how can i make a picture an icon?

Answer 1

If you click on your name under the smiley face it will take you to your profile underneath is edit my profile you can make an avatar or use your own pic if you put a pic in your 360 contact me if you need further details by clicking on my pic

Answer 2

To place a picture within an icon: in Window Explorer, click View, Thumbnails. Right-click the folder that contains the picture you wish to use and click Properties. Click the Customize tab. In the Folder pictures section, click the Choose Picture button. If necessary, in the Look in drop-down list box, navigate to the desired picture. Click the picture file and click Open. Click the Apply button and then click OK.

Custom icons can also be drawn in Paint: click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Paint). Click Image, and then Attributes. Height and width should be set to 32 pixels. Click OK. Complete you drawing and save it.

To place the drawing within an icon: right-click on the folder you wish to change and click the Customize tab. Click the Choose Picture button and navigate to your drawing. Click the drawing file, and then click Open. Click the Apply button. Click OK.

You can also do this in Windows 98, ME, and 2000 with some restrictions. Use software to change icons in Windows 98, ME and 2000. Here are some free programs:
IcoFolder at: http://camtech2000.net/Pages/IcoFolder.html
ActivIcons at: http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_aifw.html

InterfaceLift has a list of different looking icons (and wallpaper)
http://www.interfacelift.com/

For folder icons in Windows 98 and ME, you can use a program like Microangelo http://www.microangelo.us/ (payment varies by the number of users).

Answer 3

the most easy way of using some pic as a icon, is the MSPAINT, simply open the desired pic & saveas with "ico" extention.
u can now use that pic as a icon.
may b there are some other softwares too but the simplest way is MSPAINT utility.

try now.... !

Answer 4

The easiest way:
Open MS Paint, make your 80x80 pixel bitmap, draw your icon, save it as filename.bmp and then rename your file to filename.ico.

Answer 5

for the Billionth time get a yahoo 360 page

Answer 6

go to your info page and clisk on edit my infos... then you can either choose no picture, yahoo account picture, or avatar... for the picture i thyink you have to get an account thingy then somehow put a picture on it. if not you can just get an avatar like me!

Answer 7

download a yahoo messenger if you don't have one... edit its icon...

Answer 8

yahoo