Mary,

Whew! That's quite a list of questions.<grin>

You might get better responses, if you focus on one or two points at a time.
Asking soooo many different questions all at once, may overwhelm some
(many?)
of our members.

To use any icon for other items:
Point to the desktop item you want to change to the new icon.
RIGHT click the current icon.
Select properties.
Click the SHORTCUT tab.
Click the CHANGE ICON button.
Click the BROWSE button.
Browse to the folder that contains the image you want to use.
Click it.
Keep clicking the OK buttons as you back your way out.


You can create your own icons using the PAINT program in your ACCESSORIES.
Start out with an image size of 32 x 32 pixels (click IMAGE -- ATTRIBUTES)
then use VIEW -- CUSTOM ZOOM to "blow it up" for editing.
Once you are happy with it, save it as a BMP type file.
Then go back to the above to attach it to a desktop item.

Jim Meagher

----- Original Message -----
From: "Camerons" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] PCSOFT Digest


> Hope someone can help me out.  I wanted to put a shortcut to a friend's
> website on my desktop, so after I right clicked it showed up with a neat
> icon that i'm sure he created himself. I'd like to use this icon for some
of
> my related desktop items.  How do I do that, and also  How do I create an
> icon to use in place of some of the boring ones. Also, once created, how
do
> I substitute it for an existing icon, or use it on a new desktop item? I
> searched in the Windows Help section under Icons, and there is nothing
about
> creating your own. Thanks for any and all help.  I'm not very experienced
at
> stuff like this, so please be very basic in your instructions.  Either
post
> the answer to the list or email me or both.  Thanks very very much.
>
> Mary Cameron
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>
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