Custom Disk icon

NTDEV
1

I am writing some custom storage software, and it would be really nice
to have a custom icon show up in Explorer for my disk drive volumes.
Any ideas how I might accomplish this?

I know it can be done, products like MacDrive have custom icons for
their volumes.

I suspect I would probably need to write some sort of shell extension
(in which case this list probably isn’t the right place to ask, but I
had to start somewhere!).

TIA

  • Cliff Russell
    Atimi Software Inc.

250 818 5711
http://www.atimi.com
xxxxx@atimi.com

2

It is a registry setting… Search MSDN; I do not remember it right now.

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Subject: [ntdev] Custom Disk icon

I am writing some custom storage software, and it would be really nice
to have a custom icon show up in Explorer for my disk drive volumes.
Any ideas how I might accomplish this?

I know it can be done, products like MacDrive have custom icons for
their volumes.

I suspect I would probably need to write some sort of shell extension
(in which case this list probably isn’t the right place to ask, but I
had to start somewhere!).

TIA

  • Cliff Russell
    Atimi Software Inc.

250 818 5711
http://www.atimi.com
xxxxx@atimi.com

Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256

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3

See “Customizing Icons” article in MSDN.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_basics/shell_basics_extending/icon.asp

CR> I am writing some custom storage software, and it would be really nice
CR> to have a custom icon show up in Explorer for my disk drive volumes.
CR> Any ideas how I might accomplish this?

CR> I know it can be done, products like MacDrive have custom icons for
CR> their volumes.

CR> I suspect I would probably need to write some sort of shell extension
CR> (in which case this list probably isn’t the right place to ask, but I
CR> had to start somewhere!).

–
Alexey mailto:xxxxx@gmx.net

4

Any COM objects can be hooked. Hook the class “Drive” and intercept the
icon queries.

Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
xxxxx@storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com

----- Original Message -----
From: “Cliff Russell”
To: “Windows System Software Devs Interest List”
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:05 AM
Subject: [ntdev] Custom Disk icon

> I am writing some custom storage software, and it would be really nice
> to have a custom icon show up in Explorer for my disk drive volumes.
> Any ideas how I might accomplish this?
>
> I know it can be done, products like MacDrive have custom icons for
> their volumes.
>
> I suspect I would probably need to write some sort of shell extension
> (in which case this list probably isn’t the right place to ask, but I
> had to start somewhere!).
>
>
> TIA
>
> - Cliff Russell
> Atimi Software Inc.
>
> 250 818 5711
> http://www.atimi.com
> xxxxx@atimi.com
>
>
> —
> Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256
>
> You are currently subscribed to ntdev as: xxxxx@storagecraft.com
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to xxxxx@lists.osr.com