Does anybody know how to change the icon for iCloud Drive in %USERPROFILE%?


jason404

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I want to get rid of this disgusting iCloud Drive icon and replace it with one that I have which is the same shape and size as the other folder icons.

I did a search through the registry for any mentions of "icloud" and tried replacing the icon in places which seemed like they would do it, but with no luck.

The best location I have found is
Code:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{C80299C8-C1A4-44FF-BA8A-EE5CD27BA743}\DefaultIcon
, but changing that didn't work.

Anybody got any ideas?

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Windows 11 (10.0.22621 N/A Build 22621)

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Does right-clicking on it & selecting Properties reveal anything useful?

Denis
 

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    Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 Build 22631.3296
Yes, you can change it in the same way you can for other folders there, but the change doesn't stick. That was the first thing I tried, but I tried again just now. This reminds me that I can try making a regshot just before and after changing the icon. I can them put some system level permissions on that reg key when I determine where it is. I'll wait for it to revert again before trying that.
 

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What exactly was it letting you change? What type of file?
I have seen somebody else post that some cases where we'd expect it to be an icon are actually png files instead.
I think the WIn11 Calculator was the example they cited.
Whereas changing an icon [in,say, a shortcut] should hold permanently, I don't know how the png is called up. Perhaps it's hard-wired into the executable's code rather than being a setting.

Denis
 

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