=================================================== THE HAPPY ICON COLLECTION FOR WINDOWS 95 v5 FEB 98 MICROANGELO LIBRARIAN EDITION 2 By Andy Watts & Tony Clemens THE WORLDS LARGEST COLLECTION OF 256 COLOR ONLY ICONS http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/watts/andy/ =================================================== CONTENTS ======== 1. Welcome 2. New in this version 3. Usage with shortcuts 4. Mac -> PC icons 5. 256 Colour icons 6. Icons for BMP files 7. Fixing Explorer icons 8. Converting ICO files to GIF/BMP files 9. The Author 10. Credits WELCOME ======= HI there, fellow icon collectors! Here is a cool collection of icons which I have collected from various sources including: * Over 5000 Icons converted by Tony Clemens & I from the Macintosh (various original authors) * Converted from bitmaps (GIFs, JPGs etc.) * Some we drew from scratch * A few pinched from other places on the 'net Only the best hand picked and converted icons end up in this collection! (I am sure you well agree as there has been over 500,000 known downloads) These icons are most useful to Windows 95/NT 4.0 users who can use them for their shortcut folders and much more. Use the them on your desktop to make it more fun! YOU MUST BE IN HIGH COLOR OR TRUE COLOR TO USE 256 COLOR ICONS. THIS EDITION REQUIRES MICROANGELO IF YOU WANT TO MANAGE THESE ICONS! DOWNLOAD FROM HTTP://WWW.IMPACTSOFT.COM Some icons will also be 48x48 as well as the usual 32x32 for extra detail! 2. NEW IN THIS VERSION ====================== The complete icon collection from Tony Clemens, every icon individually converted from the Macintosh. About 85% of this collection now consists of icons he converted from the Macintosh computer. Unfortuately Tony has very little time to manage his web pages and would rather speed the time converting icons from the Macintosh computer. So he asked me to integrate the two collections to create the best collection EVER! 3. USAGE WITH SHORTCUTS (Or Aliases? :) IN WIN95 ================================================ 1. Right click a shortcut icon you wish to change 2. Click Properties 3. Click Change Icon . . . 4. Click Browse 5. Change the Files of type to All Files 5. Find the icon library you wish to use from the path C:\WINDOWS\ICONS 6. Select the icon libary you want and Click OK 7. Scroll accross to select the icon you want, then OK! You can't currently change the icons for actual folders like on the Mac, if any programmers are reading this take note! 4. MAC -> PC ICONS ================== To convert the Mac icons to the PC I did the following: 1. I took a screen shot of the Mac desktop and saved it in PICT format. 2. Renamed the files with PCT file extension. 3. Copied the files to a PC disk and loaded them into Corel Photo Paint (I would have used PSP but it did not support PICT :( 4. Cropped the icons and saved them as BMP files 5. Imported the BMP files into Microangelo 6. Saved them to disk (obviously!) There are a few programs that can automate this now, please see the links on my web pages. 5. 256 COLOUR ICONS =================== I now have a program, Icon Colour Level, that will edit the following registry entries automatically. Double click it and check Show icons using all possible colours to use 256 colour icons! You can also give yourself 256 colour icons without any external program by modifying the following registry entries: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Config\0001\Display\Settings Look for a BitsPerPixel string. Then under: HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics add a string value: Shell Icon BPP and give it a value corresponding to the previous (16 or 24) NOTE: If there is no WindowMetrics key just add it; the single entry for Shell Icon BPP will work. 6. ICONS FOR BMP FILES ====================== To make BMP files have icons that are thumbnails of the bitmaps themselves, double click on: Icons for BMP files.reg or modify the following registry entry: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Paint.Picture\DefaultIcon\ change the value of (Default) to %1 7. FIXING EXPLORER ICONS ======================== If you ever find that your icons don't show as they should in Explorer, try double clicking on: Fix Explorer Icons.reg This will restore the icon related entries in the system registry. 8. CONVERTING ICO FILES TO GIF/BMP FILES ======================================== 1. Get the icons that you want on screen 2. Press PRINT SCREEN 3. Load Paint Shop Pro (http://www.jasc.com) 4. Select Edit, then Paste 5. Drag a box around the icon you want 6. Select Image, then Crop 7. Select File, then Save As and voila! Here's a better method :- 1. Load the icon into Micronagelo Studio 2. Select the icon by dragging a box around it 3. Select Edit, then Copy 4. Load Paint Shop Pro (http://www.jasc.com) 5. Select Edit, then Paste 6. Select File, then Save As and bobs your uncle! 9. THE AUTHOR ============= I don't 'spose you care who I am do you? I wouldn't care if I was reading this! I cant take all the credit because I only drew a few of them, but I wouldn't mind credit for putting this collection together! All I ask is that if you have some good icons, mail them to me and i'll add them to the collection! Also if you have ANYTHING else you think I might like such as furry/toon and sonic pix, anything to do with games, get uuencoding & attaching those files! Keeper of the collection, Andy Watts. -----------------------------------> sonic@dial.pipex.com <-------------------------------- Feel free to distribute this collection but please don't distribute the icons individually! Keep this ZIP file together with this readme file! This icon collection is FREEWARE! Spread it to all your friends! Please feel free to include this on any magazine disk or shareware CD, but please send me an email and let me know! I am still looking icons to add to future versions of the collection, EMAIL me, they must past Tony and myself's high quality standard! If you see any cool MAC icons which are not in my collection, send me a screen shot in any format! 10. Credits =========== Simpsons Icon Collection: Jeanette Foshee (original mac icons) 1603-13th St. Boone, IA 50036 Jfoshee1@aol.com Tim Anstine (converter to win 3.1) tim@unr.edu http://unr.edu/homepage/tim 256 colour versions converted from mac by Tony Clemens The Simpsons is copywrite (c) 20th centuary fox. Dave Schutz (Mac Icons - mostly toons) Alikchi Graphics P.O. Box 8132 Madison, WI 53708 daschutz@students.wisc.edu Craig Sherman (some cool 256 colour icons) craigs@iadfw.net Mikael Grande (Some cool 256c DOOM icons) grande@algonet.se Command & Conquer Icons Download the complete theme from http://www.westwood.com X Files Icons Most by Brandon Smith (silverchair@value.net) Eye 'cons Wolf ccook@faith.gordonc.edu http://members.tripod.com/~CyboWolf Super Mario RPG + Some Signs & Logos Borin Lonh L_TUN@wow.com Sonic the Hedgehog Icons & Cursors Most created by ME! Andy Watts sonic@dial.pipex.com Sonic the Hedgehog is copywrite (c) Sega. Monty Python Icons By Ted (doesn't have an internet account) Contact him through David Yates, Maldon, UK dg-yates@dircon.co.uk Star Trek & Star Wars Icons Talos Tsui talosman@aol.com http://members.aol.com/talosman Thanks again to Tony Clemens as this collection wouln't be half as good without his help! See ya, and remember: Welcome to the world of M$%"$tosh er... Windows 95! 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