Can I change icon for Recent Documents?

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 by aimzzz | Discussion: OS Customization

Recent Documents (if activated) is located on the Start menu at the top of the Places section. The icon for Recent Documents does not change when Icon Packager applies an IP. If I right click Recent Documents, there is no context menu. I can't locate it in Windows.

Does anybody know where Recent Documents lives or how to change the icon. This feature can be disabled, but I find it useful at times & would rather keep it-- I just want it skinned...
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Bichur
Reply #21 Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:00 AM
I dl'd it but have restarted yet.

Bichur
Reply #22 Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:06 AM

aimzzz
Reply #23 Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:24 AM
On second look, after trying a few IPs, I see that 3.1 skins Recent Docs with a specific icon. If that icon isn't there, it goes w/ the Windows default folder icon, but Recent Docs was covered in most of the IPs I tried-- much better than before...

Bichur
Reply #24 Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:53 AM
yes. a lot of the IPs had them, just as they had extras to manually skin if IP didn't do it.

Kylhwch
Reply #25 Saturday, December 31, 2005 1:12 AM
Ok, I have the same problem with my recent documents icon not changing. Here's the thing, though. I've found the "recent" folder like you describe above and changed the icon for it manually - but the default windows folder icon still sits there unchanged in the start menu!

Is there anything else I can try?

aimzzz
Reply #26 Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:06 AM
Update to IconPackager version 3.1, the latest release. Ver 3.1 changes the Recent Docs icon in the Start Menu. Not all IconPackages have all the icons. If you updated IconPackager & the Recent Docs icon doesn't change, the IP you applied may not include that particular icon.
Here is an IP that I know has the Recent Docs icon and was recently updated to include all the basic Control Panel as well http://sleeping-dragon.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=5094&SkinID=1328&LibID=2

jebro
Reply #27 Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:28 AM
Kylhwch:

After you have changed the icon to the one you like (Document and Settings - Your username), 1. Disable the function again in the startpanel settings. 2.Then enable it again.
You have to do these steps everytime if you change it to a new icon.

aimzzz
Reply #28 Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:31 AM
Thanks jebro-- I think I answered the wrong question!

Captain Goodvibes
Reply #29 Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:32 AM
Try this it worked on my laptop and PC. Right click taskbar and click properties, click on start menu tab and click on customize and click on advanced and click on clear list down the botton next to list my most recently opened documents. I don't know why but my recent documents icon changed straight away on laptop and PC. Up until then my recent document icon wasn't skinned. Doing it this way i didn't have to show hidden files or make recent folder not hidden.

Kylhwch
Reply #30 Saturday, December 31, 2005 12:47 PM
thanks everyone - clearing the checkbox and then rechecking it worked.

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