Let's see how you can change the default icon that is displayed for any file type on your computer. Changing the icons is actually very easy; the most difficult part of the process is trying to figure out which icon to use. Additionally, keep in mind that you can use high-resolution icons that you can download from the Web.

To start changing your icons, you are going to use the Folder Options feature you used in the last section. Follow these steps to begin:

Open up Folder Options again by clicking on My Computer. When it launches, click on the Tools menu bar entry and select Folder Options.

Inside Folder Options, click on the File Types tab to reveal the list of all of the different file extensions on your computer.

Browse through the list and select the extension for which you want to change the icon.

Once you have the entry selected, click the Advanced button.

On the Edit File Type screen, click the Change Icon button

The Change Icon screen will show. Here, you will be shown various system icons from which you can choose. If you do not find any that you like, just click on the Browse button and select an icon that you downloaded on your computer.

Once you find the perfect icon, click OK.

Click OK again to save your changes.

You don't have to reboot after you make your changes, because you will see your changes immediately after you click OK to save them. Continued...

Wanna play with your friends by removing the shutdown option from start menu in their computer.

Just hack it down !!!

Go to run type cmd and then type

Well here's the trick which you can use to prove that Windows XP is not at all secure as multi-user operating system. Hacking the system registry from any account having access to system registry puts you in to the administrator account.

Wanna tell your friends about the do's and dont's in your computer when they login in your absence. Well you can do it pretty easily by displaying a legal notice at system start up.

Users running Windows TweakUI 1.33

Note: This version of TweakUI is not available for Windows XP. If you have Windows XP and TweakUI skip to next section.

Click Start / Settings / Control Panel

Open TweakUI

Click on the Desktop Tab.

Right click the Recycle Bin and rename it.

If you wish to install TweakUI on your computer, please see document CH000141.

Other Microsoft Windows users

Click Start / Run

Type regedit and press enter.

Open the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT folder

Open the CLSID folder

Open the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} folder

Open the ShellFolder folder

Change the "Attributes" data value from "40 01 00 20" to "50 01 00 20". Once completed change the "CallForAttributes" dword value to "0x00000000" (double-click and change value data to 0). You must change both of these values to get the rename to appear.

After performing the above steps you will be able to rename the icon like any other icon. Right-click the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop and click Rename and rename it to whatever you wish.