Changing Drive Icons in Explorer

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This tweak is use for change the icon used for specific drives in Explorer.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
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. 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".
Go to <b> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\]</b>, key and create a new key with the name "DriveIcons" under "Explorer".
Then, create a "C" key under "DriveIcons".
Then, create a "DefaultIcon" key under "C".
Next, right-click on "(Default)" and click on 'Modify'.
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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Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: DriveIcons
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: C
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: DefaultIcon
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\DefaultIcon\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: (Default)
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


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