How to Create and Use Custom Icons

If you want to make your own icons, using Microsoft Paint can help you with that.

Steps

  1. 1
    Open Microsoft Paint.
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    Go to Image, then Attributes. Change the height & width to 32 exactly!
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    Click View, then Zoom, then finally show grid.
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    Click View, then Zoom then Custom, and finally, put it at 800%!!!!!!
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    Start painting. Grab a tool, draw away, and enjoy your amateur/moderate/professional work.
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    Save your file first as a .bmp file
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    Go to the File, open it up, and either copy it or re-save it as an .ico file. So when you go to 'Copy', it will automatically bring up a pop up that says "Save as".
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    Go to the folder or file you want a new icon for, go to Properties, go to Customize (or if it is already on the first selection then it should say "Change icon") and change the icon.
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    Save the *.ico version of the file on your desktop. It makes for easier finding later.
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Warnings

  • If you don't save your file as a .bmp file first, you could actually create some random virus, and ruin your computer.
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Things You'll Need

  • The Microsoft Paint program

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