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<P><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0000 size=2>I think You Can Merge Btween Two Ideas .....</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0000 size=2>I did not try that .... so try with <FONT color=#ff0066>ReWritable</FONT> CDs</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT color=#cc0000 size=2>Changing drive icons</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT size=1><STRONG>Using an .inf file</STRONG></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<LI><FONT size=1>Simply create a new textfile in the root of your drive; </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=1>typing this text: </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=1>[AUTORUN]<BR>Icon="(path)\(name)" </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=1>then rename the file to autorun.inf. </FONT></LI></UL><FONT size=1>You might put the icon in the root of the drive too, and give both the icon and inf-file the attribute 'hidden'; it's safe and simple.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD class=top colSpan=2><FONT size=1><STRONG>In the registry</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD class=bottom align=top colSpan=2><FONT size=1>You can apply different icons to seperate floppy drives, cdrom-drives and hard drives with some simple regkeys (Win 98 or above needed, or, more specific, shell at or above version 4.71 (check version info on i.e. explorer.exe or shell32.dll)). To do so create/edit a registry key...<BR><BR>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\explorer\DriveIcons<BR><BR>Underneath this key, create/edit news keys with only the drive letter as their name. Underneath each create another key called "DefaultIcon", and modify the standard value on the right to point to your icon (full path), add a comma and number when it's in an .icl file (first inside = 0). Note that if there's an autorun.inf, as mentioned above, present in the root of the drive, this one will be displayed instead.<BR><BR>With shell version 5.0 (Win Me/2k) and above you can also add a custom label for the drive. For this, add another subkey next to the DefaultIcon key, "DefaultLabel" and edit the standard value to your liking.<BR><BR>Then, XP... MS broke it, somehow. DefaultIcon settings stopped working, but if you follow structure and apply a DefaultLabel for a drive, label dَes work, and also, if you applied a custom icon for any type of drive, with a program or <IMG src="http://212.203.14.81/virtualp/images/link.gif"></FONT><A href="http://212.203.14.81/virtualp/html/icn_reg.html#1"><FONT size=1>manually</FONT></A><FONT size=1>, that shows up after label is assigned... very weird, and hopefully fixed soon (MS documentation assumes it to work, this seems not deliberately done).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD class=top colSpan=2><FONT size=1><STRONG>Icons for removable media</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P><FONT size=1>Now my cd-writer has got a different icon, also any data cd-rom can have it's own icon. Just choose an icon and create the .inf file as mentioned above. Use no drive letter in the path, but make it look like "Icon="xxx.ico"" or "Icon="Images\xxx.ico"". Then copy both to the cd.<BR><BR>Even floppy disks, zip disks and other removable media can have their own icon added this way. But by default "autorun" can only be enabled/disabled for data and music cd's. To have it enabled for all drives, go into the registry to<BR><BR>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer<BR><BR>There's a binary value called "NoDriveTypeAutoRun", which by default says "95 00 00 00". Change the first bit to "91" and restart your computer. Note that inserting a new disk won't refresh the icon until you hit F5, or choose "view/refresh". Also note that the "floppy seek", everytime you open My computer, can be very annoying</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#cc0000 size=2><STRONG>Changing folder icons</STRONG></FONT></P>
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<LI><FONT size=1>It creates a file called desktop.ini in the folder, </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=1>gives it the attribute 'hidden' </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=1>and inserts the lines:<BR>[.ShellClassInfo]<BR>IconFile=path\name<BR>IconIndex=0 </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=1>and last, gives the folder the attribute 'system'. </FONT></LI></UL>
<P><FONT size=1>It's not too difficult to do this yourself, but very time consuming, specially if your doing multiple folders. But understanding it means you can modify it later. For instance, you can have the icon on the folder even if you put the folder to disk, and give it to someone else. Or, the icon doesn't get lost if you move your icons.<BR>This you can achieve by simply copying the icon into the folder and modify the path in notepad. Instead of "IconFile=C:\xx\xx\xx.ico" it should read "IconFile=.\xx.ico".<BR>Give the icon the attribute 'hidden' if you don't want it to show up.<BR><BR>Note: this whole thing doesn't survive a 'zip' (the system-attribute of the folder gets lost...).<BR>And last, adding a line like "InfoTip=Nice stuff in here" makes this text show up when you move your cursor onto the folder.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>