DavidReindorf Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I'm using Visual Studio 2005 Express and Windows XP. I'm trying to give files with the same extension a different appearance. Paint .Net can do this. I have already downloaded the source but I don't know what name that class/procedure or whatever could have. Thanks for any code/explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidReindorf Posted April 13, 2007 Author Share Posted April 13, 2007 If you don't understand what I want then please just ask. I will give an exmaple: On my desktop I have two ".psd" files. They are created with Photoshop 7.0 They have a different appearance because they reflect their content. I only know how to change all Icons of one extension at the same time. How can I change (with code) only the icon of one file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Well I don't know much about icon files but if it helps, there's a Photoshop plugin that lets you open psd (photoshop) format images in PdN. Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Ashton Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 David, The behaviour you're seeing, where explorer shows an icon that matches the image, is the result of either native support for the filetype in Windows, or an additional application called a shell extension. As far as I'm aware, there's no code relating to shell extensions in Paint.NET, so I'm not sure why you say 'Paint.NET can do this'. If you're an experienced programmer, you'll have to read up on writing shell extensions. If you're not, then you'll probably need an external application.. something like http://www.seriema.net/thumbview/index.php?page=about Note that I've not tried the program linked above, and do not offer any recommendation for it, nor do I take responsibility if it screws with your PC in a bad way. It's linked so you can see what I'm on about. Hope this helps, Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidReindorf Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 Thanks. I've asked in another Forum for my problem and someone there said Paint.Net could do this. I have found another solution. My files refer now with %1 in the registry to themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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