Icons

Thanks very much. IrfanView worked just fine. Since Big_Al was kind enough to
respond also, I'm going to try IcoFX also.

"Stubbo of Oz" wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:54:02 -0700, LJL <LJL@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Yup, I saw the "images" link on Google. But Windows will not accept those
> >images as icons, which have a different extension.
> > Snip ....................
>
> You can use ANY image as an icon by following these steps.
>
> Get a good image program suchg as the FREE Irfanview from:-
>
> http://www.irfanview.net/
>
> Load the image into Irfanview and resize to about 32x32 pixels
> (Image | Resize menu item)
>
> Use the "Save As" menu item then, near the bottom of the save box,
> look for "Save as type" and select
>
> ICO - Windows Icon
>
>
> --
> ----------------
> Stubbo of Oz
> ----------------
>

Thank you. As you may have seen in my reply to Stubbo of Oz, I tried
IrfanView and it worked fine. I'll be trying IcoFX next.

"Big_Al" wrote:

> LJL wrote:
> > Yup, I saw the "images" link on Google. But Windows will not accept those
> > images as icons, which have a different extension. So, I can't use the images
> > as the icon for my main folder. But I did find one doing a regular Google
> > search for "icons" and then searching the various collections. Not the best
> > elephant I've seen, but it works for now.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > "Big_Al" wrote:
> >
> >> LJL wrote:
> >>> Thank you. I did earlier Google searches that were, apparently, too specific
> >>> (e.g., "elephant icon"). Just Googling "icon" worked - it took a bit of
> >>> searching, but I did find one. Thanks. I may also take a look at the icon
> >>> editor to see if I can improve the icon I got.
> >>>
> >>> "Big_Al" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> LJL wrote:
> >>>>> "Pull up good." Sorry. I must have missed something in the transmission.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Big_Al" wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> LJL wrote:
> >>>>>>> I have been trying for a long time to find an icon of an elephant with its
> >>>>>>> trunk going up that I can use as the icon for my main folder in Windows XP. I
> >>>>>>> find a lot of clip art on Microsoft's site, but none of the images are icons
> >>>>>>> and so can't be used for my purposes. Can you point me to a site where I can
> >>>>>>> get the kind of icon I'm looking for - at no cost?
> >>>>>> Pull up google. Click on the images link.
> >>>>>> Then search for elephant. There is also a "size" option and you can
> >>>>>> pick 'small' as you don't need the wallpaper size stuff.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> If that does not work, google 'icons' in the normal google.
> >>>>>>
> >>>> Pull up google. Sorry. Hardware problem, its either the keyboard or
> >>>> the nut behind it. :-) I've fixed the OP above to read right.
> >>>>
> >>>> Also you can tweak icons with a free icon editor if you want.
> >>>> http://icofx.ro/
> >>>>
> >>>> Its free and a rather full featured editor.
> >> Did you see the "images" link at the top of google.com? If you click
> >> there, google only searches images. Once you make a search like
> >> 'elephant' you have a "size" option. You can pick 'small'.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> IcoFX will let you import another file type like bmp or gif and make a
> ico out of it. Granted it has to be small enough or you crop. But it
> can be done. I'll leave you alone to play. You're well on your way.
>
>

LJL wrote:
> Thank you. As you may have seen in my reply to Stubbo of Oz, I tried
> IrfanView and it worked fine. I'll be trying IcoFX next.
>
> "Big_Al" wrote:
>
>> LJL wrote:
>>> Yup, I saw the "images" link on Google. But Windows will not accept those
>>> images as icons, which have a different extension. So, I can't use the images
>>> as the icon for my main folder. But I did find one doing a regular Google
>>> search for "icons" and then searching the various collections. Not the best
>>> elephant I've seen, but it works for now.
>>>
>>> Thanks again.
>>>
>>> "Big_Al" wrote:
>>>
>>>> LJL wrote:
>>>>> Thank you. I did earlier Google searches that were, apparently, too specific
>>>>> (e.g., "elephant icon"). Just Googling "icon" worked - it took a bit of
>>>>> searching, but I did find one. Thanks. I may also take a look at the icon
>>>>> editor to see if I can improve the icon I got.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Big_Al" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> LJL wrote:
>>>>>>> "Pull up good." Sorry. I must have missed something in the transmission.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Big_Al" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> LJL wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I have been trying for a long time to find an icon of an elephant with its
>>>>>>>>> trunk going up that I can use as the icon for my main folder in Windows XP. I
>>>>>>>>> find a lot of clip art on Microsoft's site, but none of the images are icons
>>>>>>>>> and so can't be used for my purposes. Can you point me to a site where I can
>>>>>>>>> get the kind of icon I'm looking for - at no cost?
>>>>>>>> Pull up google. Click on the images link.
>>>>>>>> Then search for elephant. There is also a "size" option and you can
>>>>>>>> pick 'small' as you don't need the wallpaper size stuff.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If that does not work, google 'icons' in the normal google.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pull up google. Sorry. Hardware problem, its either the keyboard or
>>>>>> the nut behind it. :-) I've fixed the OP above to read right.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also you can tweak icons with a free icon editor if you want.
>>>>>> http://icofx.ro/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Its free and a rather full featured editor.
>>>> Did you see the "images" link at the top of google.com? If you click
>>>> there, google only searches images. Once you make a search like
>>>> 'elephant' you have a "size" option. You can pick 'small'.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> IcoFX will let you import another file type like bmp or gif and make a
>> ico out of it. Granted it has to be small enough or you crop. But it
>> can be done. I'll leave you alone to play. You're well on your way.
>>
>>
There are a dozen (figuratively) editors that you can use. It will
turn out to be the one with the best 'feel' that you like best. Have fun.