IconPackager Manual Settings SystemSettings

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9. Settings: System Settings

The tab gives you options for: opening icon packages, saving, display, including tabs, upscaling to 256x256 (Vista) & backing up before conversion, and rebuilding & repairing options. After a change has been made to System Settings (i.e. checking/un-checking a box) the button will appear in the upper, right corner. After making any changes, click .

System Settings Quick Reference

Action	What it does
Windows Settings (Windows XP Only)
Use large Windows icons.	Unchecked, (default) icons remain the normal size. Checked, allows you to change the size of the icons to 48x48 pixels, which is the same as if you selected Large icons under Windows Display Properties (Appearance tab, Effects button, "Use large icons"). (If you had a custom icon size selected, checking this box will change it to 48.)
Windows icon custom size:	Allows you to change the icon size from 1 (tiny) to 72 (very large) pixels.
Opening Icon Packages
Restore all icons before opening a new package.	Checked, (default) restores all icons before opening a new package. Unchecked, leaves the current set of icons applied to desktop.
Restore all cursors before opening a new package.	Checked, restores all cursors before opening a new set. Unchecked, (default) doesn't restore icons.
Use smart package loading.	Checked, (default) let IconPackager determine best way to load. Unchecked, don't use smart package loading.
Only load File Icons for registered file types.	Checked, (default) only load registered file type icons. Unchecked, load all file types.
Apply package icons to Internet Explorer Favorites.	Checked, applies package icons to IE Favorite web site icons. Unchecked, (default) don't apply icons to Favorites.
Display
Show 'Icon' tab in File/Folder/Drive Properties dialog.	Checked, (default – XP) displays an extra tab on the Properties dialog box. Unchecked, (default – Vista) hides the "Icon" tab.
Show Microsoft Plus! Themes within packages list.	Checked, (default) any installed Microsoft Plus! Themes will appear in the icon package listing on the tabs. Unchecked, Microsoft Plus! Themes won't be included in the icon packages listing.
Include Icon Sections
Desktop Icons, Start Icons, Folder Icons, Drive Icons, Other Icons, File Icons, Custom Files.	Checked, (default) when opening a new icon package, only the icons on these tabs (icon types) will be replaced. When applying icons to your computer, only these groups of icons will change. Unchecked, these icons won't be changed when a new package is opened or when applied to your desktop.
Quick Launch Icons, Control Panel Icons, Cursors.	Checked, same as above. Unchecked, (default) these icons won't be changed when a new package is opened or when applied to your desktop.
Saving Icon Packages
Show Package Info dialog on saving a package.	Checked, (default) on the tabs, after saving changes to a new filename (package), IconPackager will display a Package Info. dialog box. It will ask you for information about the new icon package, including: name of Author, E-Mail, Web site, Category, Comments and if the package supports high color (XP & Vista). Unchecked, the Information dialog won't be displayed.
Save package as individual icons.	Checked, (default) will save each icon to a separate .ICO file. Unchecked, will save all icons in a compressed (.DDL type file containing .ICO resources), ending in .ICL. Also a file ending in .ICONPACKAGE will be created. IconPackager can handle .ICL files on Windows Vista, but Vista can't handle (reference) them outside of IconPackager. On Vista, it is best to leave this option checked.
Remove duplicate icons from my package to save space.	Checked, (default) removes the same icons (duplicates) from a package to make the package smaller. Unchecked, duplicate icons are left in the package, making it larger in file size.
(Windows Vista Only Options)
Automatically upscale icons to 256x256 sizes.	Checked, (default) changes icons from lower pixel sizes (i.e. 48x48, 128x128) to the Vista 256x256 size. Unchecked, will display the icon at it's native size (i.e. 128x128).
Create a backup of the original icon on upscaling.	Checked, will create a backup copy of the native size (i.e. 128x128) of the icon, before changing it to 256x256. Unchecked, (default) will overwrite the old smaller icon size in changing it to 256x256.

Rebuild/Repair Icons

These three options allow you to fix a number of issues that may arise while using IconPackager.

Rebuild Icon Cache

If after applying a new icon package you notice the icons from the previous package are still being used by Windows, clicking should fix it. Windows Explorer uses a cache to store the icons applied to your computer. In this case, the cache needs to be rebuilt using icons from the current icon package by clicking the button. Nothing will be displayed after clicking this button, but you should notice the icons have been changed to the current package.

Repair Icon Images

If some of your icons get damaged (munged) where you can't see them, clicking should fix them. It will restore the icon(s) to the one(s) that came with the application. Then you can reapply the current icon package.

Repair Shell Icons

Some applications (i.e. Nero CD/DVD burning, WinRar file compression) have the ability to navigate (browse) for files & folders (file trees). IconPackager will attempt to force the application (process) to use the icons from the selected icon package vs. the standard Windows default icons. Clicking opens a dialog box where you or applications from the list. Options include: "Do not repair any shell icons on my computer", "Repair shell icons for all processes" and "Repair shell icons for the following processes only" (default).

To clear all listed applications from the list, click . You will be asked to confirm with . (Click to abort.)

Confirmation - to remove all app's from the list.

If you select "Repair shell icons for all processes", you have the option to or applications to a list to be excluded. will remove any applications on the list, after confirming your decision. After making changes to this list, click to save changes. (Click or to abort.)