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Is it possible to change icons in Visual Studio 2015?

I've downloaded VS2015 CTP6 release.

Is there any way to replace VS2015 solution explorer's icons with VS2010 ones? :(

PS: yep, I hate new UI design ideology. My fav is Win7 Crystal style.=)

Solutions from here don't work

Is it possible to change icons in Visual Studio 2012?

http://computerbeacon.net/blog/visualstudio2010iconsandt

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Ivan Kush Avatar asked Mar 25 '15 10:03

Ivan Kush


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1 Answers

You can change the Shortcut icon: https://visualstudioextensions.vlasovstudio.com/2015/12/02/on-changing-visual-studio-2015-icon/

If you want to customize the icon in Solution Explorer, you need to write a VS Extension.

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cSteusloff Avatar answered Oct 16 '22 07:10

cSteusloff