How to customize Foobar2000 icons (including main icon)?

Question

Foobar2000 is a highly customizable player, but is it possible to customize its icons - including its main icon?

(I don't hate it, but I might want to change it, especially that multiple portable installations can be used, with various components and skins, so they might as well be differentiated by their icon.)

Solution

• To change the icons of the associated files (in case foobar2000 is the default music player), edit the icons pack from the folder C:\Program Files\foobar2000\icons

• To change the general icon, you need foo_UI_hacks, and that will add new preferences for Main Window and Notification Area. The same component allows adding three separate tray icons for play/pause/stop.

• In order to get some more enhancements in Windows 7, one may consider using also this component

• To get the same custom icon pinned to the taskbar, create a shortcut for foobar.exe (right-click: send to - desktop), change its icon (under its Properties) to the custom one, and then drag it to the taskbar.