Changing an App's Icon in the Taskbar

ando · 28-03-2008 11:13AM #1

Hi all,

Just a quick question.. I want to change my Icon for Mozilla Firefox on the taskbar to an IE icon or something else but not sure how to do this.. and if its possible??

Any ideas?

Firefox aint allowed here.... :eek: and its obvious for others to see its running when its in the taskbar

kaizersoze · 28-03-2008 11:43AM

Right click on the Firefox shortcut and select properties. In the shortcut tab you'll see an option button to change icon. A window will open up with available icons.

Edit: I just looked at the attachment. My post only works for shortcuts.

-annex- · 28-03-2008 12:37PM

Do as kaizeroze says but under where it says "Look for icons in this file" paste in:
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
You'll then be able to choose the Internet Explorer icon.
However you should note that this will only change the icon on the desktop and/or the quick launch bar; it will still appear as the Firefox icon on the taskbar when it's open. If you want to fully change it you can download an icon pack from mozdev:
http://iconpacks.mozdev.org/packs/internet-explorer.html

Sherifu · 28-03-2008 12:45PM

You could always use minimize to tray extension and set that to be always hidden.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2110

ando · 28-03-2008 03:28PM

Thanks all, thats worked a treat

ando · 28-03-2008 05:38PM

ok just one more thing.. Ive also got mozilla now looking like IE but on the top, the very top.. it says "Mozilla Firefox".. I want to remove this and put something else in like "Internet Explorer"

Ive looked through the registry and replaced anything with "Mozilla Firefox" with IE but still no luck..

any ideas?

Sherifu · 28-03-2008 05:51PM

ando wrote: »

any ideas?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/57

ando · 28-03-2008 05:59PM

Thats great thanks!

Changing an App's Icon in the Taskbar

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