Can we have icons like these again please. I started from Windows 98 and always ...

rzzzt · 2026-02-22T22:42:43 1771800163

C:\Windows\System32\moricons.dll is still available, you can set them on shortcuts in Properties with the "Change icon" button.

M95D · 2026-02-23T16:46:51 1771865211

Moricons.dll had icons for various DOS programs like word perfect.

The icons used in desktop are/were in progman.exe, shell32.dll and control.exe (IIRC, it was a long time ago).

sillywalk · 2026-02-23T19:12:39 1771873959

Raymond Chen has more on this:

What were the MS-DOS programs that Windows used the progman.exe stock icons for?

What were the intended uses of those icons in moricons.dll?

rzzzt · 2026-02-23T23:16:03 1771888563

shell32.dll is unfortunately modernized on modern versions of Windows, with very few exceptions :( the Novell tree is still there.

owlstuffing · 2026-02-23T03:44:18 1771818258

Indeed! The UI in general is more intuitive compared with mod flat bs.