You right click the icon and click properties. Under the shortcuts tab you click "Change Icon" and select the icon you want.
Shell32.dll holds all the icons for Windows. You might want to get a third party program to change the icons for you if you are.
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Look for JWMDIonChanger_V2.6b.cab at XDA Developers.com website. It helps/allows you to change the icons. There are also many icons there.
Icons
In Windows 7, the size of the desktop icon thumbnails can be changed by right-clicking on an empty area of the desktop. Next, click on View, then select either Small, Medium or Large icons.
right click and there should be an option to do that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu5hlsn2Kf8 No more trouble now. Works on Windows 7 as well!
Extra Large Icons, Large Icons, Medium Icons, Small Icons, List, Details, Tiles, Content.
It is not, there is a bug if you select multiple folders and try to change the icon. Setting desktop.ini in any crafty way will not work, and resetting the icon cache will reset all your icons rather than correctly update them to reflect desktop.ini (which specifies the icon of the folder). If you have to replace multiple icons, do not bother.
i need to change my birthdate on my windows 7 account.
%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dllIf you type this path into the change icon dialog path, the icons display automagically.
in my opinion the icons are stored on the desktop