Microsoft KB Archive/75041

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Deleting .ICO Files Does Not Delete Icons in Windows

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Q75041

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

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SUMMARY
After you set up some third-party icon files from an icon library and change the icons in Windows, the icon (.ICO) files are deleted from the hard drive. Even if you exit and restart Windows, the third-party icons still appear in the groups where they were placed for specific applications.

MORE INFORMATION
The icon (.ICO) file is merely a visual representation of the icon itself. The actual association for the icon is retained within the specific group (.GRP) file where the icon resides. Any time an icon is changed, that change is written to the group file. As long as the icon is not replaced with another icon, the association remains and Windows continues to use that icon representation.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11 3rdparty

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311