How to Make BMP Thumbnail Icons
You can actually change the default BMP icon to a thumbnail
version of the actual BMP file. To do this imply go to HKCU\Paint.Picture\Default.
In the right pane change the value of default to %1. Please note
however that this will slow down the display rate in explorer
if there are too many BMP thumbnails to display. You can use
other icons too, simply enter the pathname.To restore back to
the normal change the vale of default back to: C:\Progra~1\Access~1\MSPAINT.EXE,1.
Customizing The Shortcut Arrow
All shortcuts have a tiny black arrow attached to it's icon
to distinguish from normal files. This arrow can sometimes be
pretty annoying and as a Hacker should know how to change each
and everything, here goes another trick. Launch the Registry
Editor and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell
Icons
Now, on the right pane is a list of icons ( we found out that
on some systems, Windows 98 especially, the right pane is blank.
Don't worry, just add the value as required ). Find the value
29. If it isn't there, just add it. The value of this string
should be C:\Windows\system\shell32.dll, 29 ( which means the
30th icon in shell32.dll - the first one begins with 0 ). Now,
we need blank icon to do this. Just create one with white as
the whole icon. Go here to learn how to create an icon. Once
done just change the value to C:\xxx.ico, 0 where "xxx"
is the full path of the icon file and "0" is the icon
in it.
Now for some fun. If the blank icon is a bit boring, change
it again. You will find that under shell32.dll there is a gear
icon, a shared folder ( the hand ) and much more. Experiment
for yourself!
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