In our previous guide, we learned how to change the icon for a desktop program and/or start menu item. In this guide, we will show you how to change the default icon that is used for various file types.

File Types are files with a common file extension.

In the above picture example, there are 3 file types: gif, doc, and xls and as you can see Windows XP uses a specific icon for each file type. So, if you change the icon for gif files, then the icon for all gif files will change (in other words, using the above picture you cannot change the icon for picture1.gif by itself. Changing the icon for picture1.gif will also change picture2.gif, picture3.gif, picture4.gif and any other .gif files on your computer).

Ok, now that you understand that, let’s continue on with the procedure.

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