Since applications use different mechanisms for storing shortcut icons, it is impossible to detect them automatically. So the Comfort Software Group uses its own sets of shortcut icons for each application. You can configure shortcut icons for your application or for one of popular applications. If you create a noteworthy icon file and send it to us, we will be glad to include it in the next release of the program. In this case, you will be specified as the author of this file. Send your files to dev@comfort-software.com or post them on our forum.
To edit shortcut icons, open the Options dialog box, select the Shortcut icons item and click the Edit shortcut icons button.
By default, the WinXP icon file is edited. To edit another icon file, select the Open command on the File menu.
Start the application you want to create icons for and select the name of the executable file in the File Name drop-down menu. The Main Window Class Name and Application Name fields are specified automatically after that.
The File Name and Main Window Class Name fields are used to determine what application is active. You can specify both of the fields or only one of them.
The Application Name field is used for information about the application. Specify your data in it (for instance, Very Popular Application by John Doe (john@doe.com)).
To add a new icon, specify the keyboard shortcut in the Keyboard Shortcut field of select it on the on-screen keyboard.
After that there are several methods to add the icon: load it from a file, capture it on the screen or paste it from the clipboard. If you capture an icon from the screen, fill all the area you do not need with the Fuchsia color and select it in the Transparent Color field. To see whether the icon is good, try selecting another style, for instance, black.
Finally, you can specify the hint that will displayed when you move the mouse pointer over the key with the icon on the on-screen keyboard. It is possible to use only one language, preferably English.
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files with sets of shortcut icons are stored in the Icons
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