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Old 01-26-2006, 08:19 AM   #1
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windows XP icons...where?

where are windows icon stored?so i can edit them
and is it possible to edit an icon in paint? i just want to add a little text to an icon.

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You can't edit icons in paint, you will need some special kind of icon editor or resource editor.

A lot of the standard Windows icons are in the \system32\shell32.dll file in your Windows folder.
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thanks, yea i see some specialist editors on google, but they are probably loaded with SpW...any suggestions?
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I haven't used one in a long time. I doubt that most of the freeware icon editors out there have spyware.
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