dir icon

[Gif]

is there any way to set the icon of a directory (folder), that you create?

[evilertoaster]

programtically, you make a file called desktop.ini inside the folder in question. Inside the .ini will be somthing like-

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=10

Pretty strightforwad?

Edited June 19, 2007 by evilertoaster

[Gif]

programtically, you make a file called desktop.ini inside the folder in question. Inside the .ini will be somthing like-

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=10

Pretty strightforwad?

any better way?

without INIs?

[evilertoaster]

It's not like there's a 'way'....windows gets the folder icon information from here and that's all there is to it...when you change it via properties>customize>change icon that's all it does.

edit: this is on an xp machine, i dk about other versions of windows

Edited June 19, 2007 by evilertoaster

[Gif]

It's not like there's a 'way'....windows gets the folder icon information from here and that's all there is to it...when you change it via properties>customize>change icon that's all it does.

edit: this is on an xp machine, i dk about other versions of windows

ok but must desktop.ini necesary be included in the directory?, when i create a directory from

properties>customize>change icon as you said i dont see it...

[dufran3]

"show hidden files"

[Gif]

"show hidden files"

pfffffff, try it yourself and see again that there is not desktop.ini....

[herewasplato]

pfffffff, try it yourself and see again that there is not desktop.ini....

I see a desktop.ini file created whenever I use:

properties > customize > change icon

This is the way the Windows OS has set custom icons since Windows 3.0.

Find out what OS setting is preventing you from seeing the file or see how your OS is setup to somehow not make the desktop.ini file.

Post back with what you find.

[tAKTelapis]

Try it this way

Create a folder called "test" on drive C:, and change its icon.

then Start> run

C:\TEST\desktop.ini

It will open, and that IS how windows does it.

And it is set as a proected operating system file (tools > folder options > hide protected operating system files)

Edited June 19, 2007 by tAKTelapis

[Gif]

I see a desktop.ini file created whenever I use:

properties > customize > change icon

This is the way the Windows OS has set custom icons since Windows 3.0.

Find out what OS setting is preventing you from seeing the file or see how your OS is setup to somehow not make the desktop.ini file.

Post back with what you find.

is it the hide protected operating system files setting?

i made a search and found many desktop.ini and ok i created a directory and used iniwrite to create the code that

evilertoaster said in the same dir, but yet the icon is the same

exacly this:

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=10

what im i doing wrong?

[herewasplato]

is it the hide protected operating system files setting?...

I'm not sure, I have my OS show all file - including system files.

...what im i doing wrong?...

try

[.ShellClassInfo]

IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

IconIndex=27

and then add the "s" attrib per this site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969337.aspx

Then close all file explorer windows and reopen one.

(refresh view did not always change the icon for me).

[AdmiralAlkex]

You probably already know this but just in case.....

A tip: Go to your AutoIt directory and then \Examples\GUI\Advanced\ and run enumicons.au3 then you can in a quick and easy way see all icons embedded in shell32.dll or any other file!!

[herewasplato]

You might need the "h" attribute also.

While I was messing around with this, I managed to get my system into a state such that it would chage the icon - even with a system restart - until I added the "h" and "s" attributes... that is Windows for ya.

[Gif]

i still cant get it out, i used the attribute +s and i made this

[.ShellClassInfo]
ConfirmFileOp=0
NoSharing=1
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=10
InfoTip=folder created

can you give me some autoit code to do it? im very confused

[herewasplato]

this worked for me:

MsgBox(0, "", IniWriteSection("c:\temp\desktop.ini", ".ShellClassInfo", "IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll" & @LF & "IconIndex=27"))
Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'attrib c:\temp\desktop.ini +s')

The msgbox should have a "1" in it if the IniWriteSection was a success.

Edit: but just like before - you play around with this enough and you can get into a state that the icon will not change - unless done manually.

Edited June 20, 2007 by herewasplato

[Gif]

this worked for me:

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The msgbox should have a "1" in it if the IniWriteSection was a success.

ok managed it! should have used filesetAttrib()

[herewasplato]

ok managed it! should have used filesetAttrib()

That is funny.

One new AutoIt command per script :-)

As far as I know, I've never used any of the INI functions before this thread and now you want me to use FileSetAttrib too :-)

Thanks for the suggestion...

[Gif]

That is funny.

One new AutoIt command per script :-)

As far as I know, I've never used any of the INI functions before this thread and now you want me to use FileSetAttrib too :-)

Thanks for the suggestion...

im going to place the script on the exaple scripts forum, im trying to make folder accept icons whist having a tip...