File icon

[AhmtDY]

Is it possible to change the icon of a file.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

You can't change the icons of the default MS Office 2003 programs, but what
you can do is create new links to the executable files, and allocate your
icon of choice.. so for Word, you would look for 'winword.exe', no
parentheses, and create your link and selection of icon..

Changing the icon of document files may cause you to lose files unless you
are into keeping them into separate folders

 

[Beth Melton]

Changing the icon of document files may cause you to lose files
unless you are into keeping them into separate folders

I don't understand what you mean by this statement - could you expand
on what you mean by losing files if you change the icon?

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[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Beth

Recently, I came across somebody who had 'changed' the document icon for a
Word file by going into File types and picking a prettier one..
unfortunately, the person lost the document after doing this.. apparently,
this practice was not unknown among a group of friends, although one or two
had problems finding and re-opening documents changed in this way..

Maybe I should keep my more arcane experiences while supporting clients to
myself..

 

[Beth Melton]

Beth

Recently, I came across somebody who had 'changed' the document icon
for a Word file by going into File types and picking a prettier
one.. unfortunately, the person lost the document after doing this..
apparently, this practice was not unknown among a group of friends,
although one or two had problems finding and re-opening documents
changed in this way..

Maybe I should keep my more arcane experiences while supporting
clients to myself..

Gotcha! I couldn't figure out how changing an icon could 'lose' a
document.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Beth

A cute way to change the icon, eh..