CustomIcons is an ultimate tool for customizing the icons on your desktop, in Windows Start menu, for your folders and many other locations. Using CustomIcons you can easily replace default Windows icons with the ones to your choice and customize a wide variety of desktop attributes. Are you bored with your standard run-of-the-mill desktop, which looks exactly like thousands of other desktops all over the world? CustomIcons provides an easy and elegant solution for this problem! Using this small handy tool you can easily replace standard Windows icons with the ones you like and customize desktop attributes. You can change even those icons that cannot be changed using standard Windows tools.

With CustomIcons you can:
1) Replace the default icons Windows uses to display My Computer, Recycle Bin, Internet, Start menu items, drives, shortcut and share overlays, system folders and other objects.
2) Customize user folder icons.
2) Colorize icons and Start menu items.
3) Export any standard Windows icon into an individual ICO, BMP, GIF, PNG or JPEG file.
4) Remove shortcut overlays or replace them with your own images.
5) Change icons size and color resolution without changing your monitor settings (make those icons really big if you want!).
6) Rebuild and repair the icon cache (this feature lets you restore the desktop after a system crash).
7) Create stylish icons from your photos and images. Customize folder and file type icons.

If you like to tweak your system, CustomIcons will definitely be a great addition to your utilities collection.

Aha-Soft plans to release the next icon packs also: Perfect Mobile Icons, Perfect Phone Icons, Perfect Program Icons, Perfect Email Icons, Perfect Gallery Icons, Perfect Funny Icons, Perfect Cute Icons, Perfect Hand Icons, Perfect Arrow Icons, Perfect Network Icons.

Version: 5.10
License: Shareware
Download: CustomIcons v. 5.10

Sib Icon Extractor is a handy tool for any fashion-conscious user. It allows you to scan and extract icons from virtually any location, be it a local file or folder, zip-archive, rar-archive, Mac OS file or a website. Collected icons are stored in libraries where you can easily sort or locate them and view detailed information about each icon.

You can choose to view collected icons in various display modes, for example, 16×16, 32×32, 48×48, Monochrome, 16 Colors, 256 Colors or True Color. Added to this is the ability to export icons to ICO, PNG, JPG, CUR, GIF, XPM and BMP file formats; archive icons in ZIP files, delete duplicate icons and split icon libraries into individual icon files.

Sib Icon Extractor also enables you to customize the look of Windows 7/8 or XP by replacing default icons with the new and trendy ones. You can change the icons of your desktop, start menu, drives, folders and customize a wide variety of desktop settings. By replacing standard icons, you can give your desktop a more personalized and stylish look.

The program has a classic, one-window interface where all commands and operations can be easily located on the toolbar when you need them. Icons are displayed in the main window with the detailed information about their source, format, and number. Thanks to the simple interface architecture, you can start working with the program in seconds without the need to learn a detailed help-file.

SibCode designs a lot of icon sets and develops software for icon editing and toolbar design also. It plans to release the following icon sets: Android Icon Pack, Small Funny Icons, Real Cute Icons, Desktop Vista Icons, Small Software Icons, Ready Desktop Icons, Sunny Toolbar Icons, Style Toolbar Icons, Lab Buddy Icons, Perfect Lab Icons.

Coming soon: iPhone Icon Extractor

Version: 3.40
License: Shareware
Download: Sib Icon Extractor v. 3.40