How to Create and Use Custom Icons

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If you want to make your own icons, using Microsoft Paint can help you with that.

Steps

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  1. Step 1 Open Microsoft Paint.
  2. Change the height & width to 32 exactly![1]
    Step 2 Go to Image, then Attributes.
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  3. Step 3 Click View, then Zoom, then finally show grid.
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  4. Step 4 Click View, then Zoom then Custom, and finally, put it at 800%!!!!!!
  5. Step 5 Start painting.
    Grab a tool, draw away, and enjoy your amateur/moderate/professional work.
  6. Step 6 Save your file first as a .bmp file
  7. So when you go to 'Copy', it will automatically bring up a pop up that says "Save as".[3]
  8. Step 8 Go to the...
    Go to the folder or file you want a new icon for, go to Properties, go to Customize (or if it is already on the first selection then it should say "Change icon") and change the icon.
  9. It makes for easier finding later.[4]
    Step 9 Save the *.ico version of the file on your desktop.
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  • Go to Properties, then Change icon/customize, then Browse.
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  • From there, go to your c: drive (your main drive), then program files/icon files/icons, then just look for cool icons you can find.
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  • The best thing about this is that you can easily find icons only cause your computer will automatically change your search interests to icons only!
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Warnings

  • If you don't save your file as a .bmp file first, you could actually create some random virus, and ruin your computer.
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Things You'll Need

  • The Microsoft Paint program

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12634/How-to-Create-Icon-Files-for-Your-Windows-App-usin
  2. ↑ https://ccm.net/computing/windows/2141-create-an-icon-with-paint-in-windows/
  3. ↑ https://ccm.net/computing/windows/2141-create-an-icon-with-paint-in-windows/
  4. ↑ https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12634/How-to-Create-Icon-Files-for-Your-Windows-App-usin

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