ActivIcons
ActivIcons allows you to customize the Windows desktop icon and cursor attributes. Includes the functions you need whether you want to use animated icons on your desktop, or just to replace icons for Network Neighborhood, My Computer, and other icons which Windows places on your desktop and... It also lets you quickly change the default Windows mouse cursors, make the icon text labels transparent, change the color of desktop icon text descriptions, replace the Windows startup and shutdown screens, rebuild and/or purge the Windows icon cache, increase the size of the Windows desktop cache,...
http://cursorarts.swmirror.com/acticn.zip - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

Save Desktop Icon Pos.
Overview This program gives you the power to save the positions of your desktop icons. Icons can be hidden or shown. These patterns can then be saved and restored at any time. Even special icons such as the Recycle Bin and My Documents can be removed. ... All this can be accessed from a colourful icon menu. ... Why would I want it * If you are always changing the positions of your icons, but sometimes feel a setup you had previously was better, then this is for you. ... This allows you to see the wallpaper clearly.
http://rikster.7host.com/Downloads/SaveDeskIcon/SaveDeskIconPosEXE.zip - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

CustomIcons
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. ... 6) Rebuild and repair the icon cache (this feature lets you restore the desktop after a system crash). ... 3) Export any standard Windows icon into an individual ICO, BMP, GIF, PNG or JPEG file. ... 5) Change icons size and color resolution without changing your monitor settings (make those icons really...
http://www.iconempire.com/downloads/customicons.exe - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

Icon Constructor - advanced icon maker
Icon Constructor converts BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PSD, TGA and TIFF formats into Windows icons. You can find many images on the Internet and convert them to icons for use on your Windows desktop, in applications and much more. It supports Windows XP icons in 32-bit color depth with an alpha... By clicking on this icon default e-mail client will start and you? ... With just a few clicks, any image you find on the Internet or create in a paint program can be turned into an icon. ... This robust program works like the Swiss Army knife of icon creation!
http://www.iconconstructor.com/download/iconconstructor_setup.EXE - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

Sib Icon Converter
Sib Icon Converter converts Mac OS icons, BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PSD, WMF, PCX, TIFF, WBMP, XPM, XBM and CUR formats into multi-resolution Windows icons. You can add files and folders from Windows Explorer or other file shells using drag and drop. You also can paste bitmaps from the clipboard and... Plus, you can break down entire icon libraries into individual icons. ... Sib Icon Converter allows you to extract icons from folders and libraries and place them into the directory of your choice. ... The application has a wizard interface, making it simple to process multiple files at once.
http://www.sibcode.com/downloads/icon-converter.exe - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

Icon Processor
Icon Processor converts BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PSD, WMF, PCX, TIFF and CUR formats into multi-resolution Windows icons. You can add files and folders from Windows Explorer or other file shells using drag and drop. You also can paste bitmaps from the clipboard and change color resolution and size... Plus, you can break down entire icon libraries into individual icons. ... Icon Processor allows you to extract icons from folders and libraries and place them into the directory of your choice. ... The application has a wizard interface, making it simple to process multiple files at once.
http://www.iconempire.com/downloads/iconprocessor.exe - 1,016Kb - Download - Screenshot

1st Desktop Guard
1st Desktop Guard lets you prevent your desktop icons from getting rearranged, stop users from changing desktop wallpaper and screen saver, secure your public access computers, save, restore, manage and lock desktop layouts. With personal computers becoming part of our lives and everyone in the... You can save and restore all the desktop icon positions and if you or somebody else deletes an icon on the desktop, the program will restore it. ... The program saves and restores not only the position of each icon on the desktop, but also the shortcuts themselves.
http://www.emailarms.com/downloads/zip/deskguard.zip - 842Kb - Download - Screenshot

IconCool Manager
IconCool is a powerful tool to manage, extract, convert, modify, search, create, enlarge or reduce icons. An icon library with dozens of sample entries is included and accessible through a tree-style organizational system, allowing you to categorize icons and create new libraries within them. ... Icon library, icon extractor & icon manager. ... Now you can drag-drop icon files from your Windows Explorer to any icon library. ... )IconCool can enlarge or reduce a transparent icon, and the new icon will be transparent too; B.
http://www.imagecool.com/iconcl4.exe - 8Mb - Download - Screenshot

Image Icon Converter
Image Icon Converter converts BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TGA, TIF and PCX formats into Windows icons. You can add files and folders from Windows Explorer or other file shells using drag and drop. You also can change color resolution and size to create customized icons. ... Supported formats: ICON - Windows Icon. ... BMP - Windows Bitmap. ... GIF - Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format. ... TIF - Tagged Image File format. ... TGA - Temporary Guide Abstracts. ... JPG - JPEG JFIF Image. ... PNG - Portable Network Graphics.
http://www.hexisoft.com/icon/download/ImageIconConverter.exe - 1,015Kb - Download - Screenshot

Folder Icon Changer
Folder Icon Changer is a software that search and replace the standard icon of a folder on any other icon. It has a pretty and friendly interface. ( The interface is the style of WindowsXP. ) It is a powerful software and easy to use. You can change icons of folders quickly and freely just by... So,using Folder Icon Changer can save you lots of time. ... Search icons in files. ... ( It is the style of WindowsXP ) 3. ... 4. ... Easy to use. ... 5. ... Search icons in folders. ... Pretty and friendly interface.
http://www.silvereaglesoft.com/Software/FIC.exe - 942Kb - Download - Screenshot