Change the icons of Drives All the
Xp users would have been bored
by the boring icons in their My
Computer panel which are
adjacent to the Hard disk drives
(C,D or whatever drive letter you
have). Here is a simple tweak by
which you will be able to change
this monotonous icon to
anything you like,even your own
Picture if you wish You can put
any image in place of one which I
have shown,even the picture of
your favourite celebrity or your
dream caror your own Picture.
Here are the steps you need to
follow: 1.First of all the picture
you want to use should have .ico
extension(if you already have a
pic with .ico extension proceed
to step 2).Most of the pictures
we normally use have extensions
like .jpg,.bmp,.png..gif etc, so you
first need to convert them to one
with .ico extension.This is
simple.Just go here and put your
original image in the ‘Source
Image ’section,then click on
‘Generate Favicon.ico ‘ button to
get your image with .ico
extension. 2.Now go to My
Computer.Suppose you want to
put this icon in place of your
original C: image. Double click and
enter C: .Paste your .ico image file
in it.Also create a new text file
and in it type the following lines:
[autorun] ICON=favicon.ico
Remember that ‘favicon.ico’ in
the second line is the name of
your image file.If you have an
image file with .ico extension by
the name of ‘abc.ico’,then use
that in the second line in place of
‘favicon.ico’. 3.Now rename this
text file as ‘ autorun.inf
‘ (without the quotes). Important
Note:How do I rename my text
file as autorun.inf ?Ans.Go to
Tools-Folder options.Under the
View tab uncheck the ‘Hide
extensions for known file
types’.Press apply.Now rename
your text file as ‘autorun.inf’.
4.Now restart your Pc.You are
done.Check out the cool new
picture you have just added in
your My computer panel.
