Content

General

• Overview
• Main Features
• Tutorials

Concepts

• Icons
• Data Types

User Interface

• Main Window
• Colors
• Preview
• File Explorer
• Main Menu
• Toolbar
• Work Area
• Handling Selections
• Tools

Adjustment Dialogs

• Custom Filter
• Brightness / Contrast
• Hue / Saturation
• Color Balance
• Dimension
• Rotate
• Shadow
• Fadeout
• Opacity

Tool Dialogs

• Batch Process
• Resource Editor

Other Dialogs

• Preferences
• Properties
• Create Windows Icon
• Create Macintosh Icon
• Insert New Image
• Import Image
• Frames
• Extract
• Snapshot
• Tip Of The Day
• Download Languages

Other

• Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

This section will try to give answer to some common problems when using IcoFX.

The new language of the interface is not displayed correctly

IcoFX uses non-Unicode language files. You need to configure Windows in such a way that it supports the non-Unicode language files. Please select the desired language at: Control Panel -> Regional And Language Options -> Advanced -> Language for non- Unicode Programs. This will allow IcoFX to show the language files correctly.

Restore Default Configuration

To restore the original configuration of IcoFX first stop IcoFX. Then delete the file config.cfg from the c:\Documents And Settings \ "username" \ Application Data \ IcoFX directory . Where "username" is your login name. Be sure that hidden files are visible. Restart IcoFX.

If you are using the portable version of IcoFX then this file is located in the installation directory of IcoFX.

Restore Default Favorite Colors

To restore the original favorite colors (on the Colors dialog) of IcoFX first stop IcoFX. Then delete the file colors.dat from the c:\Documents And Settings \ "username" \ Application Data \ IcoFX directory . Where "username" is your login name. Be sure that hidden files are visible. Restart IcoFX.

If you are using the portable version of IcoFX then this file is located in the installation directory of IcoFX.

Restore Default Quick Colors

To restore the original quick colors (on the Preview window) of IcoFX first stop IcoFX. Then delete the file quickcolors.dat from the c:\Documents And Settings \ "username" \ Application Data \ IcoFX directory . Where "username" is your login name. Be sure that hidden files are visible. Restart IcoFX.

If you are using the portable version of IcoFX then this file is located in the installation directory of IcoFX.

Extract Macintosh files from *.sit files

You must use a software called Stuffit Expander to extract the icons from the sit archive. After you have extracted the icons you can open them with IcoFX.

How to change Macintosh icons (for Mac users)

The problem is that the icns icon files do not have a preview (they do not show their on icon in the Get Info window). You can use a freeware tool called icns2icon to set the preview of the icon. After that you can copy and paste the icon from one Get Info window to the other.

Cannot assign file extensions under Windows XP

To assign file extensions to IcoFX you must be logged in as an administrator, or a user who has rights to write to the registry.

Cannot assign file extensions under Windows Vista

To assign file extensions to IcoFX you must be logged in as an administrator, or a user who has rights to write to the registry. You must also run the application as an administrator:

• Right click on the application shortcut and select Properties.
• In the Properties window, click on the "Advanced" button.
• Here check the "Run as administrator" checkbox.
• Close both windows