Modifying Default Desktop Icons

This can be done to many if not all of your default desktop icons My Computer Icon
1. Search the registry for "My Computer" or "20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D" (without the quotes)
2. Modify the string 'Default Icon' to contain the path, filename containing the icon you want to use followed by the icon number (starts at 0)
The above steps should also work for: Network Neighborhood - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} InBox - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} Recycle Bin - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} Additional icons can be found in:
WINDOWS\MORICONS.DLL
WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PIFMGR.DLL
WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL