default windows icons in TC?

[icfu]

OnDisplay and similar tools change the desktop.ini in the corresponding folders, they don't resource hack anything.

Total Commander doesn't use Explorer icons because it has nothing to do at all with Explorer, so why should it use its icons?
You can change the default icons in buttonbar to your liking and I bet that there will be a better solution for the drivedll soon, at least I hope so because right now it looks like a patchwork, not a serious concept.

With a resource hacker you can change default TC icons and drivedll as well, it's more complicated than to change icons in Explorer but that's the price you have to pay when you use TC. It's a great program with an antique GUI. Nice looking icons just won't fit.

Icfu

[Lefteous]

2icfu

OnDisplay and similar tools change the desktop.ini in the corresponding folders, they don't resource hack anything.

Global icons for some files and for folders are not stored in desktop.ini files, they are stored in the registry, see below.

2zeflash

I found the registry location!

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons\

This key contains for example

0=Unknown File Type
1=Default Document
2=Default Application
3=Closed Folder
4=Open Folder

many more...see the adress below

Example:

1=C:\MyIcons\DefaultDocument.ico,0
3=C:\MyIcons\MyClosedFolders.icl,5

If you don't have this key on your system or some entries are missing windows loads the default icons from Shell32.dll.

Trushworthy sources ( http://www.faqweb.de/tip0162.htm ) report that the location applies to all windows versions.

If you want to see changes to these entries in Explorer you will have force windows refreshing the system item cache.

[icfu]

Oops, didn't read correctly. You are right, works like a charme for CLSID objects.

Changes for single folders are stored in desktop.ini. More information on MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_basics/shell_basics_extending/custom.asp

Icfu

[zeflash]

Well then it seems that every technical details needed to do this is there
Read from the specific keys in the registry to locate the icons if specified - or get them from shell32 and the other system libraries

Now we only need the advice of the master coder!

[Clo]

2zeflash

Now we only need the advice of the master coder!

Hi!
¤ I've just one word to add:
AMEN
Friendly,
Clo

[tombik]

Hi!

A good introduction in changing systemfiles:
http://www.jonmega.com/~iceman/stuff/tutorials/replacing_sysfiles/

Tool to change Icons:
RESHACKER http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/
Tool to change the modified systemfiles EASILY:
REPLACER http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/

I´ve changed my whole shell32.dll, explorer.exe and iexplore.exe and it works fine.

AT YOUR OWN RISK,BE CAREFULLY!!

Tombik

[zeflash]

2 Tombic: checkout GUIReplacer: a tools that's coming along quite nicely to do that automatically.

http://madd.no-ip.com

There is only one icon theme for now (iCandy junior) but the author is working on more. I tried to proggy (v1.4) and it worked pretty well

[tombik]

@zeflash:

Thx for this link!

I´ll take a look!

Tombik

[Clo]

2zeflash
Hi!
¤ Just a last detail:

(just open the shell32.dll in a icon editor like axialis or microangelo and you'll see all the available icons)

Like you could see in other quoted topics, Axialis IconWorkShop doesn't recognize the XP 24*24 icons currently, it "sees" them as 32*32!
But it's quite right using Microangelo.
Cordialement,
KR
Clo

[icfu]

No other program recognizes the icons correctly and the problem is not TC related, at least not here.

I tried all different apps, IrfanView, XNView, ICO-Plugin and some other apps, they all don't display the 24*24 icons but instead zoom the 16*16 icons, that's why they look so ugly.

Only in Microangelo raw view the 24*24 icons are displayed, in desktop view they are not, so it definetely has something to do with either the ICL or some settings in XP. Maybe we have disabled alpha blending? No idea, sorry.

Icfu

[zeflash]

Please, this thread is not about 24x24 icons.
It's about using the default windows icons in TC. I'd like an answer from Christian about this

[icfu]

Oops, wrong thread...
Clo, why do you mention the 24*24 icons here? I thought it was the other thread.

Icfu

[Clo]

2icfu
Hi
¤ It's so linked... Actually, the Win default icon-dll under XP contains 24*24!
Sorry to have caused you this detour - though this thread worths to be browsed too- …
Kind regards,
Clo

[zeflash]

No news on that matter yet?

[ghisler(Author)]

I'm using my own icon caching mechanism because the one in Windows is very slow.