These are some offerings to replace the standard folder icon for an important folder -- C:\Windows or C:\WINNT.
You might say, "Yeah, that's the familiar Windows logo," -- what's special?
-- This is the first time you've ever seen a close representation of it as a desktop icon,
and you won't find this anywhere else on the Internet. The next closest that you might find will look
like the unlabeled image on the right (which is usually limited to a single format of 32 X 32 X 8).
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The Windows (2) icon represents what the original icon (or logo) wanted to be. The concept calls for the image of "a window" that gives the impression of a "motion blur" as it floats from left to right. Until Windows XP arrived, gradients of transparency for PC icons did not exist. Usually, company logos rely on a basic, flat color version that reproduces well from only several colors to as little as two colors (they produce economically through print media such as letterheads and product packaging graphics). If the logo were to be produced as a program icon, a fade from opacity to transparency could not be done anyway, so the tact was to simulate this with a "contrived" dithering, hence the big dots that trail the window. So, using the 32-bit icon format I've smoothed out those damned blocky streaks.
Here's another version of the Windows logo as a desktop icon.
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Your replacement icon for the Windows folder doesn't have to look like the Windows logo -- it's more fun to make it look like any window you want:
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-- It doesn't even have to be a window; how about this "Simon" icon, using the same color scheme as the Windows logo.
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| Simon | porthole |
Lastly, here's another kooky replacement icon; at least it's a floating window!
-- Does anyone recognize it?
(Place the mouse pointer over it to find out what it is.)
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FORMATTING:
All icons are 32-bit.
Icons Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are formatted to three sizes: 64,48,32.
All the rest are in two sizes: 64, 48.
To download an icon, right-click an image, then Save target as.
You may notice that the names of some of the target files don't match the labels, however,
the correct file will be downloaded.
Nos. 4 through 9 have been skipped.