where are Photoshop icons stored in windows

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Braggy
Oct 20, 2008
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I am trying to repair some file type extensions. I need to know where the icons are stored for Photoshop. Especially the icon for .abr (adobe brushes)

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dave_milbut
Oct 20, 2008
usually in the exe, in this case photoshop.exe
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dave_milbut
Oct 20, 2008
(sometimes in support dlls too.)
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Braggy
Oct 20, 2008
what folder are they located in?
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Michael_Tissington
Oct 20, 2008
they are inside the .exe or .dll file probably photoshop.exe … I’m sure you can figure out the path to it.
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Braggy
Oct 20, 2008
Thanks but let me clarify. I need the icons for .tiff, .abr, psd etc. Not just the generic photoshop "PS" icon.
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Phosphor
Oct 20, 2008
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Trez_Hane
Oct 20, 2008
I think you are expecting to see individual icon files, i.e. "tiff.ico" but that is not done anymore. They are all stored in the Resources section of the Photoshop executable (or whatever other program you have assigned to the file type). You can view them all with a resource editor or with a read-only program like FileAlyzer (it’s free–just Google it).
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grahamtav
Oct 20, 2008
Braggy

When you say icons do you mean the file extension icons.

If so, click my computer, the click Tools, then Folder Options and finally File Types.

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dave_milbut
Oct 20, 2008
what grahamtav said, then select advanced and change icon. select the photoshop.exe which should be in (or around) ‘C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop cs3’ or something very similar.

with that selected you can choose the icon to use for a particular file type.

if, as others have said, you need the icon files, you’ll need an icon extractor utility (google) to get them out of the exe. or rely on the stuff phos posted…
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Braggy
Oct 21, 2008
Thanks I was using Microangelo icon program. I opened the exe and found what I needed. Thanks.
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dave_milbut
Oct 21, 2008
cool beans braggy! 🙂

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