External HD Icon ohsix 11/2/2008 8:48:11 PM I have an external HD connected via a USB port. It works OK, but in Explorer the icon is one of those "unknown" things. How do I get a regular icon? Keith

Re: External HD Icon Alan Edwards <edwards[ at ]southcom.com.au> 11/3/2008 2:46:04 AM Create an autorun.inf in Notepad and put it in the root of the external HD. Put an icon file (*.ico) in the drive and point the autorun.inf to that icon, e.g. this is one from my external HD: ----------autorun.inf below here [autorun] ICON=AUTORUN\WDLOGO.ICO ----above here ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 12:48:11 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, ohsix <ohsix[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I have an external HD connected via a USB port. It works OK, but in Explorer >the icon is one of those "unknown" things. How do I get a regular icon? > >Keith

Re: External HD Icon ohsix 11/3/2008 6:04:00 AM Thanks. I couldn't find an icon that looked like a hard drive, but used another icon. BTW, I note that your autorun file was for FreeAgent. That's exactly what I'm using, but couldn't find any FreeAgent icon. Can I ask another favor? I have an icon file that previously showed the icons when I viewed at "List". Now they have the "unknown" icon unless I change the view to "Thumbnail". When I select one and look at Properties, it gives a file type as "NeroPhotoSnapViewer.Files9.icon" (I recently upgraded to Nero 9). What should I do to get the proper file type?

Re: External HD Icon Alan Edwards <edwards[ at ]southcom.com.au> 11/3/2008 7:34:58 AM No, my autorun file was not for FreeAgent (whatever that may be). There are On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:04:00 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, ohsix <ohsix[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Thanks. I couldn't find an icon that looked like a hard drive, but used >another icon. BTW, I note that your autorun file was for FreeAgent. That's >exactly what I'm using, but couldn't find any FreeAgent icon. > >Can I ask another favor? I have an icon file that previously showed the >icons when I viewed at "List". Now they have the "unknown" icon unless I >change the view to "Thumbnail". When I select one and look at Properties, it >gives a file type as "NeroPhotoSnapViewer.Files9.icon" (I recently upgraded >to Nero 9). What should I do to get the proper file type?

Re: External HD Icon Alan Edwards <edwards[ at ]southcom.com.au> 11/3/2008 7:42:44 AM No, my autorun file was not for FreeAgent as I don't have such a program nor do I see how you came to that conclusion. There are many thousands of hardware icons out there. Do a Google search for "hardwareicons" or "hardware icons" If you get a proper icon, that should solve your second question. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:04:00 -0800, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics, ohsix <ohsix[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Thanks. I couldn't find an icon that looked like a hard drive, but used >another icon. BTW, I note that your autorun file was for FreeAgent. That's >exactly what I'm using, but couldn't find any FreeAgent icon. > >Can I ask another favor? I have an icon file that previously showed the >icons when I viewed at "List". Now they have the "unknown" icon unless I >change the view to "Thumbnail". When I select one and look at Properties, it >gives a file type as "NeroPhotoSnapViewer.Files9.icon" (I recently upgraded >to Nero 9). What should I do to get the proper file type?