Do it yourself, create a personalized right-click menu icon

"Win7 landscaping: do it yourself, create a personalized right-click menu icon"; mainly use the right-click menu as an example to explain in detail the individual beautification process of the system icon, of course, you can refer to this article learn by analogy. Here, I am especially grateful to the soft media forum for the beautification of people Q8267609. The three system default icons in the right-click menu are the screen resolution + gadget + personalized three icons. These three icons beautify the work is easy to be ignored! Look at the picture: (example is the effect after landscaping)

Before landscaping, first of all to figure out the specific location of these three icons, the registry probe can know that these three icons are located under: HCR_DesktopBackground_Shell.

Dimensions: Display Screen Resolution Icon Location %SystemRoot%\\System32\\display.dll
Gadgets Gadget Icon LocationC:\\Program Files\\ Windows Sidebar\\sidebar.exe
Personalize Personalized icon location %systemroot%\\system32\\themecpl.dll
With a clear goal, the rest is easy to handle. There are two ways to replace it. One is to reassign the icon path in the registry and assign it to the icon you want. This method requires permission. Please search for how to obtain permission. This article focuses on the method of replacing the system icon, this method is also a once-and-for-all approach.

Site the artifact Restorator (resource editor tool), open the above three files, locate the icon-1, right click the export icon to any selected folder, and save. Restorator work screenshot:

The next work is to analyze the original icon, use the tool IconWorkshop, IconWorkshop work interface screenshot:

After analysis, the three icons are structured as follows: Take the display screen resolution as an example (the rest is the same): the original icon structure: RGB/A 256 colors 16 colors 256X256 128X128 128X128128X128 48X48 48X4848X48 32X32 32X3232X32 24X24 24X2424X24 16X16 16X1616X16 So, then you The icon structure to be replaced must meet the above requirements, otherwise it is easy to make an unknown error after replacement, remember! This is also a must-have for replacing all system icons. Open IconWorkshop, import the icons you prepared, check RGB/A 256 colors and 16 colors separately. First look at the extra items than the original icons. The extra items are easy to handle. Right click on the image to remove the image. Missing items look at the following picture: (The example uses ready-made icons, you can also import image creation icons, in principle, the background is transparent png format is best)

The principle of modification is generally the largest The resolution of the RGB/A image is a template (example is 256RGB/A), right click on the mouse - create a new multi-image format from this graphic. The following interface pops up:

Check the desired, non-normal format is optional - other formats - custom, fill in the values. Save the icon after the modification is complete. The replacement method is very similar to the "Win7 Beautification Raiders: Replace imageres.dll, icon full variation" at the beginning of the article. You can replace it with reference. In particular, remember to rename the original file and rename the backup and rebuild the icon cache.