How to make a shortcut icon?

[ghost2003]

How can I make a shortcut icon. Can i just save a picture as a certain type of file or do I need a program? The windows ones are getting old and I have like 10 shortcuts to internet sites on my desktop alone, 20 if you count the ones in my documents folder.(im too lazy to write URL's) I dont use favorites, I find that icons are easyer to use.

[EzyStvy]

How to make icons for computer programs
http://www.iconutils.com/design/digest20.htm

Or use your search engine to find the eight million other sites;)

[ghost2003]

I saw a article at microsoft.com on how to do this. It said 16-bit but works on 24. I made a icon file but then all my other icons were screwed up, they took the icons of other programs, the one i made or of files that have no appointed programs to start them. I deleted the icon I made and restarted my computer. All was back to normal but can anyone tell me what happened?
This is the microsoft article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;141859

I then made a icon with a letter writen in black over a white background and it worked well on a web site shortcut, then I put the default back. After I made a red block (the file's icon was that block.) and put it on the same shortcut (keeping in mind I had deleted the first icon) and instead of putting the red block as the icon it put the letter I wrote before! Now whenever I put a custom icon on a file 16-bit, 24-bit, with colors or just a white dot it always puts that old letter that I deleted! This is very confusing!

[Dan]

MicroAngelo is one of the best icon editors I've used. It's a bit pricey at about $55 for the whole package, but it's full featured and packed with everything you could ever need.
Here's the download site:
http://www.microangelo.us/

[ghost2003]

This morning I tryed to make some in paint again and it works, dont know why it did not work yesterday. What more could a icon program give me? I dont see the point of having one.

[Dan]

check out the link and you'll get an idea of what it can do....