Show special icons for .OCX files.
Windows show normally .OCX files with the default generic icon, but you can specify that Windows should use the icons inside each file.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
Windows show normally .ocx 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. If the subkey \defaulticon does not exist, create it as explained below. Now, right-click and modify the data of default string value to %1 which can show special icons for .ocx files. However, if you want to revert to default icons look, delete the value. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. Note: this setting can reduce the performance of your system and if a file has no icon in itself, windows will display the file with the generic icon. 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 .ocx 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. If the subkey \defaulticon does not exist, create it as explained below. Now, right-click and modify the data of default string value to %1 which can show special icons for .ocx files. However, if you want to revert to default icons look, delete the value. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. Note: this setting can reduce the performance of your system and if a file has no icon in itself, windows will display the file with the generic icon. 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 <B>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile]</B> and create a new key "DefaultIcon" under "ocxfile" sub key.
Right-click on "Default" and select 'Modify'.
Finally, set the 'Value Data' to "%1" in the textbox provided and click on 'OK' to enable the changes.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile\]
- Location: Root
- Value Name: DefaultIcon
- Data Type: Key
- Action Type: Add an Entry
- Path: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile\DefaultIcon\]
- Location: Root
- Value Name: Default
- Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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