Saturday, June 23, 2012

Put Icon on (USB) Flash Drive

How to Put Icon on (USB) Flash Drive


  • Locate and download an icon that you would like to use in the ICO format.

  • Right-click on the icon and click Rename and change the name of the icon to autorun.ico

autorun.ico

  • Locate your flash drive, open it and copy your new icon autorun.ico into your flash drive directly without creating any folder.



  • Launch Notepad. Type [autorun] on the first line, then press Enter to drop to the second line. Type icon=autorun.ico on the second line.



                              Image:Autorun for Icon.png


  • Click  File from menu bar of Notepad and click on Save As, Navigate to the location of your flash drive. Click the Save As Type drop-down menu at the bottom of the window and select All Files. Name the file autorun.inf and click on Save.


                   Image:Save with inf.png

  • Remove and reinsert the flash drive. The custom icon will be displayed in your My Computer or Computer screen.

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