Folder I can store individual icons for various settings and buttons I created

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I would like to know where I can permanently keep any image files I use for buttons I created and also to store the icons for files I use in Directory Opus. Because I have many, many different file types for ebooks, I like to have a different icon for each format. As of now I have an icon folder in my user folder, but I would like to have all my icons somewhere in the Directory opus settings folder so I don't accidentally delete them elsewhere and have to hunt around for them again.

Is there a way to create an icon set? Or can I just add icons to a folder and point my buttons and settings to it?

Thanks!

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The go-to folder would be

/dopusdata\User Data

Yes: Icon Sets

Plus a few scripts that will help.

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Making iconsets is easy, understanding how directory opus handles icon sets is a bit of a learning experience.
Icons [Directory Opus Manual]

This user script is for beginners, (just use any images, converted to PNG)
Iconset Maker (Updated) - Icons - Directory Opus Resource Centre

This user script is more for professional and dual mode (non-scaled) sets
Iconset Maker Pixel Perfect (Updated) - Icons - Directory Opus Resource Centre

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Thanks!

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When I make custom icons for Dopus I keep them in a dedicated folder in with my other pictures.
They are basically little pictures, so they are right at home with everything else, and I can't ever lose their location and when I back up my pictures they get backed up too.
Dopus Logos

They don't have to be windows icons to work in Dopus, but they should probably be pretty small.
I've learned that keeping user content in with the program files is always dangerous. Whenever programs get cleaned up, did the user files get swept away too?

The problem is if you move this folder Dopus loses the custom link (third party icons don't seem to be monolithic) and doesn't have a rescan feature. You will have to relink all your icons. That's pretty painful.

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Lxp’s suggestion is usually better. It means the icons are part of your Opus config and included in config backups.

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Interesting. Maybe my strategy is backwards. I should keep all my Dopus icons in the Dopus user data folder, link my buttons to that folder, and then a duplicate of them in my pictures folder would be the main backup (plus an off-site backup, as two is one and one is none). This way when exporting the config that keeps the third party icons having the desired monolithic relationship with the program. Because importing a config is so fast it might as well be baked in. And the program isn't tied to any third party content. That's actually pretty clever. I could use Synback Pro to mirror the two folders perfectly, on a periodic schedule; the user data being the source, and the landing zone for new icons. Upgrade! :grinning_face:

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