[How To] Change launcher's icon
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:02 am
I know this is something that most of you guys know how to accomplish, but maybe there are persons that don't have the time to search for tutorials and utilities to do this.
I don't change the icons for the launchers I'm posting because I think the applications' icons are bound to the same licenses as the applications themselves, preventing redistribution for them too (in most cases).
I do change them for myself and I advice you to do it also; otherwise your launchpad would be full of executables with the same icons and this is at least annoying.
So here is the way I'm doing this; I use a freeware (and portable) utility called Resource Hacker:
- download "ResHack.zip" from the application's home page and extract it to a folder of your choice;
- launch "ResHack.exe";
- use "File/Open" command and browse for the JPE launcher's executable (with the usb stick icon), then open it;
- click "View/Expand Tree" to have a better view of the resources;
- select "Icon/1/1033" resource (in the right panel the usb stick icon should appear);
- now click "Action/Replace Icon" command;
- click "Open file with new icon" button;
- browse inside the "App" folder for the application's exe (the one that the JPE launcher was made for); click "Open";
- select the icon resource you like the launcher to have (preferably the same as the application's, usually the first one); click "Replace";
- select "File/Save" command from the Resource Hacker's menu; a backup of the original launcher will also be created in case something went wrong, so don't worry;
- that's it.
A more detailed tutorial for Resource Hacker's usage, with screenshots, could be found here.
Good luck!
What method are you guys using (if any)?
I don't change the icons for the launchers I'm posting because I think the applications' icons are bound to the same licenses as the applications themselves, preventing redistribution for them too (in most cases).
I do change them for myself and I advice you to do it also; otherwise your launchpad would be full of executables with the same icons and this is at least annoying.
So here is the way I'm doing this; I use a freeware (and portable) utility called Resource Hacker:
- download "ResHack.zip" from the application's home page and extract it to a folder of your choice;
- launch "ResHack.exe";
- use "File/Open" command and browse for the JPE launcher's executable (with the usb stick icon), then open it;
- click "View/Expand Tree" to have a better view of the resources;
- select "Icon/1/1033" resource (in the right panel the usb stick icon should appear);
- now click "Action/Replace Icon" command;
- click "Open file with new icon" button;
- browse inside the "App" folder for the application's exe (the one that the JPE launcher was made for); click "Open";
- select the icon resource you like the launcher to have (preferably the same as the application's, usually the first one); click "Replace";
- select "File/Save" command from the Resource Hacker's menu; a backup of the original launcher will also be created in case something went wrong, so don't worry;
- that's it.
A more detailed tutorial for Resource Hacker's usage, with screenshots, could be found here.
Good luck!
What method are you guys using (if any)?