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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Some suggestions for OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.225739.15433@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 22:57:39 GMT
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- In article <7245@lib.tmc.edu> jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep3.021506.16434@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >>>5.25" disk drives should have 5.25" disks as icons (NOT 3.5" ones)
- >>I think someone figured out how to change the icon, but I don't
- >>remember the details. Does anyone recall where that information is
- >>located?
- >
- >I did this once upon a time; all it took was going to the General page of the
- >Settings notebook for the drive object in the OS/2 System -> Drives folder,
- >and selecting Edit Icon. I had to create an icon by hand, though. I wanted to
- >cut the 5-1/4" picture from the Selective Install stuff, but wasn't able to.
-
- Note that you must have a disk in the drive while opeining the
- settings for a drive object. This is probably a bug of some kind. It
- doesn't seem to be necessary (at least for changing the icon)
-
- >Since then, I've reinstalled my system, and would like to have a 5-1/4" icon
- >back without having to draw it by hand. Any suggestions?
-
- I can send you a .ICO file with one, if you want. Or, you can use the
- program icon.exe (available from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu) to capture the
- 5.25" disk icon from the Windows DOS Executive (MSDOS.EXE) that comes
- with all Windows installations. Of course, you need Windows for this.
-
- Drawing it by hand isn't that bad, though. Once you are done, save it
- back to the temp file, and before exiting the icon editor, save it
- elsewhere with a different name. This way, you'll have the .ico file
- for next time you need it.
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