I'm having problems testing my Ghost icons because I can't change the filetype icons on anything associated to any of the following programs.
Firefox
iTunes
any Macromedia program
Illustrator 10
I realise I could use Reshack to change them in the program but that's a bit over the top for just making sure they show up properly.
I'm now testing the icons by applying them to .txt documents but does anyone know of a way to change the filetype icons mentioned above without using Reshack?
I'd like to know this myself. IconPackager does a great job 95% of the time, but the fact of the matter is, many programs don't have the common courtesy to ask you if you want to use their icons for a file type, and just overwrite the settings for the icon. That's pretty outrageous, so I've always wondered if there were a way to deny them access to do that. Otherwise... yeah, Reshack is your only option.
I'm going to assume you have tried the Folder Options method.
Another choice is editing the registry(not for the faint of heart).
But... but... no. Whatever you change by hand can just as easily be changed back by another program. I.e., you change your .zip/.rar/etc. icons, whether in your registry or with IconPackager, to those beautiful Aqua-style ones--but then, as soon as you install WinZip again, oops, back to the fugly gradient-fill icons.I'm going to assume you have tried the Folder Options method.Another choice is editing the registry(not for the faint of heart).
The only option I'm aware of is to ResHack winzip.exe and change the icons in there, so at least when WinZip forces you to use its icons, at least you can change what its icons are. But just changing what Windows points to for the icons is meaningless because any program can overwrite that in a millesecond.
The only theoretical alternatives--and I don't know if they exist, so someone, please correct me if they do--are:
1. To somehow prevent a program like WinZip from hijacking your icon definitions;
2. To have a guardian program see to it that the icon definitions you define persist even if another program changes them.
I thought IconPackager was supposed to do #2, but it doesn't, or at least, you'd have to load your saved icon package every time a program messes them up. This is a hassle at best, and it's still outrageous that someone should have to go to so much trouble just to keep their computer from looking cluttered and ugly with grotesque icons.
I have a program called Associate This, and even when I turn it's locking feature, although the programs can't change the association they can change the icon back without associate this even knowing.
Microangelo still doesn't beat Firefox in attempting to replace the default .html icon. I'm now guessing reshack is the only answer
I really hate that problem. My suggestion: delete the .html filetype, and then re-create it. Then you can choose your icon. It worked for me with .htm files!
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