vindasal
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OS: Windows 10 Pro 22H2
Theme: XP Luna/Classic depending on mood
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Post by vindasal on Jan 5, 2024 21:45:39 GMT -8
I'm having a silly problem, I can't change the Notepad icon. I'm trying to put the XP one in there, I used CustomizerGod to get into the exe file but it says "The parameter is incorrect." every time. I'm using the .ico directly from the XP version of Notepad. I took ownership of notepad.exe, but not the whole system32 folder. I'd like to avoid doing that if possible. I notice when I drag the Win10 notepad.exe to the desktop, it no longer has the .ico. I'm thinking the file is found somewhere else, but I don't know where in the system to look for it. If I'm on the right track or if it's a permissions issue, I'd love to know.
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Post by zheung on Jan 12, 2024 1:02:33 GMT -8
I'm having a silly problem, I can't change the Notepad icon. I'm trying to put the XP one in there, I used CustomizerGod to get into the exe file but it says "The parameter is incorrect." every time. I'm using the .ico directly from the XP version of Notepad. I took ownership of notepad.exe, but not the whole system32 folder. I'd like to avoid doing that if possible. I notice when I drag the Win10 notepad.exe to the desktop, it no longer has the .ico. I'm thinking the file is found somewhere else, but I don't know where in the system to look for it. If I'm on the right track or if it's a permissions issue, I'd love to know. You need to modify notepad.exe.mun in C:\Windows\SystemResources folder, then use 7tsp to apply the patched mun file. |
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Post by Brawllux on Jan 12, 2024 3:11:30 GMT -8
I'm having a silly problem, I can't change the Notepad icon. I'm trying to put the XP one in there, I used CustomizerGod to get into the exe file but it says "The parameter is incorrect." every time. I'm using the .ico directly from the XP version of Notepad. I took ownership of notepad.exe, but not the whole system32 folder. I'd like to avoid doing that if possible. I notice when I drag the Win10 notepad.exe to the desktop, it no longer has the .ico. I'm thinking the file is found somewhere else, but I don't know where in the system to look for it. If I'm on the right track or if it's a permissions issue, I'd love to know. Open XP version and extract its icon with Resource Hacker. Then import that icon to your notepad file using resource hacker again(if you are on Windows 10 version 1809 or older,file at C:\Windows\System32\en-US named notepad.exe.mui)(if you are on Windows 10 1903 or newer,file at C:\Windows\Systemresources named notepad.exe.mun) then save it. Clear your icon cache afterwards to make sure that it will appear properly. |
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vindasal
Freshman Member
Posts: 73
OS: Windows 10 Pro 22H2
Theme: XP Luna/Classic depending on mood
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Post by vindasal on Jan 12, 2024 4:27:42 GMT -8
Thanks both, I had figured this out accidentally a few days ago but never reported back that it was solved. I knew there was something more to it when I dragged notepad.exe to the desktop and there was no app icon anymore. XP one had the icon anywhere, revealing the trick. Just missed where the file was located at first.
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