New modern icons for IrfanView
The story around
I think I'm not too far from truth if I say that many of you use image browser called IrfanView to your full satisfaction. And similarly I'd guess that sometimes you look at it's icons and you think that Irfan would deserve… simply something better. You know the power of icons. The amazing power of your icons' appearance, the power of order of your desktop… that are together with quality of your wallpaper principal factors of your windows' stability.
Well, the main thing I wanted to tell you is that I created a few new icons for IrfanView. I fell for a while into some complications, but now you're staying before the final result of my work. After that I created a few icons about them I could say „they're better“, I stand before the big question: „How to replace default ones?“ Known ways didn't work.
IrfanView as is doesn't allow to switch icons easily – in it's properties you can choose from about eight icons, all of them are unfortunately a solid part of Irfan's exe-file and anyway, I don't like any of these eight. I don't know any common way to choose from an external icon, I would say IV is not prepared for such a wish (help, fay, forum were quiet about it and author did not reply to my e-mail question…) so I had to use the only potential method (found by happy accident) – I replaced the Icons.dll file that belonged to a special icons plug-in.
About my icons
You know default IrfanView icons. This is how they look like in Windows, 32bit colors, default 32px size… Not too hot, what do you say? :-)
My remake. Little bit more colors, sharpened borders, a gradient on the old, well known red devil. My trying to modernization, rebirth of an over-seasoned devil:
Better? I hope so! In the prison of creative moods I made then two universal-looking abstract icons, you can use them as well.
Install & instructions
Návod k instalaci
- Firstly you have to have installed the Icons plugin. In newer versions it's included automatically. Upgrade your IrfanView for sure.
- Download my pack of icons
- Open your Irfan's plugin folder, usually C:\Program Files\IrfanView\Plugins and delete Icons.dll file.
- Copy from my package (a chosen) one .dll file into Plugins folder and rename it to Icons.dll
- Start IrfanView, Options → Properties → Extensions tab → Miscellaneous button → Choose Use different icons (Icons-PlugIn) option → Ok → Ok
Now you should see (on files associated with IrfanView) one of new icons. If not, you either made a mistake in the process or Windows needs to rebuild icon cache. You can help him this way: right-click on your desktop → Properties → Settings tab → change color depth, for example from 32bits to 16 bits, press Apply, (now you should new icons finally), then return the original setting of color depth and quit dialogue by pressing Ok.
- Nejprve musíte mít nainstalovaný Icons plugin. Je automatickou součástí novějších verzí, ale pro jistotu doporučuji váš IrfanView upgradovat
- Stáhněte si můj balík nových ikon
- Otevřete si složku pluginů, obvykle C:\Program Files\IrfanView\Plugins a odstraňte z ní soubor Icons.dll.
- Ze stáhnutého balíčku si zkopírujte (vybraný) .dll soubor do složky pluginů. Soubor přejmenujte na Icons.dll
- Spusťte si IrfanView, Options → Properties → záložka Extensions → tlačítko Miscellaneous → vyberte možnost Use different icons (Icons-PlugIn) → Ok → Ok
Teď byste měli vidět (u souborů asociovaných s IrfanViewem) nové ikonky. Pokud je nevidíte, buď jste se dopustili nějaké chyby v postupum, anebo Windows potřebuje přebudovat svou dočasnou paměť. Můžete mu pomoci tímto způsobem: pravý klik na plochu → Vlastnosti → Nastavení. Teď změňte Kvalitu barev na libovolnou jinou volbu, např. z 32 bitů na 16 bitů, potvrďte tlačítkem Použít. (Už teď byste měli vidět ikonky inovované) Teď změňte nastavení kvality barev na původní hodnotu a potvrďte tlačítkem Ok.
What else?
You can download these icons in .ico format (+1 extra icon I didn't converted into .dll file). Free for uncommercial purposes.
Comments and reactions are welcome, every symbolic donation naturally as
well.
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12.4. 2007 — 23:40
doufam, ze jsi tam aspon pribalil nejakej animovanej kursor. viz http://secunia.com/advisories/24659/
13.4. 2007 — 8:47
[1] zirafka: → :-) Kahi umí kouzlit i se statickou grafikou, ne že ne! ;)
13.4. 2007 — 21:17
mas exploit i ve statickejch ikonkach? tak to ses teda machr! ((-:
(urcite mas moc velkou radost, ze ti clanek trochu preSEOptimalizovavam na neco jinyho. kdyztak to klidne smaz!)
13.4. 2007 — 22:22
[3] zirafka: → Ale dyť nic se tady jinak neděje. Až se tu objeví nějaký on-topic, vedle nějž by naše blábolení vypadalo nepatřičně, tak to promažu.
Kromě toho mám hypotézu, že diskuze zcela bez komentářů působí jako psychologická bariéra před napsáním vlastního, tedy prvního příspěvku. :-)
13.4. 2007 — 22:37
Ten irfan je multiplatformni?
14.4. 2007 — 3:14
[5] Roj: To Roji popravdě nevím, ale mohu ti to zjistit…
…zdá se že ne href=„http://www.irfanview.com/“ rel=„nofollow“>http://www.irfanview.com/.
14.4. 2007 — 23:02
Hele, co jsem jeste nasla: http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3648
fakt dobre nacasovany clanek. jsem kvuli tomu rozebrala ty tvoje DLLka na bajtiky, jestli v nich prece jen neco neni ((-:
15.4. 2007 — 0:54
[7] zirafka: → Bože dobrý, ty mi tu vážně děláš SEOstudu… ;) Tos odkoukala od toho jokera DGXe, viď?
15.4. 2007 — 1:40
co ja? ja ti delam jen ostudu. ale co mi to delas ty! vzdyt ja dneska celej den misto abych delala neco rozumnyho, tak zkoumam, jak se da hacknout IrfanView…
15.4. 2007 — 1:48
[10] Kahi: → Hele, zase, zase to děláš. Přijde sem nějakej dobrotivej, zato naivní amerikánec, řekne si: Hele, to jsou ale hezké ikonky! (Wou, such an amazing pack of icons!) Přemýšlí, že si je stáhne a pošle potom donation, jenž co – podívá se do diskuse, kde ho upoutají slova jako exploit a hack a security – a potenciálně spokojený čtenář zmizí z Kahiho mindprintu jako pára z nadhrce!
15.4. 2007 — 2:31
for english readers: possibility of ANI buffer overflow exploiting of these icons was disused above in Czech and even when it is possible to store exploited icon to DLL file, Kahi’s set of icons is totally secure. In case you still have any doubts, don’t hesitate to send me email to address zirafka@zirafka.cz. Please use word “IrfanView” in subject to make it distinguishable from spam.
Hana Michalkova,
IP Security Consulting wholesale representative
25.4. 2007 — 10:06
hehe dost jsem se pobavil. sbohem a diky za ty .. ikonky!
27.4. 2007 — 11:11
thank you!!!
6.6. 2007 — 13:37
Great simple icons. Thanks.
9.11. 2007 — 20:29
cool thanks – i like the red brush stroke
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