----------------------------------- Insectoid Thu May 22, 2008 4:09 pm changing icons ----------------------------------- Well, I feel very stupid right now... I used to know how to change Icons on my computer, and I seem to have forgotten (Perhaps I only could do it on win98?) how to do it. As many of you agree, the turing icon sucks. I do not like my turing games displayed with the turing icon, and want to change it. Could this be explained? (I searched all over my computer for the tool, but couldn't find it!) Once again, I really feel dumb by my inability to complete this simple task, and hate the turing icon. ----------------------------------- syntax_error Thu May 22, 2008 5:35 pm RE:changing icons ----------------------------------- well idk what your running atm, but right click ==> properties ==> Customize ==> Change Icon edit: for xp ----------------------------------- Sean Thu May 22, 2008 5:40 pm Re: changing icons ----------------------------------- In Turings Case. Right Click :arrow: Properties :arrow: Shortcut :arrow: Change Icon ----------------------------------- Tony Thu May 22, 2008 5:45 pm RE:changing icons ----------------------------------- Though this obviously will be a local setting and will not carry over if you were to share a copy of your game with someone else. ----------------------------------- Sean Thu May 22, 2008 5:47 pm Re: changing icons ----------------------------------- Yes, if you wanted them to have the certain Icon for theirs. You'd have to send them the picture and then they would have to implement it into the settings. ----------------------------------- Tony Thu May 22, 2008 6:01 pm RE:changing icons ----------------------------------- actually there was some "resource editor" type of application posted around here (a couple of times) that lets you change the default icon by changing the icon data in the executable file itself. That way the icon is persistent with the file. ----------------------------------- btiffin Thu May 22, 2008 6:37 pm RE:changing icons ----------------------------------- For the freebie Microsoft SDK resedit app, start at http://www.resedit.net/ But as Tony says, that allows changing the exe resource info, not a local registry entry (or older school .pif data) that the Change Icon creates for desktop shortcuts, etc. iirc without looking. Cheers ----------------------------------- Insectoid Fri May 23, 2008 7:47 am RE:changing icons ----------------------------------- Yes, I'm running XP, and I tried 'properties' but there is no cusomization tab. I really don't want to mess with exe settings, either. Well, back to google. ----------------------------------- apomb Fri May 23, 2008 8:23 am RE:changing icons ----------------------------------- i believe what you're looking for is resource hacker. I am not sure where to get it, but id tell you to take a look at that. ----------------------------------- btiffin Fri May 23, 2008 9:02 am Re: RE:changing icons ----------------------------------- Yes, I'm running XP, and I tried 'properties' but there is no cusomization tab. I really don't want to mess with exe settings, either. Well, back to google. You might not see it on the Icon for the exe, but it should definitely show up if you create a shortcut and then properties on that. Cheers ----------------------------------- Insectoid Fri May 23, 2008 9:31 am RE:changing icons ----------------------------------- Ha! That works! (on the school computers at least..) So I just have to make a shortcut! Excellent! Thank you! ----------------------------------- MihaiG Fri May 23, 2008 8:35 pm Re: RE:changing icons ----------------------------------- actually there was some "resource editor" type of application posted around here (a couple of times) that lets you change the default icon by changing the icon data in the executable file itself. That way the icon is persistent with the file. so tony, what if the exe magically employs some sort of checksum, wouldnt modifiyng such miniscul data inside the file itself change the md5 checksum and make the program un-runable? :D ----------------------------------- apomb Sun May 25, 2008 1:17 am Re: RE:changing icons ----------------------------------- actually there was some "resource editor" type of application posted around here (a couple of times) that lets you change the default icon by changing the icon data in the executable file itself. That way the icon is persistent with the file. so tony, what if the exe magically employs some sort of checksum, wouldnt modifiyng such miniscul data inside the file itself change the md5 checksum and make the program un-runable? :D do you really think a turing executable does such a thing? ;)