[help] No... It's Not A Zip Drive!

Hey everyone,

I've got a dumb question.

I have an internal Zip drive and an external (USB) smart card reader, and

the icons for them in explorer are the same (generic removable drive).

I've used IconPackager for some time now, and got excited :woot: to see a new feature that would allow me to chage the icons individualy, but alas...it only works for hard disks. :cry:

Is there some way, any way, to change this so my smartcard reader doesn't look the same as my zip drive? :who's your daddy:

Thanks,

jbgamble

#43504

Hmmmm maybe it'd work with a new shell32. Try pack's.

#43507

I thought about that too, fverreauv.

But I think its probably some other file (or registry setting) calling for a certain icon from shell32.

I just dont know.

#43511

I had the same problem with my internal zip drive. I changed it using Microangelo On-Display, it installs with the Microangelo Suit. All what you have to do is right-click your drive unit, select apparence, change the icon, restart and voilà.

I don't know if this will work for the SCR but it will do it for the Zip drive.

Microangelo

Good luck.

#43538

Sorry Iceman, I don't think you understood what I meant

I have no problem changing icons with the help of IconPackager.

The problem is that windows sees both the Zip and SCR as "removable drives",

and applies the same icon to both. It doesn't matter what icon I might pick,

both will have the same icon unless I can find a way for windows to see them as different.

As I said before, I suspect that there is something I can add/change in the registry,

or a system file. I'm not sure though.

Maybe something like: drive (G) should be assigned xxxxxx.ico? :dunno:

(obviously not proper syntax)

#43547

Try Icon Phile. Its the only app Ive found to let you change icons the way your wanting to.

#43548

Originally posted by jbgamble@Jul 29 2003, 05:07 PM

Maybe something like: drive (G) should be assigned  xxxxxx.ico? :dunno:

Well, that's exactly what Microangelo does

#43549

Here is were the icon is defind.

Here is the key for Smart Card Readers.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{50DD5230-BA8A-11D1-BF5D-0000F805F530}]

"Class"="SmartCardReader"

@="Smart card readers"

"Icon"="-25"

"NoInstallClass"="1"

"Installer32"="winscard.dll,ClassInstall32"

Here is the key for FireWire Devices.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{D48179BE-EC20-11D1-B6B8-00C04FA372A7}]

"Class"="SBP2"

@="SBP2 IEEE 1394 Devices"

"Icon"="-21"

"NoInstallClass"="1"

This is for "other" devices.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E97E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]

@="Other devices"

"Class"="Unknown"

"Icon"="-18"

Here is the key for Disk Drives... there are sub keys with more definition for each type of drive.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]

"UpperFilters"=hex(7):50,00,61,00,72,00,74,00,4d,00,67,00,72,00,00,00,00,00

"Class"="DiskDrive"

@="Disk drives"

"Installer32"="StorProp.Dll,DiskClassInstaller"

"SilentInstall"="1"

"NoInstallClass"="1"

"TroubleShooter-0"="hcp://help/tshoot/tsdrive.htm"

"Icon"="-53"

Here is the key for CD-Rom drives.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]

"Class"="CDROM"

"EnumPropPages32"="MmSys.Cpl,MediaPropPageProvider"

"Installer32"="storprop.dll,DvdClassInstaller"

"SilentInstall"="1"

"NoInstallClass"="1"

"TroubleShooter-0"="hcp://help/tshoot/tsdrive.htm"

"Icon"="-51"

And last but not least, here is the key for USB devices... sub keys define each type of device.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}]

"Class"="USB"

@="Universal Serial Bus controllers"

"Icon"="-20"

"NoInstallClass"="1"

"TroubleShooter-0"="hcp://help/tshoot/tsUSB.htm"

Hope this helps.

#43555

Hope it will help!

try this post

I've found this registry tweak a long time ago.

It works fine!

if you need help pm me!

It looks like this in the registry: see pic

you can insert a different place for icons in this way:

drive:\location of the icon,0

#43653

Thanks rjohnstone and macjoe,

Thats the kind info I was looking for. (Y)

I'll check 'em out after work tonight.

Thanks again.

#43663

The registry tweak by mac_joe is basically exactly what you can do with IconPackager. I do not know about the latest release, but in version 2.02 the individual drive button was disabled, get "windows enabler" from shellcity.net to enable and use the button. It works.

Be aware, though, that you will change the setting of the drive*name*. I.e., you will change the setting for drive M: for example. If your removable drive (the USB-stick, for example) will be assigned a different letter for whatever reason, it will not be assigned that icon. In that case you might go the way of the autorun.inf.

Have fun,

McTrinsic

#43667