While this won't exactly pin the specific document you selected, it will pin its respective program, like Word or Excel. In the Web Document tab, press the Change Icon button. Alternatively, you can right-click or press-and-hold on the shortcut, and then click or tap on Properties from its contextual menu. Click on the icon to open it.įor a more simplified process, you can also drag and drop documents on to the taskbar. Select the shortcut and press Alt + Enter on your keyboard. Enter the name you want the app to have when it’s pinned to the taskbar. Click the name to enter edit mode, or right-click it and select ‘Rename’ from the context menu. Even if you click OK or Apply, and close the Properties. Click the Change Icon button and pick the icon of your choice. The Properties will open with the Shortcut tab active. Find the EXE, right-click it and select Send to>Desktop (Create shortcut) from the context menu. Hold down Shift and then right click on any pinned Taskbar shortcut to show the regular context menu of Explorer instead of the jumplist. The correct way to change the icons is to use the Change Icon button on the Shortcut tab in Properties. Navigate to the icon pack that you downloaded or created using the converter. It’s easy enough to do if you know where the app’s EXE is. Im unclear on what you mean when you say you changed their icons using imageres.dll. Depending on the file you downloaded, you may need to look. To use your downloaded icons, click on Browse to open the file explorer. Select this and a Change Icon window will open.
At the bottom of all the options, you’ll see the Change Icon button. In the Change Icon dialog that appears, click on the Browse button. Right-click on a shortcut and select Properties. Make sure you are on the Shortcut tab, and click on the Change icon button near the end of the Properties window. If done correctly, the file will be pinned to the taskbar, represented by the icon you selected. Select Properties from the context menu that appears.
After changing the file name, you can apply the changes in the Properties window.ġ0. Sign out of your Windows account and sign back in to complete the process.