Re: Adding image to shortcut

Thanks for all the help.
I was able to change the icons for the shortcuts, but they were too small
and even smaller when I moved them to a folder.
Is it possible to have them larger, but just those in that folder.
Here is what I like to do: I have a bunch of movies and created shortcuts
for them so all I have to do is double click on the shortcut and the movie
starts. Now I want to use the cover images of the movies to replace the
default shortcut icons and have them in a much larger size.
Is this possible?
Thanks
AJS


"Big_Al" <BigAl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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| VanguardLH said this on 2/13/2009 6:17 PM:
| > AJS wrote:
| > <after editing AJS's use of vertical bar to change to greater-than char>
| >
| >> Big_Al wrote ...
| >>> AJS said:
| >>>> I created several shortcuts to movies and would like to have
different
| >>>> pictures (icons) for the movie shortcuts.
| >>>> How would I do that?
| >>> You need icons, ICO files. You may be able to find them on the
| >>> internet, google images might work. But you can make them with
| >>> freeware like icofx.
| >>> Once you have an icon you just right click the shortcut ->
properties ->
| >>> change icon. Pick the ico file you just got and bingo.
| >> Can I convert an image to an icon file?
| >
| > You wouldn't be able to recognize the image after it was squashed to the
| > 16x16 or 32x32 pixel size for an .ico file. Google on an icon editor to
| > make your own.
| >
| > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(icon_image_file_format)
|
| Icofx.exe will capture a square section of your screen. Sometimes that
| works, it's real Russian roulette, but sometimes....
|


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