ActivIcons for Windows

Name: ActivIcons
Rating: 2 (3 reviews)
Author: CursorArts

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Download.com staffFebruary 25, 2026

ActivIcons offers extensive control over your Windows desktop icons and cursors. Personalize system icons, cursors, and startup screens with ease.

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Pros
- Customize system desktop icons
- Change default mouse cursors
- Modify icon text label appearance
- Replace startup and shutdown screens
- Rebuild and increase icon cache size
Cons
- Replace IE and OE logo animations
- Remove shortcut symbols
- Save and restore icon positions

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GENERAL

Release: April 25, 2008

Latest update: February 25, 2026

Version: 3.37

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 95
Windows ME
Windows 98
Windows XP
Windows 10
Windows NT
Windows 2000

Additional Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 224,103

Downloads Last Week: 8

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User Reviews

2/5

3 User Votes

Don't do it
Jonathan HuffmanJuly 11, 2012
Pros
there is NONE
Cons
as soon as I finished installing it, I ran the software and as soon as I double clicked the icon my computer crashed. it took me forever( atleast it seemed like it) to uninstall it and all the extra add ons it came with, from my new computer. do what you will, but heed this warning..DON'T DOWNLOAD IT. or you may be sorry
Summary
Don't Do It!!!!!!!!!
A Useful Tool for Icon Management
mkpattSeptember 11, 2010
Pros
While this program is not the most advanced tool, it certainly is capable enough to manage icon packages and set up your own themes. I've had no problems with it and have used it on XP machines. Have not tried it on Vista or Win 7.
Cons
It doesn't have a lot in the way of icon editing tools, but then its not primarily an editing program.
Summary
A good tool to use in conjunction with other programs.
Many tools NOT available for XP users
snuggbuggtx36mMay 24, 2008
Pros
Cons
It may be fine for other OS's but is very limited for windows XP users so I would recommend other icon tools that are better suited to XP.
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Developer’s Description

By CursorArts

Customize your Windows desktop icons.

ActivIcons allows you to customize the Windows desktop icon and cursor attributes. Swap your own, custom icons for Network Neighborhood, My Computer, and other icons which Windows places on your desktop and Explorer file manager. 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 the Windows icon cache, increase the size of the Windows desktop cache, replace various drive and folder icons, remove shortcut symbols, restore the desktop default icons, save/restore the positions of desktop icons, and replace the IE and OE logo animations.

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A Useful Tool for Icon Management

Many tools NOT available for XP users

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