Change Icon Of File

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How i change Icon of any File using C#? Please give any method ~~its urgent~~. Please...........help me

Posted 12-Sep-10 6:07am

H.Sohaib Ali

Updated 12-Sep-10 12:39pm

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**Kunal Chowdhury «IN»** · Answer 1 · 2010-09-13T01:01:00

Solution 3

Hi Sohaib,

You can do this easily by registering your filetype with icon path while installing your application with a Installer Software.

Have a look here: Create Icons for Folders in Windows Explorer, Using C#[^]. This link may help you too.

Posted 13-Sep-10 1:01am

Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Abhishek Sur · Answer 2 · 2010-09-12T06:11:00

Solution 1

What do you mean change Icon of a file?
If this is a normal file, it depends on Operating System settings.

To change the default icon of an executable you can :

XML

1.  Project
2. [Project Name] Properties
3. Application
4. Icon
5. (From the Combobox select) <Browse…>

:rose:

Posted 12-Sep-10 6:11am

Abhishek Sur

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H.Sohaib Ali 12-Sep-10 12:14pm

change icon of normal files test.txt and others

H.Sohaib Ali 12-Sep-10 12:45pm

i want to change files icon like test.txt or my spefied extention file test.ali

J a a n s · Answer 3 · 2010-09-13T04:09:00

Solution 4

Check this article Custom file extension control[^]

Posted 13-Sep-10 4:09am

J a a n s

Abhinav S · Answer 4 · 2010-09-12T06:19:00

Solution 2

If you want to add a different icon to your exe, see here[^].

Posted 12-Sep-10 6:19am

Abhinav S

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H.Sohaib Ali 12-Sep-10 12:51pm

i want to change icon of file programitically