The easiest way (around this) is to make a shortcut and use a custom icon on it...
I also asked this and it's also impossible... Then again, you can re-write the desktop in MC, launch me in startup and then use strictly any image as an icon ;)) =) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 6:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: b bit icon in standalones > > > On 12/13/02 11:06 AM, Klaus Major wrote: > > > I meant: has someone succesfully replaced the 4 bit MC icon > > of a standalone with another 8 bit icon. > > > > If yes, how ? What icon-editor can do this ? > > I would also love to be able to do this, but so far I haven't found a > way. MC only allows enough space in the file itself for a 4-bit icon. I > have seen some Windows programs that have separate .ico files in their > folders and presumably the application is using that icon, but I don't > know how it is done (a registry entry, maybe?) I asked once if MC could > be updated to allow 8-bit icons, because that's really the standard > these days, but apparently it would require too many changes to the MC > file format to be practical. I have some beautiful Mac icons for my apps > that I can't use in Windows, which is a shame. If anyone knows whether a > registry setting would allow the use of 8-bit icons, I'd very much like > some instructions. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
