Excel Icon??

[T.c.Goosen1977]

Hi, does any one know!

Is there any way of changing the, green X, excel shortcut icon to a personal icon created by myself to make it my own and when double clicking on it it will go straight into my, or specific excel program?

[NickHK]

You can specify the app associated with each file extension; right click the
file, General>Change.., then select the app.
This is a global setting so all (e.g. .xls) files will be opened with that
app.
Depending what you want to achieve, it may not make sense to open a file in
an app that does not understand the Excel file format.

NickHK

"T.c.Goosen1977"
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> Hi, does any one know!
>
> Is there any way of changing the, green X, excel shortcut icon to a
> personal icon created by myself to make it my own and when double
> clicking on it it will go straight into my, or specific excel program?
>
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[T.c.Goosen1977]

Hi,

If i right click on the file i don't get the General > change option....also a bit lost with the "app" setting?. I would like to change the green excel icon to my own custom icon that launches my custom excel program.

[NickHK]

Yes, from there you select you "custom excel program" and the icon will be
the icon associated this app.
I assume by "custom excel program" you really mean a standalone .exe that
you have created and compiled. Or do you mean an XL worksheet with some
coded VBA ?

NickHK

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> Hi,
>
> If i right click on the file i don't get the General > change
> option....also a bit lost with the "app" setting?. I would like to
> change the green excel icon to my own custom icon that launches my
> custom excel program.
>
>
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[T.c.Goosen1977]

Thanks Nick, with that info i managed!