I couldn't use custom icons. Please help!

[evangelina]

I am sure that custom icon is enable:

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But when I set my own rule by pointing *.pdf to acon.ico (in <xyicons> folder)

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It would not work.

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It works when I point the source to say, notepad

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Please help out. Thank you very much! I am new to xyplorer

BTW, can I use custom icons for the icons in fav file or fav folder lists?

[highend]

It looks like it works as expected. Upload the acon.ico somewhere...

[evangelina]

But the acon.ico is supposed to look like this...

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I also tried many other ico files.
All turned out as the generic win10 image icon

[highend]

It works fine here so maybe your icon cache is broken?

https://www.howtogeek.com/232779/how-to ... indows-10/

Reboot afterwards

[klownboy]

Enter e <xyicons>; in XYplorer's address bar. What is the result? Unless you provide the full path, your icons like acorn.ico, have to be in this folder for that Customized File Icons to work. Also check your spelling of acorn.ico vs acon.ico.

[admin]

My bet is on the spelling.

[highend]

I also tried many other ico files.

And she misspelled all of them?

[admin]

Damn, right.

[evangelina]

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Guys, thank you very much for the tips! And to point out my bad spelling

I found out what's happening.

My *.ico file was associated with the Win10 Photo Viewer App.

When I reset the association with Microsoft Paint. Everything works normally.

Finally, may I know how to use custom icons on fav files/fav folders? I know for the internal icons, I do it like this

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"File Association|:lstmgmt" #614;

[klownboy]

Sure, go into the menu Tools > List Management and select Favorite Files... or Favorite Folders... and from there youcan add or modify your Favorites using a format similar to this:

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"1by1|<xyicons>\music_01.ico" D:\Music\1by1\1by1.exe
"Downloads|D:\Graphics\Icons\down_box.ico" goto "G:\downloads\";
"XY scripts|D:\Graphics\Icons\xy.ico" goto "D:\Tools\XYplorer\Scripts\";

You can also edit them from the menu, Favorites > Manage Favorite Files... or Manage Favorite Folders...

[evangelina]

Sure, go into the menu Tools > List Management and select Favorite Files... or Favorite Folders... and from there youcan add or modify your Favorites using a format similar to this:

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"1by1|<xyicons>\music_01.ico" D:\Music\1by1\1by1.exe
"Downloads|D:\Graphics\Icons\down_box.ico" goto "G:\downloads\";
"XY scripts|D:\Graphics\Icons\xy.ico" goto "D:\Tools\XYplorer\Scripts\";

You can also edit them from the menu, Favorites > Manage Favorite Files... or Manage Favorite Folders...

Nice! Thanks a lot! I love this community. So glad to finally find a dream file explorer.