This littel Tutorial is about getting custom Windows/Start Icon just like this one:Plase note that this only works for windows10, 8.x and 7
(btw 10 and 8 really suck)Edit: I'm having some issues lately which seem to be caused by this. Recommend NOT to use this anymore. (at least not on windows10)
Step 1 - The imageAt first you need your Icon. Mine looks like this:
My Picture
As you can see it consists of 3 frames:
The first one is the normal mode - this picture is usually displayed instead of the Windows/Start button.
The second one is displayed when hoovering the Windows/Start button
The third one is only shown when you clicked it or pressed teh windows key.
(btw if I press Windows multiple times it looks like my walrii is animated)
Mind that all three images must have the same height/width and must be put together into one picture.
JPEG, PNG and BMP files are fine but i'd recommend using PNG to get rid of the white background.
The computer automatically crops the image and displays it at original size (if not too large) in a centered position instead of the original button.
So if you use a 1x3px image, you'l get a 1x1 pixel image shown. If the image is too big it's just scaled down to the height of the taskbar.
You should probably add an empty border at the left side of your picture because else it's gonna bet directly at the edge of teh screen.
It's also possible to use images that are width but not very high - so you could get your old WinXP start button back
Step 2 - The softwareOnce you got your image you need the software:
I used a program called "Classic Shell" to set the image as my new StartButton. Classic shell is a really cool too lthat lets you modify most of the layouts in your system.
So if you (just like me) think this new Start Menu is bullc, you can just make it look like the Win7 version of it
It's main purpose once was to let you modify the skin of your entire windows system.
Since windows 8 and 10 were released, it's minly used to back the good old "Classic" design from Windows7 since many users dont like the win8 and win10 design.
You can get the tool at
http://www.classicshell.net/ for free.
Please note that it's impossible to go and disable everything except the new start button layout.
You will for example get a different start menu since you cant disable that option. If you don't like that, don't install the software.
(Except of cause you are already using windows7)To set the icon, open
Classic Shell Menu Settings and go to "
Start Menu Style".
At the bottom of the page you can then select the option "
Replace Start Button" and click "
PICK IMAGE..." to load your new icon file.
It should look like this
Once you chose the file it should immideately replace it
If you chose to play around with ClassicShell a little more you can get almost all of the old windows7 theme back:
My Desktop
As you can see I sadly haven't found any wiy to replace the window bar... But the rest looks ust like my good old windows7
If I missed anything or maybe wrote some nonsense feel free to tell me
Have fun <3
