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Changing application icons in XP?

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ColKurtz

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Does anyone know how to change/edit application icons in Windows XP? I'm using OpenOffice and Foxit Reader on my new computer, in place of MS Office and Adobe Acrobat Reader, respectively. Even after several months of use, I still find it difficult to quickly spot PDF and DOC/XLS files in a list -- my brain has just conditioned to look for those red, blue, and green icons. I'd like to change or edit the OpenOffice and Foxit icons to something more similar to those of MS Office/Adobe. Is this possible, especially without having to install desktop customization software (window blinds, etc)? The "change icon" is greyed out for apps.

Thanks in advance.
 
Originally posted by: MrChad

Click on the file type/extension you want to modify and choose Advanced.
Click to expand...

Hmm... odd. I now see where you can do that for most extensions, but it won't let me do it for PDF files -- I don't even had the "advanced" button (the only buttons are "change" and "restore"... "change" in this case being change app for that extension, not change the icon). I guess they've figured out a way to lock it down? Any ideas how to get around that?

Thanks!
 
I actually want to keep Foxit reader, but just change the icon for it. Besides, the "delete" button is greyed out in Folder Options for PDF.

I'm still open to ideas if anyone has them, but obviously this isn't the simple fix I was hoping it would be. Not the end of the world.
 
go to folder option, file types, PDF, advanced at the bottom, then you can edit file type and change the icon.

nothing is greyed out for me. besides, isn't Foxit a run app that doesn't require any installation?
 
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