ActivIcons Features: Change Windows folder and system icons, make text background transparent, save and restore icon layout, etc.

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Requirements:
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, or XP with DirectX (this is installed by default on most systems)

Features

ActivIcons allows you to:

switch your own, custom icons for Network Neighborhood, My Computer, and other icons which Windows places on your desktop and Explorer file manager;
quickly change the default Windows mouse cursors;
make the icon text labels transparent;
change the color of the text below the icons;
change the "Start" button graphic and text;
hide the "Start" button;
rebuild the Windows icon cache;
increase the size of the system icon cache;
replace various drive and folder icons (both the default icons and individual drive and folder icons*);
remove shortcut symbols;
use animated icons on the desktop;
hide all desktop icons;
change "Favorites" icons;
save and restore your desktop's icon layout;
replace Internet Explorer and Outlook Express's animated logos;
change Windows startup and shutdown screens (backs up the originals);

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* this feature requires that your system be running either Windows 98/ME/2000 -- or -- Windows 95/NT with the IE4 "Active Desktop's" Desktop Update feature installed.
*** Note: ActivIcons can link to our IconForge application to allow you to edit the icons, cursors and animated cursors on your system -- or create your own new icons and cursors.