Comments on: Custom iPod Icon in Windows XP

By: Dg

Dg — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:16:36 +0000

Very cool, worked for me. Thanks!

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:54:21 +0000

thanks alot helped me alot

found some icons of the newer ipods and other mp3s etc hope they help

http://studiomx.eu/Icons.html

By: Matvey Borushko

Matvey Borushko — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:02:20 +0000

Thanks very much! helped me loads

By: BlandGrey

BlandGrey — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:10:04 +0000

has anyone else experienced that the icon will not change if you change the “autorun.ico” file associated with the inf file? I actually deleted the previous ico file and the computer is still using the old ico. any ideas?

By: Ron666

Ron666 — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:43:20 +0000

Thx Was looking for this works great !

By: m@

m@ — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:02:40 +0000

Thanks! I used Patrick’s option and it worked. It is a good option for folks who use their ipod on two computers.

By: Gregory

Gregory — Sun, 08 May 2005 23:35:48 +0000

i just saw this when i saw that same thing as patrick says about the autorun, only thing is that it doesnt always work, the regedit trick always works.

you can also do this with your PSP too

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:16:00 +0000

here’s the easiest way to make your iPod or any type of removable storage have a custom icon:

1) plug in your ipod or removable media
2) find the icon that you’d like to use to represent your ipod, etc and put that file in the root of the drive
3) click start > run > notepad
4) type the following in notepad:

[autorun]
icon=ipod.ico

(where ipod.ico is, type the actual filename of the icon, complete with the .ico)

5) click file > save as, then save the file as “autorun.inf” on the root of the ipod/device
6) unplug the ipod/device, then replug…

and presto, you should see your ipod or flash drive represented with your own icon

By: vij

vij — Tue, 06 Apr 2004 13:45:35 +0000

you can also do this with an autorun.inf. that way your icon is displayed on ANY windows machine, and can also be used to display a message when plugged into the pc, eg “Give me back my ipod” or loads winamp etc…

By: Sven Bent

Sven Bent — Sun, 04 Apr 2004 05:13:14 +0000

i wonder why MS chooes ti disable autorun icon feature on hdd and removalbe drives.

it was usupported under win95 and 98.
by using a autorun.inf you owoudl be shure the drive hade the same icon on differen machines/drive letters