How to change an icon to a nice PNG with WPS Wizard
Installed

It appears people don't know how to change the default program icons to 
something nice (PNG icons) with WPS Wizard installed. It has to be done 
a certain way.  You just cannot drag and drop from the desktop.  Only 
from a certain class folder (CWThemeTransient) can icons be dragged and 
dropped.  To open this class folder to change the default icon to a PNG, 
one needs to do the following:

Right click on the program object.
Find the ICON tab and select it.
Select Browse.
Let the opened window populate with the icons listed and found in the 
theme ini file. This may take a while depending on the speed of the machine.
Find an icon you like and drag it from the opened window onto the 
CURRENT ICON.
Now the program object has a nice icon.

I must admit I have not been concerned about keeping all the icons found 
in the themes listed in the ini file.  This would take a massive amount 
of work.  However, there are enough found that one should be able to 
find something he or she likes.

The trashcan cannot be replaced.  This is DUE to the way the trashcan is 
coded.  I sure wish this was changed.  However, I don't see it happening 
unless someone steps forward and submits the code changes to Paul.

System objects used for cmd files cannot be replaced by WPS Wizard. 
This appears to be more a problem with the way the WPS works.

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:20:01 -0600, David Graser wrote:

>The trashcan cannot be replaced.  This is DUE to the way the trashcan is 
>coded.  I sure wish this was changed.  However, I don't see it happening 
>unless someone steps forward and submits the code changes to Paul.
>
>System objects used for cmd files cannot be replaced by WPS Wizard. 
>This appears to be more a problem with the way the WPS works.
>

  I also have not found a way to change printer icons either... am I missing
something?

Dave McKenna

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:20:01 -0600, David Graser wrote:

>The trashcan cannot be replaced.  This is DUE to the way the trashcan is 
>coded.  I sure wish this was changed.  However, I don't see it happening 
>unless someone steps forward and submits the code changes to Paul.
>
>System objects used for cmd files cannot be replaced by WPS Wizard. 
>This appears to be more a problem with the way the WPS works.
>

  I also have not found a way to change printer icons either... am I missing
something?

Dave McKenna

On 02/19/08 12:20 pm David Graser wrote:

> It appears people don't know how to change the default program icons to 
> something nice (PNG icons) with WPS Wizard installed. It has to be done 
> a certain way.  You just cannot drag and drop from the desktop.  Only 
> from a certain class folder (CWThemeTransient) can icons be dragged and 
> dropped.  To open this class folder to change the default icon to a PNG, 
> one needs to do the following:
> 
> Right click on the program object.
> Find the ICON tab and select it.
> Select Browse.
> Let the opened window populate with the icons listed and found in the 
> theme ini file. This may take a while depending on the speed of the 
> machine.
> Find an icon you like and drag it from the opened window onto the 
> CURRENT ICON.
> Now the program object has a nice icon.
> 
> I must admit I have not been concerned about keeping all the icons found 
> in the themes listed in the ini file.  This would take a massive amount 
> of work.  However, there are enough found that one should be able to 
> find something he or she likes.
> 
> The trashcan cannot be replaced.  This is DUE to the way the trashcan is 
> coded.  I sure wish this was changed.  However, I don't see it happening 
> unless someone steps forward and submits the code changes to Paul.
> 
> System objects used for cmd files cannot be replaced by WPS Wizard. This 
> appears to be more a problem with the way the WPS works.


I just installed WPS Wizard and the Crystal Diamond blue theme. I like 
it, but where do I find the corresponding desktop background image? The 
new theme doesn't work well with the default orange eCS2RCx background.

I did follow your instructions for changing an icon but saw a large 
number of icons with different names but the same "FS" on a red disk.

-=-

On 02/19/08 12:20 pm David Graser wrote:

> It appears people don't know how to change the default program icons to 
> something nice (PNG icons) with WPS Wizard installed. It has to be done 
> a certain way.  You just cannot drag and drop from the desktop.  Only 
> from a certain class folder (CWThemeTransient) can icons be dragged and 
> dropped.  To open this class folder to change the default icon to a PNG, 
> one needs to do the following:
> 
> Right click on the program object.
> Find the ICON tab and select it.
> Select Browse.
> Let the opened window populate with the icons listed and found in the 
> theme ini file. This may take a while depending on the speed of the 
> machine.
> Find an icon you like and drag it from the opened window onto the 
> CURRENT ICON.
> Now the program object has a nice icon.
> 
> I must admit I have not been concerned about keeping all the icons found 
> in the themes listed in the ini file.  This would take a massive amount 
> of work.  However, there are enough found that one should be able to 
> find something he or she likes.
> 
> The trashcan cannot be replaced.  This is DUE to the way the trashcan is 
> coded.  I sure wish this was changed.  However, I don't see it happening 
> unless someone steps forward and submits the code changes to Paul.
> 
> System objects used for cmd files cannot be replaced by WPS Wizard. This 
> appears to be more a problem with the way the WPS works.


I just installed WPS Wizard and the Crystal Diamond blue theme. I like 
it, but where do I find the corresponding desktop background image? The 
new theme doesn't work well with the default orange eCS2RCx background.

I did follow your instructions for changing an icon but saw a large 
number of icons with different names but the same "FS" on a red disk.

-=-