Software Overlay Icons Disappear in Win7
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Software Overlay Icons Disappear in Win7

If you use a versioning repository software, such as Dropbox or Subversion, then you rely heavily on the small icon overlays to provide you with a visual notification if your file or folder is out of date with the server. In Windows 7, the icons occasionally disappear, most often after a reboot or a background software update. You can force Windows 7 to once again display your icon overlays. To restore your icon overlays: Open Windows...

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Free Icon Downloads

Over the weekend, I was working on a new design for one of my webpages....

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Desktop Icons

A friend asked me to dig up and post some info on creating interesting and personalized icons for a desktop. Free Icons First, I would recommend that you look at some cool, free icons that are already made: www.brushesdownload.com/icons.asp – Note, after you select a group of icons you like, it will take you to the next page. You will need to click on the “Download Free” link at the BOTTOM of the page. Icon Tutorials...

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4-9-2010 Meeting

We didn’t actually meet this week, but I was working on a few things and Daryl helped me with an Animated GIF in Photoshop. Check out the [cref photoshop-animated-gif-tutorial] Post for that information. It’s got a silly animation embedded in the page. I’ve done a lot of Blog stuff. Check out those pages: [cref blogging] [cref blog-basics-tutorial] [cref blog-install-wordpress-tutorial] [cref blog-plugins-tutorial ]...

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Application Icons

How does Windows even use the icons you create? www.hhhh.org/cloister/csharp/icons/ I found some icons on the [Brushes Download] webpage. I decided to do a little reverse engineering to try to figure out how to make all the icons. I have previously installed a plugin that lets me open and save in the Icon format (.ico). Go to my [cref favicon-tutorial] Post for more info on that. So I opened the .ico file in Photoshop. The following...

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