Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!frace From: frace@iear.arts.rpi.edu (Roger Frace) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Icons in Windows Message-ID: <6{`&3||@rpi.edu> Date: 21 Feb 91 20:17:56 GMT References: <1991Feb13.192658.14064@eecs.wsu.edu> <1991Feb14.054138.5327@isc.rit.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: iear.arts.rpi.edu >>First of all, the icons for each of those nifty progams >>you have lie actually in the programs themselves. if you >>look under "properties" and select "choose icon" the >>same filename as the program will appear to be the source >>of the icon. If it has no icon, the generic "dos" icon >>appears as default. ypu can download more icons from >>bbs/ftp sites (ex. ICONLIB.EXE). > >How do you make the icons stay? When you use a program like >ICONLIB.EXE, >the icons will only stay around in the Program Manager. When you load >the >program up, the icon will switch back to the good old DOS one. from the 'change icon' option, whree the original .exe name is, usuallt of the program, remove that name and enter ICONLIB.EXE or something similar. then use the 'select' fcn (i think it's called) to switch through the list of possible icons. when you get to one you like say 'ok' and then 'ok' again when you get back to the first properties screen. i should change this permanently. yes, sometimes i notice when minimized it will go back to the good ol' DOS icon which is a buumer, but thats only sometimes. hope this helps. nitz -- --------skin to skin, lust to lust, ashes to ashes, dust to dust-------- roger c frace frace@iear.arts.rpi.edu don't look at me...i'm clueless! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-