In Windows Vista and 7 whenever you hover your mouse cursor over a Desktop icon, it shows a cool transparent rectangle over the icon. This kind of behavior is not found in XP but many XP users want this awesome effect in their OS.
Today we are going to share an awesome free tool which brings this cool mouse hover effect to XP.
"ViCon Remastered" is an excellent tool created by "MixenDixon" @ DA which allows you to put your desired icons at Desktop and provides the Vista and 7's mouse hover effect for them.
You just need to run the tool and it shows following interface:
You can also bring the above window by right-clicking on its System tray icon and select Settings option.
Four ready-made Desktop icons are already given to choose: Computer, Documents, Network and Recycle Bin which are the default Windows icons.
You can simply click on their respective buttons and then OK button to add them on Desktop. Once the icons are created at Desktop, all the icons will have the cool mouse hover effect just like Windows Vista and 7:
If you don't want to show the Windows default Desktop icons which don't have mouse hover rectangle, you can disable them by right-clicking on Desktop and uncheck "Arrange Icons By -> Show Desktop Icons" option.
If you want, you can add more desired icons at Desktop by clicking on the "Add" button in ViCon Settings window and select the path of your desired program's EXE file.
Its a great free tool for XP users. You can download it using following link:
If you want to completely transform your Windows XP into Vista including theme, boot screen, login screen, icons, etc, please follow following tutorial:
Transform Windows XP into Windows Vista without using Customization Pack
And to transform XP into Windows 7, visit following tutorial:
Transform Windows XP into Windows 7 without using Customization Pack
This article was posted by VG in following section: Software, Windows XP.
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SovietSniper
VG,
How do you put shortcuts for folders? I can only put in .exe applications. :(
VG
^^ I think its not possible.
Addy
Hey VG , how do I integrate Vicon effect in explorer window
Addy
Hey Vg , how do I increase the icon size of icons when using ViCon and how do I change the hover colour
VG
^^ You can change the hover image using 2nd tab in ViCon Settings window.
win 7
Hi VG,
ViCon is not working!
when i open the "ViCon Remastered",
an error window appears on the screen --
Title of the error window : "ViCon Remastered.exe - Application Error"
Text in the window : "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135).Click on OK to terminate the application"
win 7
QT Address bar is also having the same problem!
VG
^^ Install .NET Framework.
http://www.askvg.com/what-is-microsoft-net-framework-download-links-for-all-versions-inside/
win 7
Its now working!
Thank you soooooooooooooooo Much!
isaac
i keep getting this error The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). click ok to terminate the application.
help or new download please