nice_guy75 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Hi guys,I wish to change folder icon in the task bar, I have alredy changed the folder icon in "explorer.exe" but task bar icon has not changed. All the icons have already changed. I am also using iconpackager, but I am unable to change folder icon in the task bar. See this screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) which icon the yellow folder?I delete all those and add my own I copy in Edited February 4, 2010 by maxXPsoft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nice_guy75 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) which icon the yellow folder?I delete all those and add my own I copy inYes the yellow one.................. I guess your reply is incomplete "I delete all those and add my own I copy in........?????????"I am facing very strange problem. I have edited explorer.exe to change start button and folder icons. After that when I update my OS both the icons again changed to default icons. Now after updating I am unable to take ownership of explorer.exe. The registry of ownership doesn't show "Take Ownership" option when I right click on exlporer.exe. This is not only with explorer.exe but some other files as well. Though the option is visible with some files but not with others including exlporer.exeIs there any other way to take ownership of explorer.exe???????????????????????? Edited February 4, 2010 by nice_guy75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJinje Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) Is there any other way to take ownership of explorer.exe????????????????????????Try doing it manuallytakeown.exe /f %WINDIR%\explorer.exeicacls.exe %WINDIR%\explorer.exe /grant *S-1-5-32-544:F Edited February 4, 2010 by MrJinje Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Yes the yellow one.................. I guess your reply is incomplete "I delete all those and add my own I copy in........?????????"No its not incomplete, right click and unpin them things and add your own icons you want, right click almost anything within 7 and you can pin to Start or Taskbar, taskbar is limited to 3 things and i don't care for the MS bs so i unpin them all.Then I turn on Quicklaunch which has all my needed things with 6 or more icons down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 He's not asking about shortcuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) Go to "%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar", right click the Windows Explorer shortcut and change the icon (it may also be because you have not refreshed your icon cache) Edited February 4, 2010 by ricktendo64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJinje Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 An easy way to get a customized folder link in the real taskbar (or better yet, multiple links without being forced into sub-groups) is to go through the url.dll. %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler C:\Users%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler D:\InstallThis way all my folder shortcuts each get their own icon, and have their own button on the taskbar. I do not like them being grouped into explorer.exe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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