changing icons

[Insectoid]

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]

well idk what your running atm, but

right click ==> properties ==> Customize ==> Change Icon

edit: for xp

[Sean]

In Turings Case.

Right Click Properties Shortcut Change Icon

[Tony]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

insectoid @ Fri May 23, 2008 7:47 am wrote:

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]

Ha! That works! (on the school computers at least..) So I just have to make a shortcut! Excellent! Thank you!

[MihaiG]

Tony @ Thu May 22, 2008 7:01 pm wrote:

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?

[apomb]

MihaiG @ Fri May 23, 2008 8:35 pm wrote:

Tony @ Thu May 22, 2008 7:01 pm wrote:

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?

do you really think a turing executable does such a thing?