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I want to make my desktop look a little more to my liking, and that includes changing some of the icons. One of the icons I want to change is the shared drive icon:

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I want to do this using the Registry to make the solution more portable, and know that I can change some icons using the following key:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons
  • Keys 3 and 4 represent the folder icons, and I'm guessing that there should be a setting for the above icon, but I can’t find any information anywhere on that:
    Name        Type        Data
    (Default)   REG SZ      (value not set)
    3           REG_SZ      s:\ico\places\folder.ico
    4           REG_SZ      S:\ico\status\folder-open.ico
    

Any ideas what the Registry key for the shared drive icon is?

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  • Does Change drive icon in Windows 10 with a custom *.ico file answer your question?
    – DavidPostill
    Commented 2 hours ago
  • @DavidPostill Thanks for the link. I’ve just tried that now, but the desktop icon doesn’t seem to change, even after a restart …
    – Manngo
    Commented 1 hour ago
  • @Manngo To save you time when you're testing, instead of rebooting, in Task Manager restart explorer.exe (if using Win <11, you'll need to end all but one instance of explorer.exe, then restart the remaining one) and end the process of Desktop Window Manager, ticking the box to approve doing so.
    – JW0914
    Commented 23 mins ago
  • what do you mean by desktop? the image looks like its in an explorer window and not on the desktop.
    – NickSlash
    Commented 8 mins ago

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