Questions about using and changing icons on your computer.
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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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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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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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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 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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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 ...
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Mysterious gray square outlines on certain desktop icons?
Recently, my hand slipped on my mouse/keyboard and I accidentally increased the icon size. After resetting it and fixing them, I noticed these incredibly annoying small gray outlines around only ...
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How to change which frame is grabbed for the finder icon of a movie file for Mac OS X Finder?
Movie files show in Mac OS X Finder with an example frame from the movie. Unfortunately, it's captured from fairly early in the movie, so that different episodes of a series, or perhaps different ...
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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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How do I get Windows 7 to highlight my icons again?
You know when your mouse goes over a desktop icon in Windows 7, a small box appears around it highlighting it? It's gone on my computer. And it annoys me because usually when I'm waiting for a program ...
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Icons are skewed
This happens on a Windows XP machine (SP3). The icons (and to some extent fonts) are skewed. They look blurry/distorted and slightly higher than normal.
Any idea what is causing this? And how to ...
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What does the folder Icon with “2-man” mean/represent?
I have a couple of folders under %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs which looks like:
In the image, we can see that one of the folders has a different icon. Initially I was thinking it ...
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Speeding up tray icon hide
"Hide inactive icons" is checked. But the arrow to slide the hidden icons in/out of view moves very slowly ( >2 seconds to reveal, about the same to hide them again ). Is there any way to tweak the ...
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How do I change the icon of an xterm?
xterm windows typically don't have an icon. I would like to know what my options are. My immediate need is specifying an icon at xterm launch (cmdline argument or Xresource-style), not dynamically ...
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Why do my icons change size in every folder?
Why do my icons change size in every folder?
I want them to be the same.
I reset all folders but still, when I am browsing, some of them are with big icons.
Maybe this is based on the items count ...
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Where to find the Mona Lisa icon from Windows 3.1?
In the old Windows 3.1 days I had an icon of an expressive and very good pixel-art reproduction of DaVinci's Mona Lisa portrait. I'd like to have this icon again, but I couldn't find it anywhere. ...
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Restart explorer.exe in Windows 7 while keeping all icons in the system tray?
Sometimes when you are prompted to restart the computer (or log off), you can get away with just restarting the explorer process. I'm sure you know what i'm talking about.
The problem is, that when ...
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What is the icon in the bottom-left corner of Windows Media Player 12?
There is an icon in the bottom-left hand corner of WMP12 that looks kind of like a progress bar. If you click it, it disappears. If you then click the place in the interface where it was, it ...
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How to remove icons from the Games folder in Windows 7?
I am one of these OCD nut jobs that likes to have all their game icons perfect in their "Games" folder in Windows 7.
However when I installed Far Cry 2 it made a "Default application" icon in the ...
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Bizarre shortcut icon problem with XP-7 dual-boot
I dual-boot Windows XP and Windows 7 and have run into a peculiar issue with icons for shortcuts.
A different desktop is used for each OS, so I have a shortcut to the other one on each for easy ...
