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"Change Desktop Icons" App does not launch
Upgraded to Windows 10 today, against my better judgement, but thought I should at least give it a try. Wanted to customize the desktop/folder options as much as possible to at least resemble my old Windows 7.
Clicked open Themes, clicked on 'Change Desktop Icons' button. Cursor changes to thinking, window borders fade a little...and... Nothing. The little window that is supposed to pop up so I can change my default desktop icons and their appearances never opens. I can open the Mouse Pointer options, change the screen saver, etc., but I have gone round and round with how to get the default icons options. I want 'My PC' on my desktop. I want to change the default appearance of my Recycle Bin, etc.
Also unable to change folder icons in Windows Explorer. The option appears in the navigation bar under 'Manage,' but is grayed out.
Solutions I have tried: restarting Windows Explorer, restarting Windows, running everything in Administrator, installing Classic Shell, even running the old .exe that I used in Windows 7 to install my custom theme(even though I was pretty sure the program would crash--it did).
My Windows 7 theme: http://old.theskinsfactory.com/images/portfolio/desktop-themes-detail-00015.jpg
I know that 10 cannot hope to come close to this theme, but any little bit helps. As of right now, some of the icons in the Navigation bar carried over from the Windows 7 installation. None of the Live View Folders, or Explorer icons. I'm disappointed in the lack of customization available for 10.
If anybody knows how I could possibly reverse engineer a way to get my old .exe to work on 10, that would be fantastic. I have the .exe for XP, Vista and 7. I just want it to carry over into 10.