I was wondering if it was possible to use animated .gif as icons for folders/files. I already know how to add pictures using the getinfo and pasting but I couldn't figure out if their was a way to make an animated one. Any help would be much appreciated.
Is it possible to get an animated .gif as a folder icon
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Thank you mpy, you directed me to a forum with useful information. Rebuilding the icon cache did not do the trick. But that website also had registry settings to restore the default settings for file types: default-file-type-associations
So i found out that *.zip file type is a little bit special and has settings in:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.zip]
All i had to do was completely remove this key and all its subkeys. Then i had to re-login again, and the zip file icon was finally fixed:
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It is probably not possible, see discussions.apple.com/thread/964383
Macs use ICNS format for the icons, not GIF so it's just converting the top image in your GIF to ICNS. ICNS allows for multiple image states but I believe that it takes specific coding in the application itself to animate items for doc notifications or whatever (adium messenger for instance has their duck icon flap it's arms when you receive a new IM). Mac OS itself can display multiple states for open or closed folders.
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