Replace entry # 124 with your new icon number two, etc until you have replaced entry # 135 with new icon number 13ĩ. Click Yes in the dialogue “Values have been changed. Click Open source file (folder symbol) in right pane of the new window and navigate to the first icon of your replacement icon groupħ. In the context menu of entry # 123 select Edit ResourceĦ. Right-Click %Programfiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe. In %Programfiles%\Internet Explorer\ copy/paste iexplore.exeĤ.
Assign Administrators Full Control (Allow) for %Programfiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exeģ. Assign Ownership of %Programfiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe to AdministratorsĢ. When you are ready with your set of icons, and when you have Resource Tuner installed proceed as follows:ġ. Please note that with the exception of # 9, which must be a PNG file, the icons are to have ico extension in their file name. You can use icons you made your with a suitable program, icons you import from other sources, or icons extracted with Resource Tuner for example. details or large icons in explorer, demand that your group have exactly these properties. # 13: 16 x 16 pixels (32-bit color) - ico extensionĭifferent views, e.g. # 12: 24 x 24 pixels (32-bit color) - ico extension
# 11: 32 x 32 pixels (32-bit color) - ico extension # 10: 48 x 48 pixels (32-bit color) - ico extension # 9: 256 x 156 pixels (32-bit color) – png extension
# 8: 16 x 16 pixels (8-bit color) - ico extension # 7: 24 x 24 pixels (8-bit color) - ico extension # 6: 32 x 32 pixels (8-bit color) - ico extension # 5: 48 x 48 pixels (8-bit color) - ico extension # 4: 16 x 16 pixels (4-bit color) - ico extension # 3: 24 x 24 pixels (4-bit color) - ico extension # 2: 32 x 32 pixels (4-bit color) - ico extension # 1: 48 x 48 pixels (4-bit color) - ico extension A group of icons with the following properties:.
Resource Tuner (free trial version for 30 days) installed.A backup of your computer configuration.
To change the Internet Explorer 7 and 8 default icon on Windows Vista or Windows 7 with the advanced method you need the following:
The second (advanced) method explains how to change the default icon of Internet Explorer in the executable. This method is trivial but has the disadvantage that you have to change each shortcut on an individual bases. The easy way to change the Internet Explorer (IE) default icon is by configuring shortcuts to point to the icon of your choosing. This article will show you two methods of how to change the Internet Explorer default icon which work for Internet Explorer version 6, 7 and 8 on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. In fact, one cannot edit the Registry to change the Internet Explorer default Icon on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 unless, perhaps, in case of a Microsoft legacy browser where entries in may work. Are you looking for how to change the Internet Explorer default icon in the Registry? You don’t need the Registry Editor any longer to change the Internet Explorer default icon in recent Windows operating system running Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8.