You right click the icon and click properties. Under the shortcuts tab you click "Change Icon" and select the icon you want.
To place icons on the Windows 7 home screen, right-click on the desktop and select "Personalize." Then, click on "Change desktop icons" on the left sidebar. In the Desktop Icons Settings window, check the boxes for the icons you want (such as Computer, Recycle Bin, or Network) and click "OK." The selected icons will now appear on your desktop.
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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu5hlsn2Kf8 No more trouble now. Works on Windows 7 as well!
right click and there should be an option to do that
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.