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        Briefcase Icon

Section(s): Miscellaneous, Customization
Published on Apr 20, 2004.
Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
Rated 3.6 out of 5 based on 8 votes.

You can spiff up the Briefcase icon and replace it with an icon of a metal attache case using the following Windows NT / W2K / XP registry hack:

Hive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Key: CLSID\{85BBD0920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}
Name: DefaultIcon
Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: %SystemRoot%\system32\syncui.dll,1 shiny metal attache icon
Value: %SystemRoot%\system32\syncui.dll,0 default Briefcase icon