How to change default icons of the system folders by using REGEDIT

A simple trick to change the icons of systemfolders is written in article of my previous blog
http://online-tricks.blogspot.in/2009/08/how-to-change-icon-of-recyclebin-of.html. Accroding to this article we have given the path from our local disk, but if we want to use icons provided in the operating systems than how to use these icons.

First question that comes in our mind is where are these icons in the systems so that we can use these. These icons are available in the binaries of system folders, if you are using Windows XP than these icons are available in "C:\windows\System32\shell32.dll" file and if you are using Windows7 then these icons are in "C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll" file.



Now to change icons of the system folder navigate to registry key
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{CLSID_OF_FOLDER}\DefaultIcon".
Now in right hand pane set the value of (Default) key to the path of Icon.
Sample value of (Default) key is shown below for Both Win XP and Win 7

Win XP: "c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll,54"
Win 7: "c:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll,-100"


CLSIDs of various system folders are as followed:

System Folder	CLSID
My Computer	{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Recycle Bin	{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
My Document	{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
Control Panel	{21EC2O2O-3AEA-1O69-A2DD-08002B30309D}
History	{FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}

Simple Trick To Remove Viruses from your Machine

Here I am giving you the simple trick to remove viruses from your machine by using DOS:

Step 1: Open Dos

Step 2: go to Parent directory (Like C:\, D:\) by command cd\

Step 3: Now Give the given command
attrib/s findstr SHR

Now, this command will give you a list as shown in below figure......actually it gives you the list of files which are System, Hidden & Read Only.

Virus Information: Win32.Sality.A

Name: W32/Sality.A
Type: File Virus (Corrupt Exe Viruses)
OS (Which can be effected by this virus)

• Windows 95
• Windows 98
• Windows NT
• Windows ME
• Windows 2000
• Windows 2003
• Windows XP

Effect On Machine:

1. Disable Firewall
2. Enable Telnet for exploition of Virus
3. Modifications on Registry

Following Registry Modifications takes place

• HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center\Svc • "AntiVirusOverride"=dword:00000001
  • "AntiVirusDisableNotify"=dword:00000001
  • "FirewallDisableNotify"=dword:00000001
  • "FirewallOverride"=dword:00000001
  • "UpdatesDisableNotify"=dword:00000001
  • "UacDisableNotify"=dword:00000001
• Various Explorer settings:
  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
  Actual value:
  • "Hidden"=dword:00000001
  New value:
  • "Hidden"=dword:00000002
  

How to change the ICON of RecycleBin of Windows XP

Its a very simple trick to change the icon of RecycleBin of windows XP. To do this just follow the following steps: