Changing Icons on Your Web Browser

So, you want to change the icon on your web browser? Well there are quite a few different ways to do that depending on which browser you have on your PC. For the Firefox default window icon, you can change it to any icon of your choice.

MOZILLA FIREFOX

The first thing you should do is go to the folder in which you installed your Firefox software. Then go to the subfolder which is called chrome. Once you are in the chrome folder, you should create a new subfolder; name the new folder, icons. Open the icons folder and create another subfolder called default. The full path to this folder is C:\ProgramFiles\MozillaFirefox\chrome\icons\default\ The last thing you must do is choose the icon that you would like to use. On the windows system use .ico files, and on the Linux system use. .xpm files. Once you have chosen the right icon, then place it into the folder and rename it main-window.[ext]. For example if you were to name the folder on windows it would look like this, mainwindow.ico and on Linux it would look like, mainwindow.xpm.

Once this is completed, you should restart your Firefox software and then you should see the icon you chose in the title of your browser windows. You can also change the icon in your bookmark manager and JavaScript consoles. The icon names for these are bookmark-window.[ext] and jsconsoleWindow.[ext].

INTERNET EXPLORER

For Internet Explorer, it's a bit different when changing the icons. Every web page has its own icon that will download into the Temporary Internet folder every time you add a website to your Favorites list. Every website that you visit has its very own icon and this gets downloaded into your temp file folder.

You can get to these icons by going into the Temporary Internet Folder at: c:\DocumentsandSettings\"username"\LocalSettings\TemporaryInternetFiles\ You should turn on the "Hidden/System Files" first. In order to do this, you must open the My Computer folder, click on the Tools folder options, then click View and click "Show all files." Now your hidden files should be able to be seen.

While you are in the Temporary Internet Folder, copy the file called "favicon.ico." This is where the icons will be stored. Place this file somewhere on your hard drive where you will know where they can be found easily. You will only be able to change the icon in the Internet Explorer as the default. It will not allow you to change the icons in your Favorites menu. In order to change your icon, you must first be sure that Internet Explorer is your default browser. If it's not simply go to Internet Tools, then Programs, then click the set to default box and save.

Now that you have Internet Explorer as your default browser, you need to change your monitor color settings. This will reset your icons. From your desktop, you should right click anywhere, and then click Properties. From there click Settings, then change the color property, and then click OK. You can then change your preference back to what they were originally set at as long as a change was made.

Now click on your Favorites and then onto Properties. Here you will see the change icon. You can then change it to one that you have stored on your computer. Once everything is set the way you want them, you can then set a new browser such as Firefox to your default browser and all of your settings will still be there.