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How can I change a file type's default program while keeping its current default icon on Windows 7
Let's say I want to open XML files in Notepad, I can change the default program through Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs > Associate a file type or protocol with a program.
However, that ...
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Unknown Menu Bar Item that won't go away
I just started noticing this menacing and unknown icon in my menu bar. It's a red exclamation mark in a blue circle with a green arrow. Here's an image:
If I click it, whether I press Cmd or not ...
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Eclipse has no icon in dash nor on script
I have a "script" placed on desktop to launch eclipse with some extra stuff which is needed.
It looks like this:
#Eclipse
export ORACLE_HOME=/home/ame/development/tools/instantclient_10_2_x64
export ...
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Change icon positions from the command line?
Is it possible to use the Windows command line to get or change the positions of icons the screen?
For example, I can drag and move a file's icon on my desktop. How would I retrieve that position ...
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Windows 7 desktop icons randomly
After reboots, my Windows 7 desktop icons will randomly change size:
I am referring to the icons with a gray border around them. A search has not yielded me a working resolution. How do I fix this?
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Windows 7 Taskbar Never Combine, Show Labels Only, No Icon
In Windows 7, in the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties, there is an option to Never Combine which shows both an icon and accompanying text. I have seen people who want Never Combine but want no ...
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Accessing external HDD on different computers with the same path
I have a external HDD and have a folder in it called icons which stores all the custom icons (yes, I'm nostalgiac!) for the different folders on my drive. But when I open my hard-drive on a different ...
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How to get rid of these unwanted icon from desktop toolbars (Windows 7 x64)?
Please look the picture in the following link.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii139/hangingout_album/getrid.png
Thanks in advance
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Windows 7 thumbnails disappeared, yes I've unchecked the Always Show Icons box
I am sure this is very similar to other posts, but I've read them all and not yet found a solution. I am a regular user-person, not an IT person. I am using Windows 7 on a brand new Dell. I have had ...
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Moving Icons from one page to another in the Windows 7 Taskbar
As a programmer I have a tonne of icons pinned to my Task Bar (Visual Studios / 5 Different Browsers / Etc...)
When you reach enough icons to fill the bar it flips the rest onto a 2nd page that they ...
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Can I change the icon used to identify profiles in Google Chrome web browser?
I'd like to make the profile icons more meaningful, e.g., a pic of the profile's user, my company's logo for my work profile.
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Missing icons/applications in windows 7
I just started a new session on my windows7 laptop to find everythings missing.
My desktop is "empty" and everything in the windows menu seems to be missing. I can reach the apps (like google chrome ...
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Xfce - minimizing windows to tray (iconifying)
For XFCE (v. 4.8), I'm searching for possible options to minimize windows to tray (iconify). This means that 1) they're not in the window listing and 2) they're not in the alt+TAB menu and 3) when ...
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A way to organize desktop icons?
I have already looked at Fences from another SuperUser post, but it doesn't really fit what I am looking for. I have noticed that some laptops (I am a desktop user) come bundled with little ...
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Windows 7 Taskbar Icons Randomly Disappearing
This is a problem that i'm totally stumped on. Taskbar Icons that are pinned, as well as open program thumbs keep disappearing. This is totally random, no set pattern. I've tried updating drivers ...
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How do I create .cur and .ani custom cursors for Windows 7
I am trying to figure out how to make custom mouse cursors for Windows 7.
I understand that the preferred file format is in .ani and .cur - however I have yet to find a legitimate program that will ...
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Is there a way to easily set the icon a folder uses?
I want to have certain folders show a picture I made my own instead of having to use the properties and specifying an *.ico file. Is there a way to use a *.jpg or *.png or *.gif or something like that ...
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Can I have the Windows 7 taskbar pinned icons change like they do when unpinned?
I just discovered that if Windows Explorer is unpinned from my taskbar it displays the icon of the currently active folder. This is what I see if it's pinned
But if it's unpinned I see the current ...
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Chrome extension icons fritzing out
I'm having trouble diagnosing this in part because I don't know what to look for on Google. About a week ago my Adblock and download icons on Chrome went all "noisy":
These noisy bits blur around ...
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Windows: Making Windows Explorer distinctive (changing background color or file/folder icons) for specific folder
Is there a way to change the background color in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 when the current folder being displayed meets a certain condition? Or is there a way I can change the icons of the ...
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internet explorer 9 status bar add icons
I want to add some icons on the internet explorer 9 status bar. The status bar is enabled, but it only shows me the icons/information of the page zoom.
I would like to have the icon showing ...
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What are the keymappings for the LibreOffice AutoCorrect “Accept with”?
LibreOffice has a pretty limited method of assigning the key to accept autocorrections, I know what three of the five options are, but have no idea what the other two options represent.
LibreOffice ...
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Custom Icons not appearing in non explorer windows
I use custom icons (.ico files) for folders in the root of my Users directory in Windows 7. They appear correctly in the explorer as well as the sidebar (under favorites etc). But when I open a file ...
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What is the “Circle With A Vertical Line” icon appearing on removable disk icons?
In Windows 7, a removable disk's icon sometimes has a smaller icon in its corner similar to the 0/1 icons resembling power on/off. Look:
I don't remember the small thing appearing there before. It ...
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Where is the Windows 7 games icon located?
I've created my own Games folder on my data drive and i'd like to add a picture to the default folder icon: Right-Click on Folder > Properties > Customize > Folder Pictures > Choose ...
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Application icons are gone
Today I have installed an exe icon changer application unfortunately this application did not work as expected, so I decided to uninstall this...
I can't remember the application name, but I remember ...
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How to force windows to show new icons?
I have windows 7 and I have a little problem when change folders icon. I have an external hard disk and I have lots of icons on it. I want to change their icons.
this is content of my desktop.ini:
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Missing Icons in User Folder
I have looked thru google about 10 different times over the last month and I have had it. Randomly my icons in my user folder vanish (See photo) Also "My Computer" hangs and the icons on the right ...
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How to overlay an icon like the tick sync in Dropbox?
How exactly do you overlay an icon? Like a shortcut icon on Windows?
For example, Dropbox overlayed the icons on the files and folders with a tick sign, indicating that they are in sync with the ...
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Being able to move Desktop Icons
Just been upgraded to Windows 7. How do I move the Desktop icons freeley and be able to place them where I like?
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Task Bar Icons different to Desktop [closed]
When I try to pin a shortcut to the taskbar in Windows 7, why does it change from the icon I selected to a different icon?
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Perserve icon with rsync
I was under the impression from here among other research, that rsync was the command used to sync directories and any contents they have.
I have tried the following commands:
rsync -avzr ...
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Folder icon choice
The "classic" folder icon is a horizontal manila folder but the new folder icons are vertical folders which look like an open book. Is there any way to change the folder icons to the classic style in ...
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Show different directory icons in windows explorer depending on ownership
In the Windows file explorer - Is there a way to give a certain icon to directories which I own?
In Windows xp? In Windows 7?
Henrik
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Custom trash icons does not refresh (windows 7)
I changed Desktop Recycle Bin default icons to custom ones. One for empty and one for full. But the problem is that the icons dont switch by themselves. I have to manually refresh desktop for icons to ...
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Padlock overlay and Authenticated Users Group in Windows 7
In Windows 7 Professional how to you eliminate the padlock overlay icon from multiple files? I can do it from individual files by adding the "Authenticated Users" group to the list that has full ...
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How do I set icons and description of file types associated with Notepad++?
I tried using Nirsoft's File Type Manager to change the icons and file descriptions of individual file types associated with Notepad++. However, if I change the icon of one file type, all of the other ...
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Security Essentials tray icon disapeared?
I've been running Microsoft Security Essentials for quite a while. And I've just noticed that the tray icon has disapeared. I've checked every setting in the program, Windows Action Center claims that ...
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Add resource to compiled executable
I have a compiled executable that I would like to add an icon to. It currently has 0 resources and uses the default Windows Application Icon. I have tried "Resource Hacker" and adding an icon, but it ...
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Windows 7 wireless icons (tray)
I have not found an answer to a simple question: I know the bars means the quality of a WiFi connection. What does it mean when there is 3 monitors connected? Thanks! I have not found this anywhere!
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Uninstalled Program Icon Stuck on Launchpad in Mac OS X Lion
I am currently running OS X 10.7.2 on a MacBook Air. As a quick note, while this program was installed through Steam, I don't think it's a Steam issue.
Background: Through Steam, I recently ...
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Windows 7 has broken icons that look the same
My daughter has done something to her Windows 7 PC, but I'm not sure what and she can't quite remember. She is not an Administrator on her machine so it perturbs me that she has broken it so well. ...
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Reset desktop icons on Windows 7
Few months ago, I played with space parameters (margin) between desktop icons (with TuneUP utilities), then uninstalled this application. Now I want to reset my custom desktop layout to default. How ...
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Add custom network device icons in Mac OS X Finder?
Mac OS X Finder is smug enough to display any non-Mac device as a picture of a PC with a BSOD, but I'm wondering if it's possible to add other devices, so my Ubuntu machine is detected and has a ...
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How to align desktop icons to grid in LXDE/Openbox?
Where is the option or config file to automatically align the desktop icons to a grid in LXDE/Openbox?
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how to customize an icon for a usb stick on mac and automount a dmg file?
I want to make a custom icon to a usb stick on mac and show that instead of the ugly blank icon that exists by default
as I have to compile a presentation I want the users to be able to quick access ...
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Windows 7 Start Menu / Taskbar shortcut icon issue
I'm running Win7 Ultimate x64, and have Visual Studio 2010 installed. The other day I mis-clicked and deleted the VS2010 program folder; I realised my mistake the next time I started the PC and ...
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Showing memory usage bar under drive icon LEFT in Explorer
So it is one nice utility I had in my WinXP that shows memory usage bar under the drive icon LEFT in Explorer:
Vista drive icon shows it like this:
It calls Vista Drive Icon. This also shows "!" ...
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use monochrome icons in Thunderbird for Mac OS X
In Windows and Ubuntu, Thunderbird uses a good-looking monochrome icon set. On Mac OS X, it looks like something from an OS X of days gone by. Is there a monochrome icon set that I could use on OS X?
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How to re-enable green Offline Files icon in Windows 7
I have a few folders on a network share that I have set up to always be available offline. The sync progress works fine, but the litte icon overlay isn't visible on the folders that are availble in ...
