Customizing system icons without modifying system files with Windhawk
There’s no easy way to customize system icons on Windows. There are tools, such as 7TSP, which make it easier to customize system icons by patching system files. This approach works, but has several drawbacks. Patching system files can be dangerous, can be difficult to revert, and the patched files can be overridden by a Windows update.
With the Windhawk Resource Redirect mod, icon themes can be installed without modifying system files. What the mod does instead is redirecting the loaded icon files to a different folder, making all programs load alternative icons without actually touching the original icons on the disk. This redirection is only done in memory, and can be disabled easily and safely by disabling the mod or exiting Windhawk.
More than 50 icon themes can be found in the Resource Redirect icon themes repository. Below is a short video demonstrating the mod. I want to thank Undisputed00x who collected the icon themes, converted them to the right format, and organized them nicely in the repository.
Click on the image to view the demo video on YouTube.