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Where are my icons in Windows 7?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 2026420828 views
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Problem

In previous versions of Windows when I right click on a shortcut and dived in to change the icon the initial list populated with a whole catalog of default icons. On Windows 7 (RTM) here is what I see: I found those icons useful when making shortcuts to web applications. Any idea where I can find them?! I had a little "Browse..." but couldn't find much. Edit: You've all so far provided excellent answers, thanks - unfortunately I can't pick you all as the right one! :( Three of the files you mentioned have had equally useful sets of DLLs:

Error Output

%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll
%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
%SystemRoot%\system32\DDORes.dll
%SystemRoot%\System32\moricons.dll (MS DOS Icons)

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