RAAAAAAAR!
So after several hours of archiving old files today, I'd finally had enough of WinRAR's ugly-ass icon icking up my gui and squicking my senses of perspective and straight-up visual propriety. I like WinRAR a lot - rar's a much better format for large-scale file archives than zip, and WinRAR's basic feature set outweighs WinZip on some significant points. But Jeez, the icon one must strap to their files when using WinRAR...
It's supposed to be a stack of books bound by a belt. Quaint, maybe even droll. Definately ugly. And is the perspective just wrong on it or am I projecting?
In any case, it got to the point earlier when I couldn't stand it anymore and took five minutes to make my own icon in Photoshop. I then converted it to a standard .ico icon file with the IconXP plug-in for Photoshop (very cool, and likely the only icon creator you'll ever need).
So, now that the scarring has healed and the swelling's gone down, my archive folders glow (as do all good things) a placid blue with the radiant confidence of a model that'd just arisen from the makeup chair of the late Kevyn Aucoin.
Ahhhhh....vita e bella.
Anyway, if you're sick of the WinRAR's ugly icons, too, you can download the rar .ico file here.
To change the icon:
With all the time I spend at my desk, with the online experience so integrated into the fabric of my life, the quality-of-life trivia make all the difference. If you use a PC, you have to work harder at it than the Mac folks.
Ultimately, one should just buy a Mac. And I will, when I can afford to replace my behemoth development applications, which will cost about 3x the price of the computer.
:-)
It's supposed to be a stack of books bound by a belt. Quaint, maybe even droll. Definately ugly. And is the perspective just wrong on it or am I projecting?
In any case, it got to the point earlier when I couldn't stand it anymore and took five minutes to make my own icon in Photoshop. I then converted it to a standard .ico icon file with the IconXP plug-in for Photoshop (very cool, and likely the only icon creator you'll ever need).
So, now that the scarring has healed and the swelling's gone down, my archive folders glow (as do all good things) a placid blue with the radiant confidence of a model that'd just arisen from the makeup chair of the late Kevyn Aucoin.
Ahhhhh....vita e bella.
Anyway, if you're sick of the WinRAR's ugly icons, too, you can download the rar .ico file here.
To change the icon:
- Save the zip file, extract the ico, and save it to a safe place on yer hard drive.
- Lunch Windows Explorer (Windowkey-E)
- Click the Tools menu and drag down to Folder Options.
- Click the File Types tab.
- Find RAR in the alphabetical list.
- Click Advanced.
- Click Change Icon.
- Browse 'til you find the .ico file. Select it, then click OK.
- Click OK to close Folder Options.
With all the time I spend at my desk, with the online experience so integrated into the fabric of my life, the quality-of-life trivia make all the difference. If you use a PC, you have to work harder at it than the Mac folks.
Ultimately, one should just buy a Mac. And I will, when I can afford to replace my behemoth development applications, which will cost about 3x the price of the computer.
:-)
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