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Has anyone made a Thinkpad icon that you could use to replace the "My Computer" icon and etc. ?

krymson wrote:Has anyone made a Thinkpad icon that you could use to replace the "My Computer" icon and etc. ?

In the old official Thinkpad support or community page, I remember being able to download wallpaper, themes, and Active desktops. The icons were also customized.

Unfortunately, I only downloaded some screensavers. Maybe some other members have archived some of the other things?

michael23 wrote:In the old official Thinkpad support or community page, I remember being able to download wallpaper, themes, and Active desktops. The icons were also customized.

Unfortunately, I only downloaded some screensavers. Maybe some other members have archived some of the other things?

There was a thread just on this in the GENERAL ThinkPad News/Comments & Questions forum. http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=21455

They have several customized icons in the Active Think and Think themes.

If you want to further customize, you could rename "My Computer" to "My ThinkPad" or just "ThinkPad."

http://www.theeldergeek.com/rename_my_c ... esktop.htm
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Re ... ername.htm
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/370/

Back up your registry before doing any hacking, BTW. You have been warned.

davidspalding wrote:Back up your registry before doing any hacking, BTW. You have been warned.

NOW you tell me!

I seem to be able to rename My Computer without registry hacking for some reason.

The thinkpad icon in the theme is weak, I'm stickin with the tp98tray.exe icon for now.

Ah, very cute.... Never thought to use that.

davidspalding wrote:They have several customized icons in the Active Think and Think themes.

If you want to further customize, you could rename "My Computer" to "My ThinkPad" or just "ThinkPad."

http://www.theeldergeek.com/rename_my_c ... esktop.htm
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Re ... ername.htm
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/370/

Back up your registry before doing any hacking, BTW. You have been warned.

Why do all those registry changes? Just right click on My Computer and select rename.

krymson wrote:Has anyone made a Thinkpad icon that you could use to replace the "My Computer" icon and etc. ?

I did one just for that purpose and renamed "My Computer" to ThinkPad.

Nice. I used to have one I made for my OmniBook, I ought to see if I can adapt it.

Actually, a G-H-B with red trackpoint would make a nice .ICO, too.