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Desktop Fun: Abstract Icon Packs
Do you prefer a more unique, artistic, or alternative look for your desktop setup? Then you will definitely want to have a look through our Abstract Icon Packs collection. Just set your imagination loose and enjoy the wonderful desktops that these icon packs can inspire for you.
Note: To customize the icon setup on your Windows 7 & Vista systems see our article here. Using Windows XP? We have you covered here.
Sneak Preview
For this week’s preview desktop we created an Alien Desert Planet theme using the Abstract Symbol Icons pack shown below.
Note: The original, unmodified version of this wallpaper can be found here.
Here is a closer look at the icons we used for our new theme…
The Icon Packs
Match-stick-play Icons
*.ico format only
Abstract Symbol Icons
*.ico format only
Allomantic Metals
*.ico format only
Mutated Snowflake Icon Set
*.ico format only
Shades of Geometry
*.ico format only
Starry Objects Icons
*.ico format only
New Sin – Abstract Human Icons
*.ico, .png, and .psd format
Note: While most of the icons in this pack look similar at first glance, there are differences when viewed at a larger size.
Mysterious Icons
*.ico format only
Alien Icons
*.ico format only
Beads Icons
*.ico format only
Magic Flowers Icons
*.ico format only
Circle Shapes Icons
*.ico format only
geometric doc icons
*.png format only
alumina
*.png format only
Citiscape dockicons
*.png format only
Wanting more great icon sets to look through? Be certain to visit our Desktop Fun section for more icon goodness!
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Comments (7)
Akemi Iwaya (Asian Angel) is our very own Firefox Fangirl who enjoys working with multiple browsers and loves 'old school' role-playing games. Visit her on Twitter and Google+.
- Published 12/28/10
Nice collection, but change the image appearing @ main page of howtogeek for this post cause that black & white icons image is not attracting to open this topic
I second LoverBoy’s comment as I hadn’t opened this topic the first time I looked through the How-To-Geek Daily Article e-mail due to that very reason. Today, I decided to click on the funny black & white icons anyway and was surprised at the contents herein! My first thought (which made it out of my mouth) was….. Whoa! What’s this?? :)
Happy New Year!!
I love these icon collections – thanks for sharing them! There are several I’d like to download, however when I click on the ‘download’ button, the screen it takes me to is confusing, and I never seem to actually download the icons.
I’m pretty sure I’m avoiding the ‘download’ buttons to buy advertised software, and think I’m clicking on the right thing, but then nothing happens, just another screen appears with more software to download. (However on each of these screens the icons I’m trying to get are mentioned.)
Any advice? I’m sure it’s really easy and I’m just missing something. Thanks!
@Kathy – Which particular icon packs were you trying to download?
@Asian Angel – From the ones above, Shades of Geometry and Magic Flowers. Thanks in advance for any help or advice!
@Kathy – Check your e-mail…I have sent you a diagram type image for downloading the icon packs you want. ^_^
Wow thanks.. guys do you know what program that let you change the icon of all the folder in windows 7?… and change it with this icons package.. :)