Show special icons for .DLL files.
Windows show normally .DLL files with the default generic icon, but you can specify that Windows should use the icons inside each file.
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Description:
Windows show normally .dll files with the default generic icon, but you can specify that windows should use the icons inside each file. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, right-click and modify the data of default expandable string value to %1 which can show special icons for .dll files. However, if you want to revert to default icons look, change the value data to %systemroot%\system32\shell32.dll,-154. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
Windows show normally .dll files with the default generic icon, but you can specify that windows should use the icons inside each file. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, right-click and modify the data of default expandable string value to %1 which can show special icons for .dll files. However, if you want to revert to default icons look, change the value data to %systemroot%\system32\shell32.dll,-154. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the Start button, and select Run. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit"
Second, go to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\DefaultIcon] and right-click on "Default " and select 'Modify'.
Finally set the value data as '%1' and click 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\DefaultIcon\]
- Location: Root
- Value Name: Default
- Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ (Expandable String Value)
- Action Type: Modified
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