is there a program similar to Desktop Media?

[giulia]

Hi

i'm looking for a program similar Desktop Media http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2121

that let me use use for example icon ,png to personalize it

like linux or lion osx

would like to have an icon on the desktop when i plug a usb stick ,or connect an external hard dik

would realy cool to have an icon when i mount a truecrypt container or partition

is there one?

thanks

[Midas]

The only alternative out there seems to be Desk Drive, which requires DotNET: http://mike-ward.net/deskdrive.

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So I use Desktop Media on XP and Desk Drive on Windows 7.

[giulia]

The only alternative out there seems to be Desk Drive, which requires DotNET: http://mike-ward.net/deskdrive.

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So I use Desktop Media on XP and Desk Drive on Windows 7.

thanks Midas
desk drive can customize the icon , can't it?
donet do u mean Framework ?

[Midas]

thanks Midas
desk drive can customize the icon , can't it?
donet do u mean Framework ?

• You're welcome. No and yes, respectively.

[donald]

@giulia
If you want to alter the programs icon Resource Hacker may work.

If you want to change the drive icon that is easily set with an .inf file and an icon.

An example autorun.inf

Code: Select all

[AutoRun]
icon=Racecar.ico
open=\
action=

To clarify place the .inf file and the .ico file in the root of the drive and on next insertion the icon will be changed. (This change will appear on all computers that you plug the drive in.)

[Midas]

Just found another two Desktop Media alternatives, one of them right here at TPFC:

- AutoStart (http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=990)
- DesktopUSB (http://www.smart-arab.com/2012/10/displ ... n-desktop/)

[giulia]

Just found another two Desktop Media alternatives, one of them right here at TPFC:

- AutoStart (http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=990)
- DesktopUSB (http://www.smart-arab.com/2012/10/displ ... n-desktop/)

hi
thanks!
desktopusb looks cool but sadly can't customize the icons
could be make it portable?

[Midas]

Desktopusb looks cool but sadly can't customize the icons; could be make it portable?

• Have you located any DesktopUSB traces? For changing the program icon, see http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/ ... hp?t=21358.
  
  For the drives icons, it is possibly better to use AutoStart and an hidden 'autorun.inf' (or 'desktop.ini'?) in the drive...

[webfork]

that let me use use for example icon ,png to personalize it

There's a trick for this using the autorun.inf file mentioned over on lifehacker (first mentioned here in forums by Island Boy). It works even if you have the autorun tool disabled in Windows XP, which you should. I use xpy to disable autorun (it's under the "usability" menu).