Quicken in the Dock

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by jc719, Jan 29, 2008.

  1. jc719

    jc719 Bit poster

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    When I add Windows Quicken to the Mac OS X dock, it just gets a generic Windows icon. (Other Windows applications get their Windows icons.) Is there a way to change the Dock icon?
     
  2. Alicia

    Alicia Parallels Team

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    Hello,

    could you please specify what is a generic Windows icon? Or attach a csreenshot, please.

    Actually, you can try to remove that icon from dock, then open the program and when its icon appears in dock, right-click it and choose "Keep in dock". Will the saved icon be normal?
     
  3. jc719

    jc719 Bit poster

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    It doesn't matter whether 'Keep in Dock' is checked or not. When the Quicken icon appears in the dock, it's not the application's Windows icon but instead, a rectangle with a blue bar on the top with a white field (what I would call a "generic" windows application icon. A screenshot is attached. I've also attached a capture of the icon displayed in Windows.

    Looking further, the Windows application, buried down in Program Files, is qw.exe and, in Windows, it has a generic application icon, which is what I'm seeing in the dock. The shortcuts that are displayed in the start menus, quick launch toolbar, on the desktop, etc., have a more distinctive icon (like most applications). See the second attachment.

    Thanks.
     

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  4. Alicia

    Alicia Parallels Team

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    Hello,

    unfortunately, it is quite a troublesome method but if you are bored with the generic Windows icon instead of Quicken original one, please, try to do the following:

    find a small picture of Quicken icon, then browse to your Parallels Folder->Windows Applications or just search for it with the Spotlight. Find a icon for Quicken there, right-click it and hit Get Info. Open the picture (Quicken icon), copy (cmd+c) it, then go to that "Get Info" window, check the picture at the top of it (the picture with the current icon) and paste copied picture (cmd+v).
     

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