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.
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