Article: Change Icons: File Types
  In our previous guide, we learned how to change the icon for a desktop program and/or start menu item.  In this guide, we will show you how to change the default icon that is used for various file types.
 
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   File Types are files with a common file extension.
     



 
   In the above picture example, there are 3 file types: gif[/img]
 and xls and as you can see Windows XP uses a specific icon for each file type.  So, if you change the icon for gif[/img]
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    Type control folders
   


 
       
 
 
 
 
 
then click

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    Then click on the FILE TYPES tab
   


 
   Now scroll down the list (it’s alphabetical) and find the File Type that you want the icon changed.  For this guide, I have chosen gif[/img]
 files
  Once you have found and clicked on the file type on the bottom of the window, click on Advanced (if there is no Advanced button, and instead you see a Restore button, click Restore.  Then the Advanced Button should appear)
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   Then Click on Change Icon
   


 
   Then Click on the icon that you want.  If you don’t like the choices that it gives you for icons, click Browse.
   


 
   Navigate to find any icon you want.  Any icon will work.   Once you find one, click Open.   For this example I chose to use the Nero icon
   


 
   


 
   Click Ok, then Close  and all files of that file type will change .
   


 
 This guide was written by Jason LeDuc.   Copyright ©  2005-2006.  All rights reserved.
   
  
 

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