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How do I change the icon for my external hard drive in Windows Vista?

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by dwizzle, Jan 14, 2011.

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  1. dwizzle Newcomer, in training Posts: 34

    I have a windows vista home premium service pack 2 operating system and I wondering how do I change the icon for my external hard drive because right now its some weird miscellaneous icon and I want to change it to the default picture. Can you help me?
    dwizzle, Jan 14, 2011
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  2. WinXPert TechSpot Booster Posts: 525

    create an autorun.inf file at the root of the drive

    [autorun]
    Label=Whatever label you want
    Title=It's up to you
    Icon=\path\custom.ico

    replace Icon=\path\custom.ico with the exact path\filename of your icon file
    WinXPert, Jan 14, 2011
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  3. dwizzle Newcomer, in training Posts: 34

    I don't know how to do that... sorry.
    dwizzle, Jan 15, 2011
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