Change default IE desktop shortcut icon?

[Tharsis]

Need advice: When you create a Desktop Shortcut for a chosen Web page in IE 6.0 the default icon is: C:\WINDOWS\system32\url.dll. The icon I want to make default is located in: %SystemRoot%\System32\shell.dll folder. I could post small .jpg images to show the difference between the two but not sure how to upload on this Forum? Descriptively, I want the big blue IE "E" instead of the "generic" IE icon with the white background.
I'm guessing this is a Registry hack if it can even be done..... any thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks!
Thar.

 

[pcgeek11]

Originally posted by: Tharsis
Need advice: When you create a Desktop Shortcut for a chosen Web page in IE 6.0 the default icon is: C:\WINDOWS\system32\url.dll. The icon I want to make default is located in: %SystemRoot%\System32\shell.dll folder. I could post small .jpg images to show the difference between the two but not sure how to upload on this Forum? Descriptively, I want the big blue IE "E" instead of the "generic" IE icon with the white background.
I'm guessing this is a Registry hack if it can even be done..... any thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks!
Thar.

I did not test this, but I think what you are looking for is here:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\DefaultIcon

and it calls this Icon this way %SystemRoot%\System32\url.dll,0

Seems like you could just point this to what ever icon you desire.

If you need to try it out I would back up ( at least ) this part of the registry... by exporting it to somewhere safe first!!.

pcgeek11