IconXP
Aha-soft IconXP allows you to edit icons and customize the Windows desktop appearance. It supports the new icon format introduced in Windows XP (employs smooth transparency and other visual effects). Using this program you can create and edit icons in either standard or custom sizes, with color... There are also commands that change the desktop icons size and color resolution, and rebuild the icon cache. ... IconXP allows you to import, export and change color palettes for icon images. ... xbm, .
http://www.aha-soft.com/iconxp/iconxp.zip - 874Kb - Download - Screenshot

ICONStudio
ICONStudio 5. 0 is a powerful advanced Icon Maker & Cursor Creator and Extractor for the Personal Computer. ICONStudio 5. 0 allows you to create and edit 32 x 32 buddy icons as well as import and export Icons. You can create Cursors ias well. The program can create and edit icons with image... You can export icon images to . ... Both button as well as menu oriented interface is incorporated into the icon maker. ... The icon maker inludes a full set of Paint & Editing tools include: Pixel Paint Pencil, Color Picker, Flood Fill, Eraser, Transparency Tool, Text Tool, Line Tool, Rectangle and...
http://www.caltroxsoft.com/products/active-iconstudio.htm - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

TuneUp WinStyler
TuneUp WinStyler lets you change the way Windows looks on your computer. You can change the look of the complete desktop easily. The start menu, taskbar, even the panels and windows of all modern applications get a new look with the click of a button. ... TuneUp WinStyler simplifies finding your favorite drive or folder - just add an individual icon to any start menu, favorites or folder item. ... offers You can change the look of nearly any icon. ... Thanks to numerous themed icon packages you can even change all icons in one go.
http://dl.filekicker.com/send/file/148792-7G56/TWSTrialEN.exe - 5Mb - Download - Screenshot

AZ Paint Pro, Icon Editor & Animated GIF Editor
AZ Paint Pro is a graphics application combining (i) Icon Editor, (ii) Animated GIF Editor and (iii) Paint in a single program, hence it is called "AZ Paint Pro, Icon Editor & Animated GIF Editor". It possesses niche of features and capabilities far beyond what an ordinary paint program or a... one can opt for Single or Multi-Document Interface; directly edit or convert XP 32-bit icons, change icons embodied in EXE files, retrieve icons from both ICL and DLL Icon Libraries, full ICL Icon Library Builder, superimpose angled text on animated GIF, preserve EXIF data on saving digital...
http://www.hermancompute.com/downloadl/azpro.exe - 5Mb - Download - Screenshot

HideHelper - Hide windows and tray icons
1. HideHelper supports powerful function of defining hotkeys(Hide/Show): one is temporary hotkeys,the other is permanent hotkeys,you can Hide/Show one or a group of windows by pressing the hotkeys being attached with specific conditions 2. HideHelper can change the icon and title of any window. ... For example,HideHelper can change the Internet Explorer window's icon to the Word's icon,so it will show the Word's icon instead of IE's in the taskbar 3. ... HideHelper can hide the tray icons of other applications which are shown in the notification area of the taskbar,and you can still use...
http://www.qwerks.com/download/7848/HideHelper.exe - 701Kb - Download - Screenshot

Advanced Desktop Shield
Advanced Desktop Shield - security utility is a must for public access PCs located in school or university labs, Internet cafes, libraries and other public places where you need to stop users from changing desktop wallpaper and screen saver, deleting, creating and renaming desktop icons,... If desktop icons ever get moved or deleted by user or after entering the safe mode or changing the screen resolution, just open the program and click the Load button to return the desktop to any previously saved state.
http://www.softstack.com/download/deskshield.zip - 834Kb - Download - Screenshot

Easy Desktop Keeper
Easy Desktop Keeper gives you the ability to save, restore, manage and lock your desktop layout including files and folders located on your desktop, placement of desktop icons, desired wallpaper and screen saver. If you choose to lock your desktop layout, every time you reboot your PC, the... System administrators working in educational institutions will realize that Easy Desktop Keeper is just a must for their PC labs because it can be easily used to stop pesky students from changing desktop wallpaper, deleting desktop icons and so on.
http://www.getfreefile.com/download/desksaver.zip - 842Kb - Download - Screenshot

PBBalloon
If you want to add a Professional Style to your Application without the need of large coding then PBBalloon is right solution for you. PBBalloon 1. 6 is the Perfect Control for developers that want to use Balloon Messages on any Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP (YES! ... : An ActiveX Control to display icons in the System Tray, that includes the ability to detect the Icon position in the Screen, and if the icon it's Hidden under Windows XP+. ... Because PBBalloon includes a Balloon Creation Engine, you are able to customize the Position, the Icon, the Title and the Message, and also you can add...
http://pablobnet.fileburst.com/PBBalloon.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

12Ghosts QuickStart
Mr. 'Q' of the application launchers. Unlimitted hotkeys and tray icons for each entry. Fully customizable with a hierarchical structure and user definable descritpions and icons. Open programs, documents, websites, and special system folders like StartUp or SendTo, specific control panel pages,... 12-Quick comes with a wonderful variety of unrelated functions, like quick resolution changing, shutdown or logoff, remove formatting from clipboard text, set task sequence, or changing the middle mouse botton click to a double-click.
http://12Ghosts.com/download/12quick.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

Folder Marker
How many folders do you have on your computer? Scores of them? Hundreds? Thousands? And all of them are alike: yellow folder, yellow folder, yellow folder, yellow folder? It's so easy to confuse in such a routine! Folder Marker is your small assistant, an ardent fighter for your convenience and... As Folder Marker will add item "Mark Folder" in the folder popup menu, folder icon changing will be the piece of cake even for a child. ... Changing folder icons, Folder Marker will help you to cope with their standard yellowness.
http://www.foldermarker.com/FolderMarkerSetup.exe - 904Kb - Download - Screenshot