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Icon Changer is a software application that makes changing icons on the desktop fun and easy.

The coolest feature of IconChanger is that you can change the icon of a separate file. If you’ve got tens/hundreds/thousands of mp3 or doc files, assign custom icons to your favorite files.

By default, Windows displays the same icon for all files that have the same file name extension. Using IconChanger, you can assign an individual icon almost to any file. The program can also change the icon of a folder or shortcut. It is possible to assign an icon to all file type, i.e. to all files with the given extension.

Also, you can use IconChanger:

  • to search for icons inside files on your computer,
  • to view icons embedded in a file,
  • to show the file with the icon that displays the given object now
  • to save an icon as .ico file and copy an icon image to the clipboard.

It’s a hassle-free way to personalize your desktop without submerging yourself into reading books about advanced computing. Simply click the icon you want to change, point at the one you like and that’s all. Why change icons? To make navigation easier, to group similar applications together, to customize and spice up your desktop, of course. Try it!.

Moreover, you can use IconChanger to change personal file icons. You can now assign an icon of your choice to each and every file on your computer. Personalize your computing experiences to make using computer a bit easier and much more convenient.

Our icon software comes with an integrated icon search tool that scans your system for icons. You will be greatly surprised at how many beautiful informative icons are there already on your computer. Moreover, you can drag your favorite icons to a favorites list to access them easily in the future. IconChanger allows you to copy or save individual computer icons for other uses.

IconChanger can also be used to change desktop icons such as My Computer icon My computer icon, folder icons folder iconor any shortcut icons.

Also you can save and restore the desktop icon positions. When you change the display resolution, the desktop window changes size and the desktop icons can be resorted. To prevent this, you can save the icon positions before you change the resolution and restore them after you return to the previous resolution

This icon software not only searches for actual icons, but also, everything that Windows can recognize as an icon (ie cursors and bitmap images). You can also restrict the icon search by specifying what file types to look into.

Key Features

  • Ability to change the icon of a separate file, file type, folder and shortcut as well as desktop icons
  • Close integration with Windows (just right-click on any icon and select "Change Icon"). You can change desktop icons and icons in Windows Explorer.
  • Explorer-like interface
  • Recursive directory search and file type filtering
  • Extraction of computer icons from executable and .dll files and from cursor or bitmap file
  • Easy access to your favorite computer icons.
  • You can customize the system icons (icons in the Start Menu, icons for open/closed folders etc.

Reviews

"…a very approachable application called IconChanger. This versatile program integrates with Windows and becomes an option on the right-click context menu in Explorer… Easy to learn and use, IconChanger from Shell Labs is also agreeably priced…"
- John O’Halloran, Australian Computer Trader

"I’d like to customize the icons for the Word files I use every week — a bright red dot, for example, instead of the "W" icon would make them easier to pick out in a list.
Luckily, there’s IconChanger ($19.95). With this simple utility you can change the icon associated with an individual file. Once IconChanger opens, it can search through your entire hard drive (or just the folders you select) looking for replacement icons and presenting them to you in a large window. A simple mouse click and the desktop icon or file icon is reassigned…
While it’s certainly easy to change the icons on your desktop (right click, choose Properties, then click the Change Icon button), the default choice is the executable file of the program you’re running. You’ll have to browse around to find the file containing the icon you want, which can be extremely tedious.
Good luck. IconChanger displays all available icons on a single screen — that’s all icons hiding in files (such as executable files) as well as standalone .ico files."
- James E. Powell, The Office Letter, Aug 18, 2003

"We know you can change file folder and application icons, but functionality to change individual file icons was never incorporated into Windows. IconChanger’s Explorer-like interface helps you to find and select an icon for an individual file or for all files of the same type. Don’t forget that you can create your own icon images to use for files; just name the images file extension .ico and ta-da! Make your files personal… make your own icons or choose from the magnitude of glossy Windows icons!"
- [Sam] LockerGnome.com, Apr 10, 2003

"Icon Changer lets you find all icons in files/folders under a particular folder. File Filter can helps to restrict icon search by specifying a files types to look into. Icon Changer is a cool utility that does whatever it promises to do."
- Onkar Parhar, SharewareJunkies.com

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System Requirements

  • Software requirements
    IconChanger supports operating systems Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP.
  • Hardware requirements
    Intel Pentium or compatible processor.

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Usage Guide

How to change icon using Icon Changer?

Step 1
Select the file you wish to personalize and right click it with your mouse. If Icon Changer can change its icon, you will see the Change Icon…command in the context menu.
Select Change Icon.
You can assign or reset icons for multiple objects at once. To set/reset an icon for a file type, you can launch Icon Changer for any file of the desired type.

Step 2The main Icon Changer window having 2 large parts will open.
In the IconPane you will see the content of the file containing the icon used for the current object. Press the Search button. As for icons, IconChanger allows you to automatically search for icons contained in various executable files and DLLs spread across you hard drive. You will be greatly surprised at how many beautiful informative icons are there already on your system.

Step 3
Select the icon you consider the most suitable and press the Set button. To change icon for the entire file type*, press File Type.

* file type includes each and every file with some particular extension. When you change icon for a file type, all the icons of the files with the specified extension will be changed, except for the files with an individual icon assigned using the Set command.

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