1. Open the Start Menu and type
regedit.exe in the search line, then press enter.
2. If prompted by
UAC, then click on
Yes.
3. In Regedit, go to the location below: (See screenshot below step 4)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{14074e0b-7216-4862-96e6-53cada442a56}\Instance\InitPropertyBag
4. In the left pane of regedit, right click on the
InitPropertyBag key and click on
Permissions. (See screenshot below)
5. At the top, select the
Administrators group. At the bottom, check the
Allow box to the right of
Full Control and click on
OK. (See screenshot below)
6. In the left pane of regedit, right click on
DefaultIcon and click on
Modify. (See screenshot below)
7. To Use a Icon of Your Own -A) In the
Modify window from regedit, type in the full path of where you have your custom icon (.ico file) stored at, then click on
OK. (See screenshot below)
WARNING: You will need to use a 256x256 pixel icon that was made for Windows 7 and Vista for them to display properly at all of the available icon view sizes in Windows 7. You will also need to leave the icon (.ico file) saved at the exact location you typed below for it to continue to work. If you delete or move this icon, then it will no longer be displayed.
8. To Use another Windows 7 Icon -A) Download and install the free program
IconViewer to add the
Icons tab in the screenshot below step 8B.
NOTE: Be sure to download the correct 32-bit or 64-bit version for your Windows 7.
B) In Windows Explorer navigate to the
.exe (ex: for program icons) or
.dll (ex: Windows 7 icons) file that contains the icon that you want to use for the default New Library icon, then right click on the file, click on
Properties, and the
Icons tab. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: The most common Windows 7 icons come from the C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll file.C) Make note of the icon number for the icon that you want to use instead. (See screenshot above)
NOTE: For example, the default New Library icon number is 1001. I'm going to change it to the 1008 icon number just as an example.
D) In the
Modify window from regedit, type in the full path of the .exe or .dll file followed by
,-icon# (fullpath,-####) and click on
OK. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: For example, if I want to use the path (step 8B) and the 1008 icon (step 8C), I would type:
%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-1008
or
C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll,-1008 9. Close regedit.
10. Close and reopen the
Libraries window to fully apply and see the icon change.
That's it,
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