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Yes, Mike.
In one of the private groups there's been a lot of discussion about Windows
95 and Internet Explorer. My old machine, which is decomposing as I write
this because I gave it to my folks, has Windows 95 on it as an upgrade from
3.11.
I should've kept it started a museum. ;-)
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:u%239V6SQdFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
Mike Hall (MS-MVP) <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> hunted and pecked:
> Wes
>
> They are more than ugly.. but back in the days of Win 3.1/3.11?...........
> Windows neatly tiled, and looking for something to fill them.. moricons
> were good then, eh..
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
> "If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept
> it all to themselves." - Lane Kirkland
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:%23Ahge1PdFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Mike,
>>
>> What I am saying is that the icons in moricons.dll are so ugly that it is
>> not worth the effort to even browse to them.
>>
>> I glom onto icons where ever I happen to find 'em.
>>
>> Example...
>>
>> Go here, right click and Create Shortcut
>>
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/troubleshoot.aspx?ln=en
>>
>> Open %homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files, locate the
>> favicon.ico file, drag it to the Desktop and Rename it to whatever. Mine
>> is
>> Microsoft Update.ico.
>>
>> Like I said, I find 'em where ever. :-D
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:%23TFcYiPdFHA.2664@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
>> Mike Hall (MS-MVP) <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> hunted and pecked:
>>> Wes
>>>
>>> I do use the icons in Shell32 already, and have also downloaded icons
>>> from
>>> other sources.. just can't remember where, or I would tell you.. lol..
>>> my memory is really not what it was at all..
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike Hall
>>> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> "If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have
>>> kept
>>> it all to themselves." - Lane Kirkland
>>>
>>>
>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:O%23o5QKOdFHA.2124@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> Mike,
>>>>
>>>> I just checked on it when I read the OP.
>>>>
>>>> Change Icon button defaults to %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll.
>>>>
>>>> It's a lot of work navigating to %homepath%\My Documents\ICONS so it
>>>> hardly
>>>> seems worth it navigating to moricons.dll.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>
>>>> Wes
>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>
>>>> In news:udMVodGdFHA.1276@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>>>> Mike Hall (MS-MVP) <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> Wes
>>>>>
>>>>> One learns something new every day.. whose idea was it to include
>>>>> icons that go back to the days of Lotus 123 v.1?.. I thought that the
>>>>> moricons
>>>>> file had been dropped..
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mike Hall
>>>>> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>>>>
>>>>> "If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have
>>>>> kept
>>>>> it all to themselves." - Lane Kirkland
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:OTJTXzDdFHA.1288@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Right click folder | Properties | Customize tab |
>>>>>> Change Icon button | Browse button |
>>>>>> Navigate to where you have Icons stored. I.e. Somewhere that you
>>>>>> have saved
>>>>>> icons, like %homepath%\ICONS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Change Icon button
>>>>>> [[Click to change the icon that represents the folder in all views
>>>>>> except
>>>>>> Thumbnails.]]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can also Browse to C:\WINDOWS\system32\moricons.dll from the
>>>>>> Change
>>>>>> Icon
>>>>>> button.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [[You cannot customize the default icon for a folder in Windows;
>>>>>> however,
>>>>>> you can make a shortcut to a folder and change the look of the
>>>>>> shortcut
>>>>>> icon. ]]
>>>>>> How to Change the Default Icons for Folders in Windows XP
>>>>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310192
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some places to download icon files...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeff's Icons
>>>>>> http://www.jeffs-icons.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scrow's Icons
>>>>>>
http://virtualplastic.net/scrow/misc.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ur I.T. Mate Group Freeware Library Icon Library
>>>>>> http://www.it-mate.co.uk/icons/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wes
>>>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In news:B41EBD07-D8FD-42EA-B817-ED420B74DC4A@microsoft.com,
>>>>>> ileneupstate <ileneupstate@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and
>>>>>> pecked:
>>>>>>> How can I get "moricons" to open? I have the .dll file, but I get a
>>>>>>> message that there is no application attached and I have to create a
>>>>>>> file or folder? I also want to know how to download new icons and
>>>>>>> where to put them so I can use them to change icons