Anime Icons

All the program and folders on your computer are represented by icons.

 

I will share to you how pretty your desktop is when using the anime icons and here is a preview of them all!

In below image you can see how I changed all the original desktop icons with custom ones. You can swap the icon of any folder or program icon on your desktop with a custom one! They have to be modify with an Icon File (also known as ICO.), which is a different format than what most picture files are in. You won't be able to use JPG., GIF., or PNG. picture files to change the look of a desktop icon. It has to be an icon file. However any picture file can be changed to an icon file.

Doing all this actually pretty simple. In customizing your desktop icons with ICO files you can use software which is available in this website http://converticon.com/. This tutorial will work for Windows XP to Windows 7.

I started with these icons.

Then changed them to these icons. Looks very attractive right? You can have these by following some simple steps, so let us start.

Downloading and installing desktop icons

All the custom desktop icons are put in a single RAR file for you. Download it from this link below. You will extract the folder Shishi Icons, which has all the custom anime icons you saw above plus a few more. Move the folder to a place you can easily access it later where it also won't be moved in the future. You will need to find it later. 

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/78340470/Icons%20and%20cursors/Shishi%20Icons.rar

These icons are modified by Shishio-kun.

Applying a custom icon to a desktop item

Now that you have some custom icons, you can change some of your desktop icons to the ones in the folder you just downloaded and exported. This is easy as well. We are going to change this folder on my desktop named DanneLa Shin seen in the image below. You can make your own test folder or choose another desktop item.

First you have to right click then select Personalize. After that you will choose the folder that you want to customize, in my case I will select DanneLa Shin as an example. Then click Change Icon.

And then on the new window that pops up click the Browse.
Note: The new window contained default icons already available on your computer; you can change icons to these as well.

Now you need to browse your computer and find the Shishi Icons folder. When inside Shishi Icons, you should see all the folder icons including Haruhi and Mio. Click or Open the one you want to turn the desktop item into.

Almost done! A new window will pop up and click OK. Now my DanneLa Shin is a cute Book Chan folder. You can also try this to Recycle Bin and Computer by doing the same steps.

Here is the other way of changing your standard folder into custom icon. In this case, I am going to change the Warcraft III folder.

First right click the icon you want to change. Click the Warcraft III for example. Click Properties.

Note: If you don't see Properties, choose another item for now. I will show you how to change those types of files later.

Now click the Customize tab (labeled 1 in the visual example below), followed by Change Icon (2), and then on the new window that pops up click the Browse (3).

Now you need to browse your computer and find the Shishi Icons folder. When inside Shishi Icons, you should see all the folder icons. Click or Open the one you want to turn the item into!

Almost done! A new window will pop up that is titled with Change Icon. Click OK (1). Now click Apply (2) on Properties followed by OK (3).

Now my Warcraft III is a cute Yuki folder!

If you have some questions or suggestions just leave a comment.