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Changing Drive Icons in Explorer
This tweak is use for change the icon used for specific drives in Explorer.
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Description:
This tweak allows you to change the icon shown in explorer for a specific drive. For this, go to start > run menu, enter "regedit" and navigate to the registry path listed below. If any of the sub keys [hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\driveicons\] is not present, create it as listed below. Within "driveicons" create another key with the drive letter which icon you want to change (for example: "\driveicons\c"). After that create another key within the drive letter key called "defaulticon". Now, right-click on default value and set value equal to the icon you want to use. If you have a file that has more than one icon in it, such as a dll file, use the standard "full_path\icon_file.dll,x", where x is the number of the icon within the file icon_file.dll.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\] |
Location: Local Machine |
Value Name: DriveIcons |
Data Type: Key |
Enabled Value: |
Disabled Value: |
Action Type: Add an Entry |
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Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\] |
Location: Local Machine |
Value Name: C |
Data Type: Key |
Enabled Value: |
Disabled Value: |
Action Type: Add an Entry |
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Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\] |
Location: Local Machine |
Value Name: DefaultIcon |
Data Type: Key |
Enabled Value: |
Disabled Value: |
Action Type: Add an Entry |
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Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\DefaultIcon\] |
Location: Local Machine |
Value Name: (Default) |
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value) |
Enabled Value: |
Disabled Value: |
Action Type: Add an Entry |
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit". |
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Go to <b> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\]</b>, key and create a new key with the name "DriveIcons" under "Explorer". |
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Then, create a "C" key under "DriveIcons". |
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Then, create a "DefaultIcon" key under "C". |
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Next, right-click on "(Default)" and click on 'Modify'. |
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Finally, enter the value "User Defined Value"without quotation in the text box and click on 'OK'.Once you are done. Exit from registry. After a restart or logoff, the changes take effect. |
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