[Cospefogo]

Comrades,

I would like to change the icon of all files of a paticular extension but there is not such an option anywhere. We I can do is to just set the icon for a single file itself and not for all files on the same kind (under the same "extension"). For example, I did set all my .SRT files to be opened with TextEdit, and now they have a awful and terrible icon of a black screen with the EXEC words on it. I really want to change the icon for some kind of "text document!"

I don't like also the VLC/Videolan default icons. They are ugly...
It could be wonderful to replace all the .AVI files with my owns.

Also, I have few other icons associated to it's extension that I would love to be able to change.
I have searched the forums and I did find anything regarding this question.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your attention!
G.

[cgc]

I'm not at my Mac but couldn't you right-click on VLC, for example, and "show package contents" then find the offending icons within and replace them?

[Cospefogo]

Nice tip!
I will try.

But I still wonder - how to change the icon for a entire particular extension?
Maybe by replacing a .ICNS file inside some deeper resource file in the system?

Regards,
G.

[Chuckit]

Yes, in the application bundle that defines an icon, you have to replace the .icns files with the ones you prefer. (You'll also have to log out and in and possibly wave a dead chicken around your computer in order to make LaunchServices notice the change.)

Note that depending on the application, you might have to redo this when you upgrade to a new version.