Chaging HD Icons - Win 7

Guyz,

I want to chnage icons tht i get after clicking "My computer", i.e, My HDD and Optical drives...

Now, i do know how to change icon via registry, but it involes adding/creating a new folder named "Explorer.exe." manually.

Now, i knw a backdoor virus named explorer.exe as well, so if i manually create such a folder in registry will it anyway make it easier for any virus/attacker to gain control of my PC easily ??

You need more info - tell me

PS: i have already tried the same on my spare HDD and icons are working great, but i am worried abt security (if its related)

Instead of manually editing the registry, why not just use My Drive Icon to change the icons?

How to Change Drive Icons in Windows 7/Vista/XP [The Easy Way]
http://www.thewindowsplanet.com/463/how-to-change-drive-icons-in-windows-7vistaxp-the-easy-way.htm

My Drive Icon 1.0
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Icons-Related/My-Drive-Icon.shtml

redduc900 said:

Instead of manually editing the registry, why not just use My Drive Icon to change the icons?

How to Change Drive Icons in Windows 7/Vista/XP [The Easy Way]
http://www.thewindowsplanet.com/463/how-to-change-drive-icons-in-windows-7vistaxp-the-easy-way.htm

My Drive Icon 1.0
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Icons-Related/My-Drive-Icon.shtml

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This software does not support Win 7, anyways thx... i just gone ahead and changed it manually via registry.

craige said:

This software does not support Win 7, anyways thx... i just gone ahead and changed it manually via registry.

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That software does support Windows 7. You have to right-click and "run as Administrator"

tuneup utilities 2010 will give you what you want and more.

I had changed some using windows 7 mgr but not all as some of them were system locked files it seemed. If you notice some things simply cannot be deleted in 7 (unlike xp). I gave up worrying about misc tweaking. Windows 7 is as much a pita as is xp ever was minus a few drivers from windows update.