Change Folder Icon Programmaticall y

[Phil Hey]

Hi,
I can change the icon for a folder by right clicking on it > going to the
customize tab > and selecting Choose Picture.
Does anyone know if it is possible to do this programmaticall y from a
windows forms application?
Thanks
Phil

[C-Services Holland b.v.]

Phil Hey wrote:

Hi,
I can change the icon for a folder by right clicking on it > going to the
customize tab > and selecting Choose Picture.
Does anyone know if it is possible to do this programmaticall y from a
windows forms application?
Thanks
Phil

Maybe if you change the registry entry at:
hkey_classes_ro ot\folder\Defau ltIcon

That where I think the icon definition is stored.
--
Rinze van Huizen
C-Services Holland b.v.

[C-Services Holland b.v.]

Phil Hey wrote:

Hi,
I can change the icon for a folder by right clicking on it > going to the
customize tab > and selecting Choose Picture.
Does anyone know if it is possible to do this programmaticall y from a
windows forms application?
Thanks
Phil

Maybe if you change the registry entry at:
hkey_classes_ro ot\folder\Defau ltIcon

That where I think the icon definition is stored.
--
Rinze van Huizen
C-Services Holland b.v.

[Phil Hey]

> Maybe if you change the registry entry at:

hkey_classes_ro ot\folder\Defau ltIcon

That where I think the icon definition is stored.
--

Yes, but I dont want to change all the folders just certain ones, thanks
anyway

Phil

[Phil Hey]

> Maybe if you change the registry entry at:

hkey_classes_ro ot\folder\Defau ltIcon

That where I think the icon definition is stored.
--

Yes, but I dont want to change all the folders just certain ones, thanks
anyway

Phil

[C-Services Holland b.v.]

Phil Hey wrote:

Maybe if you change the registry entry at:
hkey_classes_ root\folder\Def aultIcon

That where I think the icon definition is stored.
--

Yes, but I dont want to change all the folders just certain ones, thanks
anyway

Phil

I don't think you can since Windows displays the icons according to
filetype. A folder is just a folder to Windows. So it will look up the
icon there and display it. Just like you can't display icon A for one
textfile(.txt) and icon B for another textfile(.txt). So unless you make
a shortcut and change the icon of that I can't see a way.

I might be wrong though, in that case I would love to see how it's done :)
--
Rinze van Huizen
C-Services Holland b.v.

[C-Services Holland b.v.]

Phil Hey wrote:

Maybe if you change the registry entry at:
hkey_classes_ root\folder\Def aultIcon

That where I think the icon definition is stored.
--

Yes, but I dont want to change all the folders just certain ones, thanks
anyway

Phil

I don't think you can since Windows displays the icons according to
filetype. A folder is just a folder to Windows. So it will look up the
icon there and display it. Just like you can't display icon A for one
textfile(.txt) and icon B for another textfile(.txt). So unless you make
a shortcut and change the icon of that I can't see a way.

I might be wrong though, in that case I would love to see how it's done :)
--
Rinze van Huizen
C-Services Holland b.v.

[elziko]

Phil Hey wrote:

I can change the icon for a folder by right clicking on it > going to the
customize tab > and selecting Choose Picture.

I think if you have an image inside the folder called folder.jpg Windows
will automatically use this for the folder image. You could copy this in
in your code. Not sure if this helps at all.

[elziko]

Phil Hey wrote:

I can change the icon for a folder by right clicking on it > going to the
customize tab > and selecting Choose Picture.

I think if you have an image inside the folder called folder.jpg Windows
will automatically use this for the folder image. You could copy this in
in your code. Not sure if this helps at all.

[Phil Hey]

Rinze Wrote:

I don't think you can since Windows displays the icons according to
filetype.
You can definatelly do this (manually at least) for individual folders
rather than all folders as i am looking at an example of this now. Maybe if
I explain the situation it will help:

I have a drive on the server called Jobs (j:) in this drive I have folders
for each of the jobs lablled 'J1194' for example. When, in my application, a
job is made in-active i want this folder to appear with a red cross through
it to in dicate that it is closed.

elzico wrote: I think if you have an image inside the folder called folder.jpg Windows
will automatically use this for the folder image. You could copy this in
in your code. Not sure if this helps at all.

Ok, I have tried this and it works but only if you are viewing the folders
in Thumbnail view not in any of the other views.

Anyway thanks for the help

Phil