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I like 7-Zip a lot - it's my compression utility of choice on Windows. I have just one problem with it: it's butt ugly. I'm really kind of reluctant to install it on my fresh Windows 7 system because of its eye-bleeding qualities. Sad, I know, but the designer in me is just too anal to cope with it.
Does anyone know of an easy, simple way to replace all of its default icons with something more attractive?
Charles Roper
Posted 2009-07-21T17:56:29.217
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Use 7Zip Theme Manager . You can change the file type look and feel as well the toolbar.
ukanth
Posted 2009-07-21T17:56:29.217
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It does not work on Windows 10. – Marco Lackovic – 2016-05-16T07:43:17.990
Now that is absolutely perfect! I wish I could give you 10 upvotes. :D – Charles Roper – 2009-10-14T16:13:34.047
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You have two options:
For the first option, you can edit the registry. The icon should be associated in
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\zipfile\DefaultIcon. The entry is a string with the full path to the file (most probably the 7-Zip executable), and optionally a 1-based index of the icon number to use, seperated from the path by a coma. I know a tool that is helpful if you don't wand to fiddle with the registry manually: WAssociate
For the second option, I recommend ResourceHacker.
The easier way in my opinion is option 1, I recommend to go that way. You need elevated permissions for changes in HKCR, though.
Treb
Posted 2009-07-21T17:56:29.217
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I use these sets of icons, created by superweapons on deviantart
pros:
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Duke
Posted 2009-07-21T17:56:29.217
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How do you install them? – Marco Lackovic – 2016-05-16T07:47:00.180
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You can replace the default icons used by the application or the file extension easily with the Windows system configuration. I do not think this is a 7-zip problem at all.
nik
Posted 2009-07-21T17:56:29.217
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Yeah, I was kind of hoping for a way of replacing the whole lot easily and quickly, rather than one-by-one. I would beg to differ that this is not a 7-Zip problem: it's a 7-Zip problem by virtue of the fact that 7-Zip is delivered with ugly icons by default. – Charles Roper – 2009-07-21T18:14:35.473
@Charles, you have a point there. I wonder if it has anything to do with attempting compatibility across a lot of platforms, resolutions and display capabilities. – nik – 2009-07-21T18:35:22.493
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I found two replacement icon packs for 7zip:
The second one contains a .reg file that will automatically apply the required changes to the registry in order to update the icons. This reg file works with both packages.
Charles Roper
Posted 2009-07-21T17:56:29.217
Reputation: 9 646
Those ones aren't too bad; it's these I'm thinking of: http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4803/7zip.png
– Charles Roper – 2009-07-21T18:12:46.6502Oh that's the same. I just never use large icon view. Just use detailed view like me =P – Pyrolistical – 2009-07-21T18:29:09.963