Paint can create ico files
Oct 16th, 2007 by Jason
I’m a big fan of MS Paint for its simplicity. And Paint is available in all Windows after all. But I didn’t realize that Paint can create ico files too.
Whenever I tried to save a file in paint, I drop down file types available and I’ve never seen .ico, so I thought I can’t save it. But you know, if you give file name with .ico, Paint create icon files for you.
You can use those icon files for your folders or even for favico. It’s cool!!
I hate to disappoint you, but this is not true. It is still saved in the selected format and not as an .ico despite having that extension.
It also works with 256 bitmap & it is a much sharper image!
rubbish claims. nothing works as you have said
well, as far as I have tested, I can use those ico files as folder icon. That’s what I mean in my article
TO SAVE A PICTURE AS AN ICO FILE IN PAINT, YOU NEED TO USE QUOTATION MARKS AROUND THE FILE NAME:
ie. “Test.ico”
SAVING THE FILE AS Test.ico WITHOUT THE QUOTES WILL SAVE THE FILE AS A BITMAP.
what ever you probally have mac
I have a question about ico files. I know that they work, but how do you make the back ground so a certain color is see through? I am trying to play a prank on someone in my family and recreating a virus that just shuts down the computer and I am using the internet explorer 7 icon to imitate it. How do I recreate it. I have made the symbol the rights size and all but there is a white box around it.
u dont need to recreate the “big E” (its just a waste of time)
all u do is right-click on the “e” then “properties”
then go to the tab on the top that says “shortcut”
then press the box saying “change icon…”
then u see a text box with writing like this
eg. “%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”
then create the so called “virus” as a shortcut on PC
then delete the real “E”
then repeat the step above
but then change the text to %ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe in the “change icon…” of your shortcuted virus
hopefully you got all of that
p.s dont get to carryed away with viruses
Just find the internet explorer icon in the default icon path.
sorry bob,
I don’t encourage viruses in anyway even for a prank
I do as long as the virus doesn’t do more than that…
What you need is transparency. If I’m not mistaken transparency cannot be achieved with paint. You need another program that supports that. (Paint.net, GIMP, Photoshop if you got the money)
Yes!! It works like a charm and very simple too.
THANK YOU!
Just wanted to say thanks. worked like a charm.
this does work i have tried and this help me instead of downloading any of things to do this thank u!!!!
Yeah thnx!!
That’s handy for my autoplay usb stick
Awesome. Worked perfectly. Thanks.
or rename the .bmp to .ico, but make sure that u rename the extension, not just add .ico to the name, in windows xp go to Control Panel>Folder Options > under view tab > un check ‘Hide Extensions for konwn file typs’ to be able to change the file typs.
ricky
Doesnt work for VB6 icon. Im kinda disappointed.
Does it really not work for VB 6 or 9 icons? That’s a bummer bcos thats all i was interested in it for. I’ll try it to confirm this for myself later bcos it doesn’t make sense that it doesn’t work. It should as long as the file extension is ‘ico’. Why would VB discriminate if the filename is correct?
It seems to work as long as you set the top left pixel to black, otherwise the entire background turns black…
It worked but the only problem I’m facing is that white becomes black once I save the icon and I can’t figure out how to fix it
Wow, this Trick does work, and all these dayz i was looking for some utility program to do it for me, this is preity much easier
it can produce icon files but vb cannot accept that property!. it seems like creating icon files in MS Paint is not efficient, because probably MS paint produce only a bitmap image file.
it works fine. thanks man.
Thanks! Very cool
hehe try this open notepad typ th following:
:1
start
Goto:1
and then save it as what you wanna name it(add .bat)
you built a batch file but don’t open it
send it to afriend to creep them out
ITS WORKING BUT THE BACKGROUND IS BLACK!!!
haha u geeks
this is u on computer everybody
—->
convertico.com
you can convert by uploading on their site and it converts for you, and you just download your file.
works with VB
thanks a lot.This is working fine.
Why is everyone saying it doesnt work? Its easily tested and DOES work