Change Drive Icon in Windows 7
With a little modification in the Registry, you can change the drive icon. The result will resemble the usual icons that you see on a CD or DVD that rely on the file autorun.inf
Before starting this trick, first prepare the file icon that you want to make icons. Files that can be used can be a file. Ico or. Etc. that contain one or more icons. If the necessary files are available, proceed to the following steps:
1. Go to the Registry Editor by clicking "Start", then type regedit.
2. In the Registry Editor window, go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer.
3. Click the right mouse button on the right side of the window and select "New> Key".
4. Name the new key DriveIcons for ye make it.
5. Create again a new key with a name corresponding to the drive icon that you want to change. If the icon you want to change the drive is drive C, use C as a new key name.
6. Once again, create a new key with the name DefaultIcon.
7. Now, the contents of the Value Data from the key DefaultIcon the default location (path) icon. If the icon is located in a DLL file, use the format C: \ full_path \ icon_file.dll, x in typing the path.
8. If so, restart the computer to see the changes that occur in your drive icon.
Before starting this trick, first prepare the file icon that you want to make icons. Files that can be used can be a file. Ico or. Etc. that contain one or more icons. If the necessary files are available, proceed to the following steps:
1. Go to the Registry Editor by clicking "Start", then type regedit.
2. In the Registry Editor window, go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer.
3. Click the right mouse button on the right side of the window and select "New> Key".
4. Name the new key DriveIcons for ye make it.
5. Create again a new key with a name corresponding to the drive icon that you want to change. If the icon you want to change the drive is drive C, use C as a new key name.
6. Once again, create a new key with the name DefaultIcon.
7. Now, the contents of the Value Data from the key DefaultIcon the default location (path) icon. If the icon is located in a DLL file, use the format C: \ full_path \ icon_file.dll, x in typing the path.
8. If so, restart the computer to see the changes that occur in your drive icon.
source : mamaders