<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>Stardock Forums » RSS Feed » IconDeveloper Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/Stardock_com/forum/286</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In IconDeveloper</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 8:25:12 AM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 8:25:12 AM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>no00</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/536078</comments><description><![CDATA[i cannot download icon developer, i tried everything from vpns/proxies, disabling all extensions, even alternative downloads, but they all redirect me to the normal cnet download link. the link opens and just says it cannot be reached. is this a common issue or just me?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/536078</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/536078</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 7:59:03 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-05-18T19:59:03-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>what is wrong with icondeveloper's download</title></item><item><author>frankd1044</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/529060</comments><description><![CDATA[I uninstalled IconDeveloper and rebooted.&nbsp; However, when viewing files in FileExplorer all .dll files still show that Stardock IconDeveloper is associated with .dll files.&nbsp; I already uninstalled the related programs but the uninstall did not remove the association.  How can I clear out this association  &nbsp;     ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/529060</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/529060</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 8:59:27 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2024-07-11T20:59:27-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Remove IconDeveloper association to dll files</title></item><item><author>MR_R3TR0MAN</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/522681</comments><description><![CDATA[Someone recently asked devteam to update old software like IconPackager:&nbsp;   IconPackager is not yet compatible with Win 11   So I have same question about IconDeveloper. I wish to purchase both software but i'm afraid that I will mistakenly purchase pretty outdated apps.  Do you guys have plans to update IconDeveloper (and it would be good to receive current status about IconPackager too)&nbsp;in the nearest future?  These are still powerful solutions to customize such simple Window...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/522681</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/522681</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 7:45:24 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2024-06-10T19:45:24-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>IconDeveloper Needs to be Updated</title></item><item><author>DiscoHammer</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/525344</comments><description><![CDATA[I am a very visual person and when my computer graphics are not working I am slowed down a lot. I depend on Stardock Icon Developer to create my icons.    After creating an icon in Icon Developer where Imported a .jpeg and then saved it as a file.ico, I then tried to apply the icon to shortcut on my desktop. Instead of getting the icon I am use to getting a get a white box almost in the shape of a page. Can somone who is way smarter than me help me figure this out. I tried using different br...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/525344</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/525344</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 8:43:14 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2024-01-21T08:43:14-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Icon Developer icons not able to apply after creating</title></item><item><author>mswalldo</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/521351</comments><description><![CDATA[Re-installing Icon Dev. on new pc. Says Product Key is old and has changed. Where and to what?  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/521351</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/521351</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2023 8:05:55 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2023-07-08T08:05:55-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Product Key</title></item><item><author>Kandeelian</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/513720</comments><description><![CDATA[I installed my products, and when installing new windows, I just retype keys, but I was told I exceeded the limit, so how to reset?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/513720</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/513720</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2022 8:00:43 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2022-07-29T08:00:43-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>how to reset icon developer keys??</title></item><item><author>neopill</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/503278</comments><description><![CDATA[Hello.. I bought the License then I downloaded the License version. When I installed then it asked for License to fill in.. I did it.. Yet it's not showing up inside my stardock. The one inside stardock is Free version.. Every time I click on it says I need to pay for it if I want to use it..&nbsp; So how do I fix this?&nbsp;  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/503278</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/503278</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2021 5:43:15 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-01-17T05:43:15-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>I bought the License Yet I can't use inside my stardock</title></item><item><author>frostfire101</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/498456</comments><description><![CDATA[i have a friend who's trying to register his gmail account some of the various stardock software. and even tho he's tried registering his gmail account and having the validation email sent to his email, he's not receiving them. and he has looked in all of his folders (trash, spam, promotions, etc..) and is not finding anything  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/498456</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/498456</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2020 11:41:50 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2020-05-20T12:41:50</pubDateParsed><title>is there a problem with gmail accounts?</title></item><item><author>jim sirry</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/497731</comments><description><![CDATA[will icon developer work on win 10 pro  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/497731</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/497731</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 1:06:45 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2020-03-07T13:06:45-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>windows 10 compatibility</title></item><item><author>GSS90000</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/498500</comments><description><![CDATA[Now my post got nuked.  I've paid for this software, and I'm not getting the link nor the registration key.&nbsp; What's going on?&nbsp; You don't allow us to email you, and you nuke posts when we try to get customer service?  Once again -- I paid $10.59 for Icon Developer, I did not get a link to d/l the full version after I clicked continue on the pop up window.  &nbsp;  Please fix this!  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/498500</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/498500</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 8:44:44 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2020-02-03T20:44:44-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Purchasing Icon Developer -- Dead End</title></item><item><author>jumperrose</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/496778</comments><description><![CDATA[I bought IconPackager somewhat later than IconDeveloper, and both work. However, Icon Developer does not recognize the Icon Packager as installed. I couldn't find any pertinent settings or registry settings, so I was hoping some knew a fix so that I can get this to work. I may uninstall and re-install IconDeveloper but thought I would try the forum first.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/496778</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/496778</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2019 9:00:05 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2019-09-04T09:00:05-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Tools ... Browse Icon Packager Themes says Icon Packager is not installed</title></item><item><author>dplautatstardock</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/494661</comments><description><![CDATA[Great little utility.  Suggestions:  If I click Export and I have not selected an icon then tell me to do that. I thought I was exporting the image in the middle of the screen, did not get an error and could not find the exported image. Confusing until you know what to do.  On the color changing screen could you have some kind of button to save what you did so you can repeat with another image?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/494661</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/494661</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:41:57 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2019-04-25T09:41:57</pubDateParsed><title>Suggestions</title></item><item><author>Imperatrix</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/491171</comments><description><![CDATA[Here's a seasoned Stardock user who's having trouble after so many years. A couple of months ago, some of the Stardock programs I used under Windows 10 "forgot" their license number. This forced me to uninstall Start10 and ShadowFX, and only kept Icondeveloper, because is a very important software for me. I asked from Stardock a e-mail with all my licenses (user e-mail  {Email Removed} ), and I had to have it handy every time I opened Icondeveloper, because the program asked for the license. Not...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/491171</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/491171</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 2:25:35 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2018-10-08T02:25:35-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>License Problems with Icondeveloper</title></item><item><author>EVP_MastersEyes</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/485907</comments><description><![CDATA[  Hello, are you planning to launch IconDeveloper for Windows&reg; 10?  Thank you very much and best regards.   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/485907</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/485907</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 6:13:34 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2018-03-19T18:13:34-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Please support for windows 10</title></item><item><author>Zack1972</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/485236</comments><description><![CDATA[I am editing an icon with a green background, how do I change the green background to a transparent area?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/485236</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/485236</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 7:02:46 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2017-09-28T07:02:46-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Transparency</title></item><item><author>eaglepi</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/479767</comments><description><![CDATA[ I&#39;m a bit confused working with the Icon Developer software. So far all I have been able to figure out is to find a image ( I try to find images that are larger in file size in Google Images and I select an image at least 2 MB&nbsp; Then I chose create a icon and chose 256x256 hoping to get a nice and big icon that is big but not too big.     I&#39;m not getting much success, using the same method some icons are big enough but some end up being perfect and other are so small that I can&#...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/479767</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/479767</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 7:17:23 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2016-10-16T19:17:23-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Would like some help making larger icons</title></item><item><author>Melomaan</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/458936</comments><description><![CDATA[ Hello,I can pick an Iconpackage and try to change the size of the Recycle Bin with IconDeveloper.I save it but how do I apply this.    I just want a bigger recycle bin!    Can somebody help my please!And can you help me how step-by-step?   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/458936</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/458936</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2014 4:44:52 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2014-10-30T16:44:52-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Larger Recycle Bin</title></item><item><author>floydy2</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/426781</comments><description><![CDATA[  what&#39;s the procedure to add text to an icon and keep the transparency    &nbsp;  floyd@crlive.com  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/426781</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/426781</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 4:26:54 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-06-13T16:26:54-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>transparent icon</title></item><item><author>adrian5683</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/424219</comments><description><![CDATA[When I try to use Browse Icon Packager Themes I&#39;m getting the "You must have IconPackager installed to use this feature" message. Any ideas why it won&#39;t detect IconPackager? I installed both programs silently through Stardock Central.  Thanks.  Edit: Apologies, could a moderator move this to the Icon Developer subforum if necessary.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/424219</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/424219</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 1:07:26 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-05-15T01:07:26-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Icon Developer won't detect IconPackager</title></item><item><author>Dariustg8</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/405038</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi:  I am very new to Icon developer, is there a way to create an icon with parts that show the desktop, like clear ...&nbsp; Please help    ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/405038</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/405038</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 5:48:19 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-02-08T17:48:19-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Icon Developer</title></item><item><author>mickeko</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/343085</comments><description><![CDATA[Would be awesome if it was possible to import/export/convert icons in macbinary format (named ._yaddayaddasomething) into something more "windowy"... like .ico.... or perhaps even something else, like png    ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/343085</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/343085</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 7:20:32 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-06-04T07:20:32-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Will we get support for converting OSX icons?</title></item><item><author>Piggy Wiggles</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/155261</comments><description><![CDATA[After installing IconDeveloper I noticed a couple problems.  First of all I noticed an error message whenever I started it up.  I also noticed that after I installed it, instead of displaying icons for icon files, it displayed thumbnails like this: [URL=http://img380.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitledaj9.png] [/URL] It displays a border around each icon and doesn't show the icons in their full quality.  Generally, it looks crappy.  Because I've had so many problems, I uninstalled it.  The s...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/155261</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/155261</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 8:48:06 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-05-27T20:48:06-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Icons displayed as Thumbnails</title></item><item><author>bdf777</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/348098</comments><description><![CDATA[When I tried to Update IconDeveloper it sayed File Not Found  So I uninstalled IconDeveloper and now&nbsp;i get that same message when trying to&nbsp;install  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/348098</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/348098</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 8:46:39 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-05-27T20:46:39-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>File Not Found</title></item><item><author>Laptop Surgeon</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/347609</comments><description><![CDATA[I've been running into this problem on 2 of my computers after installing  IconDeveloper ver.2.11.46.0 . if anyone has any ideas I would really appreciate it  Thanks Brad  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/347609</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/347609</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 1:06:38 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-04-22T13:06:38-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Unhandled exception error when creating an Icon with IconDeveloper ver 2.11.46.0</title></item><item><author>kaftw</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/333393</comments><description><![CDATA[There has been a new beta released for IconDeveloper.&nbsp; Please try it out!&nbsp; New additions are an IconPackager browser form and a slider for adjusting transparency range when creating an icon from an image.&nbsp; Also removed the ability to save ICL libraries as they're not supported by Vista and barely supported by IconPackager.&nbsp; They can still be opened and the icons in them saved elsewhere.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/333393</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/333393</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 5:59:46 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-04-21T17:59:46-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>New IconDeveloper Beta 2.11[b].044</title></item></channel></rss>