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Window/Startbar Icon Problem

Post by Endophyte »

I have the newest version of firefox, and it loaded fine, no errors nothing, and even before i had touched it (as in used it etc) the icon is ugly windows flag, not firefox, yet thunderbird's icon is fine, im on windows ME and ive tried re-installing, help?
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Post by Jadugar »

This is a known issue. Its true for Win95, Win98, WinME.
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Argh damn, no way around it ?
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Post by James »

A known Bug with Firebird/Firefox on win95, win98 and also winME.
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171349 (there may be a fix for Fx 1.0) (don't comment on bug unless you have a fix or patch for example)

How to change window icon at Firefox Help:
<del>http://texturizer.net/firefox/tips.html#app_icon</del>
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_icon

Examples to get started:
main-window.ico
bookmark-window.ico
downloadManager.ico
jsconsoleWindow.ico
extensionsManager.ico
themesManager.ico
metadata.ico < for "Element Properties" window.

chatzilla-window.ico <for ChatZilla extension

Icons at http://iconpacks.mozdev.org/ is a option too.

help.ico <-Help window
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Post by Jadugar »

Not that I'm aware of.
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Post by James »

Jadugar wrote:Not that I'm aware of.


Oh really? ... :p


From this more recent duplicate bug: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=245966
Ben Goodger wrote:... The icon is sourced from the same place - the app's exe file, so all such bugs are the same.


Hence why there is a Firefox window icon on Win2000/XP I believe.
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Post by gwang »

In your Firefox folder (default location should be C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\), look for a folder called chrome.

In the chrome folder, create a folder called icons, then in the icons folder, create a folder called default.
(So the full path should be C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\chrome\icons\default\)


Download and save the following files to the default folder that you just created:

package.ico
main-window.ico
downloadManager.ico
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Post by Endophyte »

Ohh awesome! thanks for all your help :D
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Post by Pitroad »

The answer to changing the MS flag icon to a FF icon is in this post by 'GWANG"

It works ! :D
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Awesome worked for me thank you!!


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Thanks Pitroad, all done worked OK, cheers everyone else too.
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Post by Limulus »

CONFIRMED on a computer running windows 98 SE: gwang's solution works.
Please reference the post as needed: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... 441#697810
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My chrome folder seems to have been installed under c:\windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\usxw2y72.default

I can't get rid of the bloody windows icon by adding icon files as above i.e ..\icons\default or ..\default\icons as per http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_icon

Should I create the chrome folder under program files, move the structure from App Data, or something else? I can't stand that M$ icon.
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Anonymous wrote:My chrome folder seems to have been installed under c:\windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\usxw2y72.default

I can't get rid of the bloody windows icon by adding icon files as above i.e ..\icons\default or ..\default\icons as per http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#app_icon

Should I create the chrome folder under program files, move the structure from App Data, or something else? I can't stand that M$ icon.
Use the program Chrome in the installed program directory, not your profile chrome. Read the above instructions again as posted by gwang Aug Tue 3rd 2004; they are explicit. Get icons at

http://iconpacks.mozdev.org/ .

Or better still yet go here:

http://iconpacks.mozdev.org/packs/firef ... 8-fix.html

and download the xpi fix. Install like an extension and it should do everything for you.
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Post by johngazna »

Worked for me too. Great!
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