What Tip???
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 6:43 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(22828 messages posted)
We're not clairvoyant.
On Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 1:40 am, GeoNOregon wrote:
>Here's what happens if you do what this tip suggests: you break the connection between
>the Internet Shortcut and the icon info it needs. You end up with an Operating System,
>(OS), default icon.
>
>Before you follow my instructions, back up your registry. I appended registry &
Registry
>Editor info and how to backup your registry to the bottom of this thread at:
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1209192401
>
>------------------------------------
>
>If you want to change the icon used by your OS for Internet Shortcuts, here's how:
>
>Open Registry Editor and find:
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ InternetShortcut
>In this Key you'll see several Sub-Keys, the two we're interested in are below with
>their default values listed below them and then an explanation:
>
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon
> Name (Value) Data (Value)
> Default D:\system.win\icons\deskcut.ico
>
>The default value above is pointing to the icon I use for my Internet Shortcuts.
>You'll find something a bit different in yours, probably a two segment piece of
data
>like:
>
>"%SystemRoot%\System32\shell32.dll,23"
>
>This piece of Value Data is a path and file pointer that designates a certain icon,
>(23), in a .dll file, (shell32.dll), in a Windows sub-directory folder,
>
>(%SystemRoot%\System32\, "%SystemRoot%" is an OS variable that equals the path of
>your Windows folder), that contains several icons. The second segment of the
>
>Value follows the comma and indicates the 23rd icon in the shell32.dll file.
>
>IF you change this value to a path similar to the one I have, you will change the
>default icon for the .url file. Internet shortcuts ARE a .url file. MS just chooses
>to make
>
>the file extension not shown by default, even if you choose 'Show File Extensions'
>in your folder options. If you click on the 'InternetShortcut' Key in the left window,
>
>you'll see a Value in the right window named 'NeverShowExt'. This is the 'hidden'
>command that makes the extension never show. (If you make the value = 0, it may
make
>the extension show. You might need to delete the value - can't remember & it takes
>a re-boot to test & I'm in the middle of posting this so I can't test it right now.)
>
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\open\command
> Name (Value) Data (Value)
> Default rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l
>
>The default value indirectly designates what program will open the Internet shortcut.
>The reason I say indirectly is this tells the OS to use the default web browser
to
>open the shortcut. You have to look elsewhere to find a direct pointer to the application.
> The easiest way to handle which browser opens an Internet Shortcut is to change
>the default browser to the browser of your choice.
>
>Another tip: you'll find the 'DefaultIcon' Value in many places in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
>key. Everywhere you find it, it does the same thing. It indicates the icon the OS
>should use for a particular file extension. First look for the fiel extension,
(ie
>'.url'), in the first part of the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Key, (it's alphabetical). You
>will find in the file extension key, (ie '.url'), a value that tells the OS which
>Key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT to look for the DefaultIcon sub-key and value.
>
>The Key:
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.URL
> Name (Value) Data (Value)
> Default InternetShortcut
>
>Points the OS to:
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ InternetShortcut
>
>the OS goes there and looks for the 'DefaultIcon' Sub-Key and the value it contains,
>(path and filename of the icon to use).
>
>You can modify any DefaultIcon sub-key you find or add one if it's not there. As
>you become more familiar with the registry, you'll find you can add a new file extension
>by double-clicking on the file in Explorer and then choosing the program to "Always
>Use To Open" the new file type. Then come to the registry and change which icon
the
>OS should use for it.
>
>Happy customizing and BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY!
>
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