Changing icons in Vista?

Question

I'm kind of bored of my desktop. I decided to make new little icons for All my programs and rename them all to funnier things.

I've renamed them, but the problem is, i can't figure out how to change the icons. How can I change their icons?

If possible, how can i change them so that when i see a file type it supports it will look like that too?

thanks so much.

Answer 1

Right Click on the Icon> Go to "Shortcut" Tab> Change Icon > Browse > The file path that you saved icons to> Select the icon you created. Finally Apply it and your done.

Answer 2

Go to the icon and right click then left click properties at the bottom, the on the bottom of the window click change icon. The on the icon you want or browse.