How to Change a Drive Icon in Vista and Windows 7

http://www.7meetsnick.com - This will show you how to change any drive icon that uses a drive letter to whatever icon you want in a user account. These will be the ones that show up in Computer with a drive letter. This is not to fix a missing or changed drive icon that just happened out of the blue, but to replace it with one you want instead of the default one.

The icons you decide to use must be a 256×256 bit .ico (icon) file, not.png, to be used in Vista without viewing problems. A png file must be converted to a 256×256 ico file before it can be used. To convert a PNG to ICO you must use a program such as this with a free 30 day trial program called: Axialis IconWorkshop: Axialis IconWorkshop Download Page (Link below)

http://axialis.com/iconworkshop/index.html

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[SonicMusic1]

there's another easy way i found is to use "folderchanger" . It changes hard drives, flashdrives, etc easily by using mouse dragging. Google search for "folderchanger" to find it

[funkybear3]

thank you very very much :)

[DJCool72]

@libycsirk Just highlight the new key/folder you created & create a new key inside of it so that it now will be expandable..

So if you had to create 'explorer.exe' key of course it will not be expandable cos there is nothing in it;but if you highlight that folder & create a new key 'Drives' it will be created inside that folder hence making 'explorer.exe' expandable..

Had me stumped for a while too,well for 30 secs till I realised what was going on..

Also thanks to Nick for the video..

Cheers

[Mrskilldude]

mabey talk about how to do it. not talk about an other vid that no1 cares about!

[BrokenBluePhat]

folderchanger makes you pay so dont do it its retarded.

[libycsirk]

when I created the new key application.. it wont expand... pls help

[Randomguy578]

u can use paint noob

[BroknSircut]

Google converticon... its free and its the first link

[CaptainSlow202]

@johnmpc94 With flash drives you need to edit the autorun.inf file, which is probably hidden. It will have a line that says

icon = something.ico

Put a new icon in the root of your flash drive, change that line to whatever your icon's filename is, and save it. You'll need to safely remove and plug your drive back in. It should work.

[inya1lake]

Worked perfectly for me under Vista Home Premium 32bit. I am always very nervous about going into the reg. but I just followed the instructions a bit at a time and now I have my new drive icon.

Many thanks for sharing this video.