Monday, October 27, 2008

How to change My Computer, My Documents, My Network Places and Recycle Bin icons in Windows XP


Step 1: Go to 'Desktop' (Ctrl + D) -> Right click -> Properties


Step 2: Move to 'Desktop' tab -> Customize desktop -> 'General'  tab -> select the item which you want to change and click change icon


Step 3: Select ur favourite icon (either from system icons or from ur downloaded set).


Step 4 :Click 'Ok '.


The changes can also been seen while toggling between windows (alt +tab)


To restore back click the corresponding icon -> click restore default (in 'General' tab)

2 comments:

  1. hi tech tutor,

    changing the my computer tutorial is quite useful. Is any possibility to change the icons in one stretch..

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  2. Hi Dharshini,
    Thanx for ur comments.

    There is no default function to change the icons at a stretch. But using some softwares u can change that.

    We are exploring the possibilities and soon u will see the post regarding that.

    Once again thank you for coming.

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