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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/2/2012 6:50 PM, Steve
Noskowicz wrote:<br>
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You can also change the ICON picture itself.
Right click the shortcut ICON, then select "Properties". Under the "Shortcut" TAB, there should be a [Change Icon] Button. Pick one. I don't see anything looking like a speaker oo mic in mine, but anything distinctive can be selected.
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In that "Change Icon" dialog, the default is to search the file
"shell32.exe" which contains a variety of generic-use icons.
However, you can browse to ANY Windows executable or DLL in
search of other icons, and link them to any shortcut.
Virtually all Windows .EXEs have the icons that appear for them
in Windows shortcuts and the Start Menu, and in file lists
associated with that app, embedded in the EXE. itself. <br>
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Often several versions exist (small 16x16 pixel style used in
Taskbar and Start Menu, 32x32-pixel style used on desktop, even
48x48-pixel high-color version in programs new enough to be
Win7-aware. Often you will also find icons used on the app's
internal toolbars here also, or in one of the program's DLL
files. You can either directly link to the icon of choice
embedded in an unrelated program, or extract the desired ones as
stand-alone .ICO files. I always create a directory underneath
the main \WINDOWS folder called \ICONS where I keep extracted
icons for re-use. <br>
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Extracting the icons requires a third-party graphics app.
IrfanView can extract icons from .EXEs, but only in the older
16x16 or 32x32 256-color format. My preferred tool is the
FREEWARE Nirsoft IconsExtract utility available here:<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/iconsext.html"><http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/iconsext.html></a><br>
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Not sure the TAPR remailer will reproduce the following images
(I've noticed some maps placed inline rather than as attachments
getting through recently) , but I'll try. These (if they
show) were extracted with the NIrsoft utility from <b>sndvol32.exe</b>
itself, and should be appropriate: I have converted these
from the native .ICO format to generic .GIF images with
IrfanView, so that they will show in this HTML email document.<br>
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<img alt="" src="cid:part2.04010204.07000704@aol.com"
height="32" width="32"> (The mixer slider itself.) <img
alt="" src="cid:part3.03080501.03090601@aol.com" height="32"
width="32"> (Yes! The classic Windows 3.1 version of the
Control Panel icon is still lurking in Win XP after all these
decades!)<br>
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Or if you want a big flashy Win7 style 48x48-pixel icon, try
this one extracted from a wonderful but obscure universal audio
player for all 32-bit versions of Windows called "VU Player":<br>
<br>
<img alt="" src="cid:part4.06080909.06070207@aol.com"
height="48" width="48"><br>
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VU Player is a marvelous retro-look app that sports a pair of
realistic authentic looking animated analog VU meters that
absolutely faithfully emulate the pointer dynamics of the real
thing!. <br>
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Then to top it off, run this on-screen clock that faithfully
reproduces Nixie tubes!<br>
<img alt="" src="cid:part5.04000302.09030107@aol.com"
height="67" width="303"><br>
Note that you can even actually see the shadows of the non-lit
electrodes....<br>
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Talk about skeuomorphism......<br>
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--<br>
<br>
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
Skype: WA8LMF<br>
Home Page: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net">http://wa8lmf.net</a><br>
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High-Performance Software-Only Packet TNC <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wa8lmf.net/miscinfo/UZ7HO-Soundmodem-Install-Ver-0.45-Beta.exe">http://wa8lmf.net/miscinfo/UZ7HO-Soundmodem-Install-Ver-0.45-Beta.exe</a><br>
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High Quality Calibrated Static Maps for Any APRS App <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/PM9_StaticMap_Export.htm">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/PM9_StaticMap_Export.htm</a><br>
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Vista & Win7 Install Issues for UI-View and Precision
Mapping<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/UIview_Notes.htm#VistaWin7">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/UIview_Notes.htm#VistaWin7</a><br>
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"APRS 101" Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths">http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths</a>
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