Tweak Library – Show special icons for “.DLL” files.

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Show special icons for “.DLL” files.

Windows show normally “.DLL” files with the default generic icon, but you can specify that Windows should use the icons inside each file.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

Windows show normally “.DLL” files with the default generic icon, but you can specify that Windows should use the icons inside each file.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, right-click and modify the data of “Default” Expandable String value to “%1” which can show special icons for “.DLL” files.

However, if you want to revert to default icons look, change the value data to “%SystemRoot%\System32\shell32.dll,-154”.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Display special icon for DLL files.reg

The ".reg" file can show special icons of ".DLL" files.

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Display default special windows icon for DLL files (Default).reg

The ".reg" file will show generic icons of ".DLL" files.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\DefaultIcon\]

Key Type :

Root

Value Name :

Default

Data Type :

REG_EXPAND_SZ (Expandable String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Modified

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Generic icons are displayed for ".DLL" extension files.

Default icons for ".DLL" files are visible.

First, click the Start button, and select Run. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit"

Second, go to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\DefaultIcon] and right-click on "Default " and select 'Modify'.

Finally set the value data as '%1' and click 'OK'.