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General discussion

pictures on icons

Mar 13, 2005 2:46AM PST

Can I put a picture on an icon that I want,rather than scan through all the regular ones?I have a picture of a hockey player that I want to put on a hockey site icon

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What type of icon?
Mar 13, 2005 3:42AM PST

You need to be more specific.

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Type of icon
Mar 13, 2005 4:12AM PST

On my desk top it is?E?over small sheet of paper. I have them all over on the ones I didn't change.The one that comes up when you save a site.

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Are you saving web sites on your desktop?
Mar 13, 2005 5:07AM PST

Why not put them in your favorites/bookmarks?

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Yes, as long as it is in either...
Mar 13, 2005 6:17AM PST

an ICO (icon) format or in BMP (a bit mapped format)

If it isn't you can easily convert it into one with IrfanView (Freeware).