[ at ]microsoft.com... >>>>> Which ones do you want to change? >>>>> -- >>>>> Paul >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Jerry Grabill" wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I can not change desktop shortcut icons. >>>>>> >>>>>> I need help. >>>>>> >>>> >>> >> >

Re: can not change desktop icons "JW" <JW[ at ]nospam.nspam> 6/16/2007 1:00:03 PM I do keep all Icons that I need to use separately such as favicons in a single My Icons folder in My Documents. I am still not sure how your scheme works, sounds like it might be better then mine if it will work with my 1280x1024 display. "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message news:u9ytf$7rHHA.5032[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > JW-- > > That's good info. My understanding is you empirically tried and then > scaled the icons lower than default. It's ridiculouls that you have to do > that though, so I can live with doing my 'icon thing' where I can collect > favicons and intrinsic icons from Vista or XP (about 2000 including > downloaded programs and zip files for them) with folders where you don't > have to play games with scaling them. > > I do appreciate the info though--it's resourceful of you to have figured > that out. I don't know what about Vista influenced the shell team or > whomever to play games with the shortcuts so that you can't do icon > exchanges with them by default. > > CH > > "JW" <JW[ at ]nospam.nspam> wrote in message > news:BD767D55-E271-4E27-B44F-4149FF3F774A[ at ]microsoft.com... >>I saw it posted about a month ago without an explanation and found that >>with IE7 on XP where you could specify the ICON heights you had to set the >>height to 48 or less. >> On Vista I have the smallest Icon selected but also had to lower the DPI >> from the value I had it set to insure that pixel height was small enough >> on my 1280x1024 display. >> >> "Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message >> news:uFrHND3rHHA.4932[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> JW-- >>> >>> I found this interesting because I often change icons using the over a >>> thousand intrinsic icons in Vista and adding favicon.ico to urls, using >>> program folders or zip files, or programs like Office. However in Vista >>> I could not make shortcuts exchange icons--only folders. I have >>> resorted to putting shortcuts in folders with the same name but your >>> method while interesting, doesn't work for me at all. I tried using the >>> smallest icon setting. Where did you get the 50 pixal guidelines? >>> >>> CH >>> >>> "JW" <JW[ at ]nospam.nspam> wrote in message >>> news:95993CD7-1EC9-40BD-9CB3-969D41A7B8C6[ at ]microsoft.com... >>>> Set up to use smaller Icons for some reason to change the Icons the >>>> Icons need to be less then 50 pixels high. >>>> >>>> "Jerry Grabill" <jgrabill[ at ]bellsouth.net> wrote in message >>>> news:O5VoaBsrHHA.3484[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>> Shortcuts I have created for new programs and web sites. >>>>> >>>>> "PaulB" <PaulB[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:9E11593A-6333-42AC-8507-447561857BA3[ at ]microsoft.com... >>>>>> Which ones do you want to change? >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Paul >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> "Jerry Grabill" wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I can not change desktop shortcut icons. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I need help. >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >