Questions tagged [icons]
Questions about using and changing icons on your computer.
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How to get Network Infrastructure icon on Win8?
Sometimes when I click on File Explorer>Network, I can see the Network Infrastructure icon. Many times there is not. How can I force Windows File Explorer to show it?
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What does this folder icon with two blue arrows mean? [duplicate]
While browzing through my Windows directory, I found the Panther subdirectory, which had this icon:
Does anyone know what this signifies? I was able to open it normally, and it was, to all ...
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The MS Edge browser icon has disappeared from the Taskbar but I can still use it
Under Windows 10 (obviously) the MS Edge browser icon has disappeared from the Taskbar. I can activate via an add-on in Firefox, so I can still use it.
I can not reach it via Alt-Tab nor via the Task ...
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Weird icons in rdp session on external monitor from Windows 10
I have a brand new Lenovo X1 Carbon (2017), and my problem is that when I'm inside an rdp session some of the standard Windows icons in the session looks super-weird. I'm not using any form of DPI ...
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Windows 7 folder icons cache doesnt refresh when icon changed?
I updated my .exe icon, but the new icon doesn't show up in the folder. Only way to make it work is to create new folder and copy the .exe file there.
How do I tell Windows 7 to refresh the cached ...
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Missing icon for one drive?
I turned on my PC today and found this:
This is the only icon which is messed up. It also shows this way in Media Player and Firefox.
I've already tried rebuilding the icon cache by different ...
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Network icon not showing up on the system tray
I'm not sure why but my network icon is not letting me connect to the internet because is doesn't exist. I tried to enable it but it is blacked out and is not changeable. This is on windows 7
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How do I have more than one Recycle Bin on my desktop?
I use more than one monitor for my computer. I use Windows 7. I would like to be able to place a recycle bin icon on each screen so that when I can only see the desktop on one screen I don't have to ...
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Permission denied in Ubuntu
I have a file which includes new icons for my system.
Anyway, How can I change my old icons down with new ones?
The name of the new icon pack is "myFAV-TUX" and it's sitting on my desktop.
The ...
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Icons disappeared from my desktop in Windows 10, only the names remain
Today I tried installing a Virtual XP and Windows 7 PC on my computer using Oracle VirtualBox. I downloaded ISOs for Windows XP and Windows 7, and tried setting up Windows XP. Some files apparently ...
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Issue in Windows 10 with lack of icon transparency for System icons
Just started using Windows 10 and I'm seeing that system icons are not transparent and instead I'm seeing the white and grey placeholder background (chequerboard) you usually see to indicate a ...
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Picasa-like icon manager/organizer for OS X [closed]
I'm looking for a program (preferably free) that will allow me to manage, organize, tag, etc. my collection of icons (in ICNS format). Something similar to what Picasa and iPhoto do for normal ...
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How can I permanently divide / separate files, folders, and shortcuts on Windows 7 desktop? [duplicate]
Basically I want to devote a flexible, visibly divided fraction of my screen to each type of icon visible on the Desktop (files, folders, shortcuts).
What will I (or someone much more skilled than I ...
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Icons not showing on my my External Drive
My friend could change icons on his external drive. I cant on mine though for some reason.
Question 1:
I make extensive use of custom icons on my computer.
My icons are not working on my external ...
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.ico File not deletable on Win7 x64,why?
I have a computer running WIndows 7 x64, and I recently noticed that Files with an extension .ico on USB sticks cannot be deleted. I then tried the same on another PC, and the .ico file was properly ...
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TaskBar buttons show icon but no text
I installed Windows Server 2008 R2 (but I believe this question stil belongs here and not on serverfault) and the default look is one in which the taskbar buttons (taskbar, not notification icons) ...
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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 7 - User profile corrupted?
Not sure if this is related to user profile corruption but I logged in today into my system and I saw 2 weird things... my IE8 icon has changed to a standard icon and if I right click on my computer ...
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Change default program without changing file icon [duplicate]
How can I change the default program for a file without changing its icon?
For example, I'd like some file extensions (.css, .js, .cshtml, etc.) to be opened with Sublime Text, but I want to keep the ...
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Is there a reason for preserving icon grid size when changing screen resolution, rather than preserving their on-screen size? [closed]
When you change the screen resolution you change the size that objects appear on the screen. This can cause Windows to shift your desktop icons if the new resolution is lesser than your previous one ...
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Is there a way of making a folder icon available from any pc (windows)?
I have a lot of documents and folders, and using custom folder icons is a good way to keep organized and accessible folders. The thing is I usually make back-ups of such folders to another computer ...
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Windows 7 explorer icon handler for audio files
I'm looking for a way to preview all of my .WAV files fast.
I don't need to hear them but prefer to "see" them, i.e. observe a plot of their wave-form (these are very short files so it is an ...
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How to change the printer icon displayed in the Control Panel
Printers are displayed in Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers often with a vendor supplied icon.
Is it possible to replace that with a custom icon?
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How to insert the "move" icon into Microsoft Word
Is the "move" icon available in Microsoft Word?
Is there an alt code for it?
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How do I remove the dashed border on previously selected desktop icon on Windows 7?
Title is very informative in fact. When you select an icon and then click on the desktop, the previously selected icon remains in a non-focused selection mode which consists in it having a dashed/...
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Offset in battery icon in Windows 10
On my Lenovo Yoga 500 14-ISK, I have a strange (maybe unimportant or stupid, but it bothers me all the same) problem. The battery icon in the taskbar displays the battery inside with a slight offset (...
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How can I create a 24-bit PNG with alpha and no transparency in Fireworks CS3?
We're creating icons for a mobile app, and the developers have asked for very specific files. One needs to be 48px x 48px and has to be a 24-bit PNG with alpha and no transparency. I'm using ...
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Remove "Main executable module" Icons in System Tray on Windows 10 Professional x64
I have these two icons showing up in my system tray. I have Win10 Pro x64. Why are they there? How can I get rid of them, aside from simply not showing them?
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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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Windows 10 icons display error [duplicate]
I'm running Windows 10 version 1607 (OS Build 14393.693)
Recently after restarting my computer, all icons have either gone missing or not getting displayed properly. Have a look at the following ...
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Windows 7 network icon says "Disconnected" when connected [duplicate]
Since I built my PC, the network icon in Windows has always displayed as if there were no internet connection, despite there being an active connection to the internet.
I've tried uninstalling the ...
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A sudden change in my saved PDF documents from the file format I originally saved them
Every PDF document I save is in Adobe Acrobat because that is the program I use. The Adobe icon was always shown before the file name. I opened my files today and every Adobe icon was changed to an ...
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Windows 8.1 Pro - Strange Square Around Desktop Icons
For the first time today, I noticed that the desktop icons on my Windows 8.1 Pro laptop are acting strange. While some of them look as they should, others have this faint square around them that is ...
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Embedding a file in Word WITHOUT an icon
I'm trying to embed a Word document (meeting handout) into another Word document (meeting minutes). I would like to make it more like an inline hyperlink than a document icon. Is this possible? I've ...
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Change icon folder when theres no option
I want to change a icon for a Library, its Visual Studio 2015 folder.
But on properties therse's not the usual option to change the icon.
In other folders the option is shown as normal.
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Microsoft Edge missing in Start menu and pins
Note: People have seem to have had issues doing this in Windows 10 pro, this could be because of Windows Updates. If the solution does not work, please use "Refresh your PC"
I have just upgraded to ...
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Can't change Icon of a DMG or air package in osx Mavericks
Hello I was hoping someone would be able to help. I'm attempting to make a fancy DMG for program I have developed for the company but keep coming up short when I try to change the icon when I view the ...
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Icons broken in search results of Windows 10 [duplicate]
Basically, it looks like this-
I tried doing this but it did not work out.
Is there any way this could be solved?
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Change Shortcut Icon
I've googled a lot in case of this issue but couldn't find any post which was helping me. Maybe some of you guys have an idea how to set this up.
In our company we use an order program for our ...
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How to cope with Windows 8-10 Start Screen icon dragging Rubik's Cube?
The Windows "Start Screen" introduced in Windows 8 and still present in Windows 10 shows large icons for programs arranged in a matrix:
I find the movement logic in the interface to be completely ...
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Can we move an icon to the right edge of the taskbar?
I have created a shortcut to shutdown the computer and have placed it on the taskbar. Up to now I haven't spoiled anything by accidentally clicking it.
My question is, can we place that icon on the ...
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Attach an icon to a folder
I created a file called "Desktop.ini" that has the following lines:
[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=Icon.ico
IconIndex=0
and I have an .ico file with the name "Icon"
I put both files in the folder but ...
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Change the start button icon in Win10 [duplicate]
I tried to change the icon in the start button of win10 :
after downloading a software (start10). That made it really slow and I uninstalled
it. I want to change that in the CMD or even changing ...
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How is font icon inserted into a webpage? [closed]
I would consider the following HTML element as an empty element and displays no content in a browser window:
<p class="sample_class"></p>
But when it comes to adding icons to HTML pages, ...
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Gnome Settings - gsettings vs gconftool-2
In GNOME 3 desktop icons are hidden by default. I tried to show them up this way:
gconftool-2 --set -t bool /org/gnome/desktop/background/show-desktop-icons true
It didn't work. So I tried:
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Folder thumbnail / icon cache is broken
I have read many questions here (such as Refresh Icon Cache Without Rebooting), tried methods like ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache, deleting all Thumbs.db hidden files, deleting the C:\Users\User\AppData\...
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Show custom icon on a folder icon [duplicate]
There are lots references to completely changing a specific folder's icon with a custom one (Properties | Customize | Change icon). What I want is, for a specific folder, embed a custom icon onto the ...
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How can the icon code be removed from the PowerShell script, which brings up a message, so that it can work without the icon, which is dispensable?
[reflection.assembly]::loadwithpartialname("System.Windows.Forms")
[reflection.assembly]::loadwithpartialname("System.Drawing")
$notify = new-object system.windows.forms.notifyicon
$notify.icon = [...
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Persistent Desktop Icons?
Deciding to clean up and organize my file system hierarchy, there has been an interesting feature for some of the icons located on the desktop that I wish to know more about.
If you ever move your ...
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Manually edit pallete for 16-colour Windows icon
I'm trying to create a 16-colour icon of the Lithuanian flag which requires the following 3 colours:
Top line = RGB(253,185,19)
Middle line = RGB(0,106,68)
Bottom line = RGB(193,39,45)
Black RGB(0,0,...