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:
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
and4
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?
- I’ve been referred to Change drive icon in Windows 10 with a custom
*.ico
file, which seems to work for the icons in the Explorer, but the Desktop icon doesn’t seem to be affected.
explorer.exe
(if using Win <11, you'll need to end all but one instance ofexplorer.exe
, then restart the remaining one) and end the process ofDesktop Window Manager
, ticking the box to approve doing so.