How to: Change icons in Windows Vista
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Loading ...Altough Windows Vista has a stylish collection of icons, maybe some of you wanted to be different and change them. Some of you did but some of you didn’t succeed. This tutorial will present you how to change the icons in Windows Vista and add a stylish look to your desktop.
First of all to be able to change the icons in Windows Vista you will need IconPackager. This is a program that allows users to change nearly all of their Windows icons at once by applying “packages” of icons. A package of icons contains icons to replace most of the common icons on your Windows PC. The software can be downloaded from here .
Once you finished installing the program we can begin. The software you installed adds a context menu called Change Icon. You will see this change when you will right click on an icon, doesn’t mather which one, just like we did in the picture below.
Next step is to select Change Icon.
Then simply select the icon you want to use. If you don’t like these icons you can select Browse and choose a custom icon you have.
With the help of IconPackager you can use other icon packs found on this site at the Vista Icons section. Simply open the program and there select the icon pack you want. If you don’t like the icon packs you can add some more by clicking Install new Package button. To see a preview of your icon pack click Preview . If you like what you see select Load and you’re done! You have successfuly installed the icon pack you wanted to.
Hope you liked this tutorial…more tutorials to come soon!
January 1st, 2008 at 9:15 pm
hello, great tut, but when you want to install your own package, how do you do it? i installed a package, unzipped it into a folder, and then when i went to browse for it in IconPackager, i couldnt get any images.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
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July 28th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
yeah, im having the same problem as Brian
July 29th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
yeah im having the same problem as josh and brian.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:47 am
How Can i install an icon package if all the files in the zip folder are PNG files, and i have download the package from this website. Help me
December 27th, 2008 at 4:30 am
hello i ha ve used ur uxpatch theme file 4 editing themes but its not working with my vista home basic
please help me out
January 6th, 2009 at 1:08 am
I have the same problem as ATG.
I don’t see any “Change Icon” when I right click on my .PNG icon.
January 30th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
to Megan
Use “Picture To Icon” programm to change PNG icon in ICO.
March 20th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
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