Change Search and Run icons in Start Menu

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Change Search and Run icons in Start Menu

Written by Administrator Monday, 13 April 2009 16:46

It was impossible to get an Icon Package / Theme that would change ALL the icons in the Start Manu. The Typical Problem would arise with the Search and Run icons (I have disabled the rest…)

A small search in the registry and I managed to identify the “keys” that control the default icons.To change them you need to get in the registry, and that can be done by going to Start > Run (or WinKey+R) and typing “regedit” (yes, without the quotes…)
“Search”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f0-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon
“Run”
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIconYou can edit each one by double clicking on the respective file.

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