Aqua Value Icon Pack contains 90 high quality (256×256 pixels) icons; PNG and ICO formats. This package includes: My Computer Icon, My Pictures Icon, Graphic Applications Icon, CD Icon and Trash Icons.

Includes: 90 icons
File Types: .ico, .png
Icon Sizes: 256×256, 128×128, 16×16, 32×32, 48×48
Pack Size: 19.7MB

AIRicons pack contains 23 high quality (256×256 pixels) icons; PNG and ICO formats. This package includes: Folder icons, recycle bin icons and special icons.

Includes: 23 icons
File Types: .ico, .png
Icon Sizes: 256×256, 128×128, 16×16, 32×32, 48×48
Pack Size: 1.82MB

1. Download the icons (if already downloaded skip to 2).

2. Once downloaded extract the icons (if compressed in a zip/rar file otherwise go on to 3) using a decompression utility such as Winzip or Winrar. Extract the icons to a directory such as “c:windowsicons” or any directory you wish.

3. Next, locate the folder or shortcut who’s icon you wish to change. Right click on this folder/shortcut and select “Properties” in the menu that appears.

4. Wait for the Properties dialog window to open. Depending on whether you are changing a folder or shortcut icon follow the correct instructions below:

Changing folder icon:

5a. In the Properties dialog window select the “Customize” tab at the top. When this tab opens click “Change Icon…”.

6a. A new dialog window will appear. Click “Browse” at the top and navigate to where you extracted the icons.

7a. Select the icon you wish to use and select “OK”. This will return you to the Properties dialog window here click “OK” again.

8a. You will be returned to My Computer/Windows Explorer/Desktop you started from with a shiney new icon instead of your old boring folder icon.

Changing shortcut icon:

5b. In the Properties dialog window ensure the “Shortcut” tab at the top is selected. In this tab click “Change Icon…”.

6b. A new dialog window will appear. Click “Browse” at the top and navigate to where you extracted the icons.

7b. Select the icon you wish to use and select “OK”. This will return you to the Properties dialog window here click “OK” again.

8b. You will be returned to My Computer/Windows Explorer/Desktop you started from with a shiney new icon instead of your old boring shortcut icon.

Try it out by download Vista Folders 3 Icon Set

Title: Vista Folders 3
Author: monolistic

VISTA Style Icons pack contains 41 high quality (256×256 pixels) icons; PNG and ICO formats. This package includes: CD Drive icon, Hard Drive icon, Digital Camera icon, DVD Camera icon, DVD Drive icon, Headphones icon, iPod icon, Modem icon, PSP icon, PS3 icon, Printer icon and more.

Includes: 41 icons
File Types: .ico, .png
Icon Sizes: 256×256, 128×128, 16×16, 32×32, 48×48
Pack Size: 2.84MB

IcoFX is an award winning freeware icon editor. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing. It is designed to work with Windows XP and Windows Vista icons supporting transparency.

With a wealth of tools and more than 40 effects at your fingertips, there’s virtually no limit to the icons you can create. You can convert your favorite images into icons, or icons into images. With IcoFX you can extract icons from other files, including Windows Vista files. You can easily work with multiple files using the batch processing capability of IcoFX.

VISTA Alarm Icons pack contains 15 high quality (256×256 pixels) icons; PNG and ICO formats. This package includes: Accessibility icon, Error icon, Help and Support icon, Warning icon, Windows Security icon, Question Shield icon, Info Shield icon and more.

Icons for your mp3 players like iPod Nano, Shuffle & Video, Zune MP3 player, Creative Zen MP3 player.

Icon Phile is a small program for customizing windows’s system icons. Using IconPhile you can change the standard Desktop icons ( MY Computer, Recycle Bin, Network Neighborhood, etc..), drive icons (Hard drive, Floppy drives, external drives), folder icons ( Open and Closed Folders, Printers, DialUp, Tasks.. or any individual folder) and more. Icon Phile’s main feature is document icon customization.

Using iconphile you can change the icon for any File Type on your computer. Icon Phile provides a faster and simpler interface for changing these icons. Moreover, Icon Phile lets you change File Type icons by extension. The file list is totally user configurable, making the process of finding the file you want to change faster and much more powerful. IconPhile’s interface fully supports drag and drop, meaning you can drag icon files straight from you computer onto the icon you want to change in IconPhile. Icon Customization has never been faster.

Here’s a short list of features: – supports cursors,file types, desktop, folder and drive icons – quick drag and drop interface for changing icons – change a number of icons at once (use multiselect) – register new extensions – undo changes – change icons for files with different extensions that are all of the same “File Type” – see only the file types you want to see – save icon schemes, that include file icons – auto-create themes based on icon names