IconPackager Changes those Bland Desktop Icons
Thursday, April 7, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
One aspect of the Windows desktop customization experience that is often overlooked is the icons. These are things you interact with so often I think even I sometimes just glance over them. As with many things in the default Windows desktop, the icons are bland and are the same from desktop to desktop. All these icons can easily be changed by using a tool from Stardock called IconPackager. IconPackager has been around for years, and has well over 4 million downloads on Download.com alone.
Open IconPackager, browse through the installed icon themes, hit apply and you have a completely new icon set for your PC! Icons can be changed individually or all at once using packs of icons. Thousands are available for download on WinCustomize.com with an almost endless variety of styles to choose from.
Head over to the IconPackager website to download the free trial version! IconPackager is also part of the Object Desktop suite with many other desktop customization and utility apps.
https://www.stardock.com/products/iconpackager/
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Reply #2 Saturday, April 9, 2011 3:30 PM
I like the app, but the actual updates to existing packages & creation of new packages is more of a trickle these days...
Reply #3 Saturday, April 9, 2011 4:41 PM
I use the app, but I agree no updates to existing packages very few new packages. I have several packages from Oh my Icons purchased packages very great.
I just purchased Lion http://ohmyicons.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_8
Reply #4 Saturday, April 9, 2011 6:18 PM
I love IconPackager and change it every time I change WindowBlinds. It's true there are few packages introduced these days; however, there are so many great ones already listed on WinCustomize that you should be able to find a style that works. I currently have 67 styles available on my computer.
Reply #5 Sunday, April 10, 2011 4:24 PM
I agree there are a lot of quality packages out there. It's just that some of them don't have live folders, which kills it for me since I'm on 7. It's just jarring to me to have the other parts changed & not have the live folders.
Reply #6 Sunday, April 10, 2011 4:40 PM
I think IP is great software but I seldom use it to replace system icons. I have a tendency to use the same icons that i like with the exception of dock icons. This is where IP comes in handy for me. I will use it to recolor an Icon package and then save them in my icon folder to use with my docks. Also sometimes i just want to reference the names of the individual icons so i will open IP to preview the icons which gives the name. The live folder thing is not a big deal for me because like I said I keep the same system icons and only change dock icons.
Reply #7 Monday, April 11, 2011 2:07 AM
Blah. IP not screwed my system icons up so bad that not even doing a RUI fully fixed the problem. I ended up having to dig deep into the registry, but not everything works still.
Reply #8 Monday, April 18, 2011 7:43 PM
I love Iconpackager- and am even using the older packages . I can't be without it and wish I was permitted to use it at my company computer!
Reply #9 Wednesday, May 11, 2011 5:09 PM
I am disappointed that their are so few new additions anymore. i do love icon packager and have used it for years but nothing here on wincustomize is like it used to be, and I do wish their were more things on here for women .....
Reply #10 Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:06 PM
ID -
Will IP5 change the TaskBar icons and other shell icons yet?
Reply #11 Thursday, May 12, 2011 9:22 AM
No, I don't believe so. That's a needed feature though.
Reply #12 Thursday, May 12, 2011 12:16 PM
My apologies for asking this here, Spencer, but do you know if IconPackager already removes the Iconhandler sub-key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex upon uninstall even if the default Windows icons have not been restored?
Reason I'm asking is because leaving that sub-key orphaned causes the infamous blank icons issue. Not sure why, but sometimes Explorer does not get affected by this, but Winstep applications are - and then guess who users, some of whom don't even remember having installed IconPackager before, blame for the issue? 
Some of the users affected by this problem will contact Winstep support and I can give them a fix (which is as simple as deleting the Iconhandler sub-key from the Registry), but faith in quick and prompt support being at an all time low these days, I suspect most users don't even bother, assuming instead that Nexus/Xtreme is buggy. I'm not very happy with this, of course. 
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Reply #1 Thursday, April 7, 2011 10:56 AM