Using Custom Icons (was Re: Util to put icon files into a file's

[Z5D31@ttacs3.ttu.edu (Captain Harlock)]

In <madsci-0310961422540001@ppp-15.ts-13.nyc.idt.net> madsci@tribeca.ios.com writes:

> Nother question.  I've made up better looking generic folder, .SYS ans
> .SYS16 icons.  I want the finder to use these when it can't find a custom
> file.  However, it seems no matter what I call the file, (which is
> System.Icons), wether I make it a.System.Icons (to make it first) or
> z.System.Icons, or if I leave it as it is, the finder substitutes the
> generic icon for ALL files, and kills the custom ones.  What am I doind
> wrong?

In the Icon file, you've got to make sure that your custom icons come before
your generic ones (if you have generic ones in the file, that is). I had this
problem for a week (my GIF icons were being cancelled out by my generic PNT
icons) until I figured out what I was doing.
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