change icon?

In DyYyf.58$oL7.42@fe06.lga Stimpy wrote:
> I was wondering how to change a drive icon. I have a Western
> Digital external hardrive and it has an ugly icon. I like
> the default xp drive icons better. Is there a way to change
> it?

In Windows Explorer or My Computer, double click on the ugly
icon to open up your external hard drive. Look for a file named
autorun.inf. Rename this file autorun.old. You may have to
restart or log off and back on but when you do you should see
the default hard drive icon.

FYI, if you ever come up with a different drive icon that you
would like to use for your WD drive put it in the Autorun
folder on the external drive and rename the file back to
autorun.inf.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

In news:u00AQ7wGGHA.3056@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
Steve Cohen had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> My external WD drive has an autorun folder on it that contains the
> icon. Copy a new .ico file over the old one but save the old one
> under a different name in case you want to go back.
>
> The Autorun folder is hidden so you will have to make sure that your
> Folder Options\View is setup to show hidden files.

FWIW:

Showing Hidden Files:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/show_hidden_files.html

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