Icon Files

m4rine · Post by **m4rine** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 6:10 pm

I'm having a bit of trouble with icons. I know what to add to the desktop.ini ile so the certain folder displays the icon, and i know that both the desktop.ini and *.ico need to be inside the folder, but i want to use my own custom icons, not others. Does anybody know either:

the dimensions of an icon file (minimum [if there is a minimum] , maximum) so i can create an image and save it as a .ico

or if they know the proper method of how to create an icon file, buit i'm alright on getting it to display

thanks

Post by **jv_map** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 6:24 pm

If I'm correct a .ico file consists actually of 4 small bitmaps of different sizes and color depths...

m4rine · Post by **m4rine** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 6:44 pm

right thanks do you mean four different files kinda of compressed into one? i'll try find out how make one.

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 9:00 pm

Icons are normally 32X32, but the smaller ones are 16X16. There are some nice programs for making icons. One of the best is called "Icon Forge" and a trial version can be downloaded here:

http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_if_d.html

m4rine · Post by **m4rine** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 9:15 pm

thanks!