The Icon Archive: 31,100 Free Icons for Windows, Mac, and Linux

The open Icon Library;

http://openiconlibrary.sourceforge.net/

Regards....Mike Connor

good thing

Greetings All,

One can also generate and save their own icons ('favicons'), as well as capture those icons associated with bookmarked sites (those which have one, such as Gizmo's Freeware, for example), save them to a local file and explicitly associate them, thus making them persistent.

The first task can be accomplished with an on-line utility such as 'FavIcon from Pics' (http://www.html-kit.com/favicon/) or 'FavIcon Generator' (http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/); the second with one such as 'getfavicon' (http://www.getfavicon.org/).

In my case using XP, a folder was created in My Documents ("Icons"). As favicons are created or acquired, they are saved in this folder labeled with a name that terminates with the extension < .ico >.

For example, consider a desktop shortcut: right-click on it, select Properties --> Change Icon --> Browse [on drop-down at top] --> My Documents [on left-hand column] --> double left-click on Icons folder, then double left-click on the icon you wish to associate with that shortcut (or hi-light it and click Open). Click Okay --> Apply --> Okay. You're done.

This may seem a laborious task, but one needn't do every icon in one swell foop [sic]. And, a really nifty thing about this approach is that if you, say, need to nuke the OS and reinstall it, if you've backed-up your desktop shortcuts in a file and restore your My Documents file in the new environment first, when the shortcuts are replaced, all their icons will be as well. (This also applies to migrating a set of shortcuts to another XP rig.)

Take a look and experiment with these free applications; those who prefer their site-associated favicons to remain stable will enjoy working with them.

Regards,

AJNorth