Get an icon theming program like IconPackager. Shell32 may contain a lot of icons, but very few programs are hard coded to use them. The registry has icon paths for file types, system icons, etc.

The Verge points out that shell32.dll has been a source of inconsistency for a while. Despite Microsoft’s work updating and modernizing other parts of Windows, but that works means little when an app ...

Since Windows 95, Microsoft has been storing their system icons for folders, devices, settings, control panels, and applications in the C:\Windows\System32\Shell32.dll file.

Not even the default shell32.dll icons work if "Use Large Icons" is set for the desktop.<BR><BR>I've tried irfanview and paint.net to create icon files but neither 32x32, 48x48, nor 64x64 icons ...