Hi all, a local shared network folder has a hideous standard icon that I want to change. I am looking for a way to do that.
I am familiar with editing the registry in order to set specific icons for windows folders. does anyone know the location in the registry where I can change this icon to a preferred one?
Kind regards and thanks in advance, Kan
This is how I do it..
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\A\DefaultIcon
In this case the icon will be displayed for Drive A. The value after \DriveIcons is a drive letter.
Eg. In my script it runs;
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\A\DefaultIcon" /ve /d "C:\Users\Public\Icons\drive_optical.ico" /t REG_SZ /f
Of course, you must first place the desired.ico file in the specified location.
/ve modifies the default value.
EDIT: Just thinking about this... I vaguely recall reading somewhere that when changing the icon for network drives Windows will no longer show the connected state... Give it a try, let us know if this does happen..
hi, thanks a lot for your kind answer. I looked into it. I can find the registry key, but the network-location does not have a driveletter. It looks like this in my explorer:
\\LAPTOP\Share
Rightclicking does offer a menu, but it is not nearly as detailed as the menu of your average drive of folder.
Kind regards, Kan
Maybe this could help or get you in the right direction. How to change icons of network share folders?
thanks SPB! These solutions do not apply to my situation. I deleted the shortcut and found a way to recreate it on the fly when needed. a workaround. regards, Kan
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