Changing shortcut icon on desktop

[Lou Cherry]

It seems I can no longer change the icon for a shortcut on my desktop except
for a folder shortcut. Any suggestions?
Lou Cherry

[Road Runner]

Hi ... Download "Tweak UI" from Microsoft website , It has a option to
repair icons , here the link for it and scroll down , view the right side of
the screen for Tweak UI

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Post by Lou Cherry
It seems I can no longer change the icon for a shortcut on my desktop
except for a folder shortcut. Any suggestions?
Lou Cherry

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Lou,

Are you referring to the "overlay" icon shown for shortcuts?

If not, what happens when you use the "Change Icon" function?
--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Lou Cherry" <***@optonline.net> wrote in message news:%DjFd.1252$***@fe12.lga...
It seems I can no longer change the icon for a shortcut on my desktop except
for a folder shortcut. Any suggestions?
Lou Cherry