Comments on: How to Change the Icon for a File Type in Windows 7 and Vista

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:26:00 +0000

Everything works, got mp3, m3u, and flac with different icons, all opening in Winamp, thanks!
I didn’t feel like restarting, so as in the link I pressed start…default programs…set your default programs… and made firefox my default, which it already is.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:50:33 +0000

.jpg and .png have different icons, but both open with Windows Photo Viewer.
This is what I would like: .m3u and .flac to have different icons, but both open in winamp.

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:26:44 +0000

Thanks, this was a big help. But you should add an explanaition on how to “manually add the DefaultIcon key.” I decided to right click on the abcfile and found I could choose Key as an option.

Also, my Windows 7 doesn’t have a Change Icon option on the Customize tab. There is a section for “Folder pictures” with Choose File that lets you browse for a file.

I used this as a workaround by copying the image I wanted into the Pictures folder and using that path in step 7.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:35:00 +0000

A little help please. I want to use the XP icon for a .cfg file in Win7. Where is it in XP and where do I put it in Win 7 [when I have found it in XP]? This is for MSFSX .cfg files. Thanks, Charlie.

By: SLN

SLN — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:56:42 +0000

hi! where do i go if UserChoice says “Application/SomethingInstalled.exe”? thanks!

By: James

James — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:26:22 +0000

VB6? You need an upgrade, my friend.

From VB6 IDE menu “Project\ Properties”, select “Make”-tab”. There’s “Icon”-drop down, select the form which has the icon you want for your EXE-file.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:39:40 +0000

Is there any way to change the icon of just one file? I made a program and compiled it to an .exe and I don’t want it being the VB6 icon(i know, it’s old). But I have windows 7. I could do it on my old windows XP computer, but not on my new one

By: Ramesh Srinivasan

Ramesh Srinivasan — Sun, 08 May 2011 18:02:08 +0000

.abc is a fictitious file type extension given as an example.

By: Jacques Oosthuizen

Jacques Oosthuizen — Sun, 08 May 2011 15:47:02 +0000

Cannot find .abc file

By: Doobs

Doobs — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 05:20:30 +0000

I use win 7 and I have access to the icon picker.