The Freddy Krueger Icon:

As you can probably tell from the name, I plan to make a Nightmare on Elm Street theme later on (or earlier, depending on when you read this).  Anyway, here’s the instructions:

FOR 256 COLOURS UNDER WINDOWS 95
•	Put the icon somewhere. I suggest C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA\Freddy Theme
•	Get ftp://ftp.impactsoft.com/pub/impactsoft/ma21.zip , easily found by clicking on the link on my page, http://www.cofc.edu/~chandlec/icon.html , that reads “this Application.”
•	Unzip MA21.ZIP and install the application.
•	When installing, you only need the “Engineer.”
•	Run the Engineer, click on the “System” tab, and make sure you put a checkmark in the “Show Icons Using All Possible Colors” option.
•	Click “Apply”
•	Restart your Computer.
•	Run the Engineer again.
•	Click the “Desktop” tab.
•	Click My Computer.
•	Click Change
•	Click Browse
•	Complain that these instructions are too anal.
•	Find the icon where you stuck it and click it.
•	Click Open; click OK; click Apply.

FOR 16-COLOURS UNDER WINDOWS 95
•	Open the Registry Editor (usually C:\WINDOWS\REGEDIT.EXE) and choose Find from the Edit menu.  Enter "My Computer" or whatever you've changed the "My Computer" name to.
•	Once the relevant thingy comes up, point to the + next to the selected folder and click.
•	Click on "DefaultIcon"
•	Duble-click on the scrap-like icon next to the word (Default) in the right-hand window.  When the next popup pops-up, enter the full MS-DOS path of the icon file, then a ",0" Example:  C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA\FREDDY~1\FREDDY~1.ICO,0
•	Close and save the Registry, then re-start Windows.
•	Complain that these instructions are too damn vague.

This icon can be used under old windows.  Though, I can’t imagine for what, unless you have that old video game from the ‘80’s and you need an icon for it….

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