﻿IconChanger 2026 - User-Guide - 0.97.10 BETA

IconChanger 2026 creates icon packages and manages Windows icons. The Create packages workspace starts without live changes and provides responsive tiles. Change system is explicitly selectable; applying a package requires confirmation.

- Start IconChanger normally. Create packages is the default workspace and does not apply live changes.
- Choose an icon folder or paste its path, select category and subfolder options, then choose Search icons.
- Process additional categories in sequence; assignments in other categories stay in the draft.
- Review 72-pixel tiles and actual targets. Select assignments and correct them with Choose icon or drag and drop. Windows targets require ICO; supported docks and Start11 require PNG.
- Open package reads existing packages with name, description and all assignments, including targets absent on this PC.
- Enter package name and description. Add wallpapers supports multiple variants; choose the default wallpaper. Add cursor INF reads the scheme without applying it.
- Save package stores all selected categories with wallpapers and cursors. PNG preview saves an overview of the draft.
- Apply to Windows is a separate action requiring explicit confirmation. Unavailable targets are ignored.
- Select Change system for individual live changes. Categories, suggestions, Undo and Reset are available there.
- Search, loading, export and application show an activity indicator. Protected changes may require separate administrator approval.
- For taskbar apps without a shortcut: start the app, refresh Taskbar and assign an ICO. Open launchers provides a shortcut for manual pinning. Store apps may still retain their pinned package icon.
- Explorer folder view: Use icons shows icons in large views too. This also disables file thumbnails. Restore previous setting restores the backed-up view.
- The taskbar background helper keeps window icons active and exits when all assignments are removed. After restarting Windows, open IconChanger and Taskbar; no automatic startup is installed.

Copyright © 2026 Carl-Gerhard Wieners
E.Mail: c.g.wieners@diskomo.de
