Newbie question, switching office shortcut icons

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Changing things like the executables is just not an area that you ought to
be playing with. I don't think your IT staff needs more work to do without
pranks.

But like I said, maybe it's an age thing and I'm too old to think that was
funny.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

We have several people on our team whom we don't mess with at all- we only
'play' among a smaller group of people who can take as well as they give,
and we always make sure that a safe environment (physically, mentally, and
emotionally) is maintained- there are boundaries that we respect and won't
cross. That being said, different methods of having someone's PC 'act
funny'
is well within the range of what has been done before and is within the
group norm.


I wouldn't do anything like this unless I already knew that the recipient
would also find it 'fun'.

Thanks,
Keith

Keith -

Do yourself a favor - don't do this. Screwing around with someone else's
computer is not cool. It's like getting into someone's car and changing
their radio station without permission.

You may find all this fun but I'd rather not work in an office where someone
does this kind of stuff. I don't know - maybe it's just an age thing.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I work in an office where we play a lot of practical jokes...I just checked
to see if I could reverse the shortcut icons for Word and Excel in any or
all places where it is seen (taskbar, start menu, etc.)- so basically, the
user would click on Excel and get a Word document, and visa versa.
Something
that I could switch back, after the joke.

In desktop shortcuts I was able to find a way to put in custom icons, but
I
never located the actual program icons to switch them to, and ideally, I'd
like to be able to switch more than the shortcut icon if possible.

Are these icons somewhere where I could just rename two files with each
other's names, and have it be a more 'universal' switch? If not, is there
any other easy way to accomplish this?

Thanks!
;-)
Keith

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Changing things like the executables is just not an area that you ought to
be playing with. I don't think your IT staff needs more work to do without
pranks.

But like I said, maybe it's an age thing and I'm too old to think that was
funny.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

We have several people on our team whom we don't mess with at all- we only
'play' among a smaller group of people who can take as well as they give,
and we always make sure that a safe environment (physically, mentally, and
emotionally) is maintained- there are boundaries that we respect and won't
cross. That being said, different methods of having someone's PC 'act
funny'
is well within the range of what has been done before and is within the
group norm.


I wouldn't do anything like this unless I already knew that the recipient
would also find it 'fun'.

Thanks,
Keith

Keith -

Do yourself a favor - don't do this. Screwing around with someone else's
computer is not cool. It's like getting into someone's car and changing
their radio station without permission.

You may find all this fun but I'd rather not work in an office where someone
does this kind of stuff. I don't know - maybe it's just an age thing.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I work in an office where we play a lot of practical jokes...I just checked
to see if I could reverse the shortcut icons for Word and Excel in any or
all places where it is seen (taskbar, start menu, etc.)- so basically, the
user would click on Excel and get a Word document, and visa versa.
Something
that I could switch back, after the joke.

In desktop shortcuts I was able to find a way to put in custom icons, but
I
never located the actual program icons to switch them to, and ideally, I'd
like to be able to switch more than the shortcut icon if possible.

Are these icons somewhere where I could just rename two files with each
other's names, and have it be a more 'universal' switch? If not, is there
any other easy way to accomplish this?

Thanks!
;-)
Keith

 

[GillRilla]

HAHA! What a great prank!

OK, I tested this but I had to create an alternate set of false Office
shortcuts. The original shortcuts don't allow (I don't know why yet) to
change the icon.

Note that this does not change the taskbar icon, just the shortcut to launch
the app. I would think that one would have to change the .EXE file to have
the taskbar icon change because the EXE's icon image is embedded within
itself.

Gill

 

[GillRilla]

HAHA! What a great prank!

OK, I tested this but I had to create an alternate set of false Office
shortcuts. The original shortcuts don't allow (I don't know why yet) to
change the icon.

Note that this does not change the taskbar icon, just the shortcut to launch
the app. I would think that one would have to change the .EXE file to have
the taskbar icon change because the EXE's icon image is embedded within
itself.

Gill

 

[GillRilla]

HAHA! What a great prank!

OK, I tested this but I had to create an alternate set of false Office
shortcuts. The original shortcuts don't allow (I don't know why yet) to
change the icon.

Note that this does not change the taskbar icon, just the shortcut to launch
the app. I would think that one would have to change the .EXE file to have
the taskbar icon change because the EXE's icon image is embedded within
itself.

Gill

 

[GillRilla]

HAHA! What a great prank!

OK, I tested this but I had to create an alternate set of false Office
shortcuts. The original shortcuts don't allow (I don't know why yet) to
change the icon.

Note that this does not change the taskbar icon, just the shortcut to launch
the app. I would think that one would have to change the .EXE file to have
the taskbar icon change because the EXE's icon image is embedded within
itself.

Gill

 

[GillRilla]

HAHA! What a great prank!

OK, I tested this but I had to create an alternate set of false Office
shortcuts. The original shortcuts don't allow (I don't know why yet) to
change the icon.

Note that this does not change the taskbar icon, just the shortcut to launch
the app. I would think that one would have to change the .EXE file to have
the taskbar icon change because the EXE's icon image is embedded within
itself.

Gill

 

[GillRilla]

HAHA! What a great prank!

OK, I tested this but I had to create an alternate set of false Office
shortcuts. The original shortcuts don't allow (I don't know why yet) to
change the icon.

Note that this does not change the taskbar icon, just the shortcut to launch
the app. I would think that one would have to change the .EXE file to have
the taskbar icon change because the EXE's icon image is embedded within
itself.

Gill

 

[GillRilla]

HAHA! What a great prank!

OK, I tested this but I had to create an alternate set of false Office
shortcuts. The original shortcuts don't allow (I don't know why yet) to
change the icon.

Note that this does not change the taskbar icon, just the shortcut to launch
the app. I would think that one would have to change the .EXE file to have
the taskbar icon change because the EXE's icon image is embedded within
itself.

Gill