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How to Change Icons and Customize Your Desktop PC

strangerworkdams
Feb 181 min read

Your desktop PC is more than just a tool—it’s a reflection of your style and personality. Customizing your icons, wallpapers, and themes can make your workspace feel more personal and efficient. Here’s how you can change icons and further customize your desktop PC.


Exactly like this:

 

View This Theme :-

  • Patrick Star
your-theme-name/
├── your-theme-name-empty.ico
├── your-theme-name-full.ico




View This Theme :-

  • Pop Cat
your-theme-name/
├── your-theme-name-empty.ico
├── your-theme-name-full.ico




View This Theme :-

  • Kirby
    your-theme-name/ ├── your-theme-name-empty.ico ├── your-theme-name-full.ico



View This Theme :-

  • Kanna
your-theme-name/
├── your-theme-name-empty.ico
├── your-theme-name-full.ico





View This Theme :-

  • Sword Kirby
your-theme-name/
├── your-theme-name-empty.ico
├── your-theme-name-full.ico




View This Theme :-

  • French Fries
your-theme-name/
├── your-theme-name-empty.ico
├── your-theme-name-full.ico





View This Theme :-

  • Minecraft Chest
your-theme-name/
├── your-theme-name-empty.ico
├── your-theme-name-full.ico







How to change the Recycle Bin icon

 

Method 1

  1. Download the two icons ending with empty.ico and full.ico

  2. Open the the Settings app and go to Personalization > Themes > Desktop Icon Settings > Change Icon and Apply Icons

  3. Change the icons for Recycle Bin (full) the icon ending with full.ico and Recycle Bin (empty) with empty.ico

  4. Open Registry Editor and go to HKey_Current_User > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > CLSID > {645FF...} > DefaultIcon

  5. Click on each file (Default, empty, and full) and in the Value Data add a comma and 0 at the end after .ico and hit okay (it will look like .ico,0)


Method 2

  1. Download the RecycleBinThemes.ps1 file

  2. Right click the file > Run with Powershell

 

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