All the Xp users would have been bored
by the boring icons in their My Computer panel which are adjacent to
the Hard disk drives(C:,D: or whatever drive letter you have).
Here
is a simple tweak by which you will be able to change this monotonous
icon to anything you like,even your own Picture if you wish
You
can put any image in place of one which I have shown,even the picture
of your favourite celebrity or your dream caror your own Picture.
Here are the steps you need to follow:
1.First
of all the picture you want to use should have .ico extension(if you
already have a pic with .ico extension proceed to step 2).Most of the
pictures we normally use have extensions like .jpg,.bmp,.png..gif etc,
so you first need to convert them to one with .ico extension.This is
simple.Just go here and put your original image in the 'Source Image
'section,then click on 'Generate Favicon.ico ' button to get your image
with .ico extension.
2.Now go to My Computer.Suppose you want to put this icon in place of your original C: image.
Double click and enter C: .Paste your .ico image file in it.Also create a new text file and in it type the following lines: [autorun] ICON=favicon.ico
Remember
that 'favicon.ico' in the second line is the name of your image file.If
you have an image file with .ico extension by the name of
'abc.ico',then use that in the second line in place of 'favicon.ico'.
3.Now rename this text file as ' autorun.inf ' (without the quotes).
Important
Note:How do I rename my text file as autorun.inf ?Ans.Go to
Tools->Folder options.Under the View tab uncheck the 'Hide
extensions for known file types'.Press apply.Now rename your text file
as 'autorun.inf'.
4.Now restart your Pc.You are done.Check out the cool new picture you have just added in your My computer panel.