Change icons live

Does anyone know how programs like IconPackager change the icons live (especially the bin icons) , so without rebooting your pc?

It would be very helpfull to know for my next program.

#436209

It changes the system imagelist and does a ShChangeNotify with the bin's pidl.

#436211

system imagelist.. you mean the system32.dll icons?

#436233

No, System ImageList . Another option is to write a icon-handler shell extension that does the dirty work.

#436235

oh ok thanks, i first have a look on the System ImageList. I'm doing some research about it now to figure out how to edit it

#436240