# Icons for RAR files

**URL:** <https://resource.dopus.com/t/icons-for-rar-files/7233>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [December 27, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/icons-for-rar-files/7233 "2008-12-27T23:27:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![homunculus](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/838e76/32.png) [@homunculus](https://resource.dopus.com/u/homunculus)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/icons-for-rar-files/7233/1 "2008-12-27T23:27:51Z")

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I'm running DOpus 9 under WinXP SP3. I've got neither WinRAR nor WinZIP installed. My RAR files are handled by the DOpus RAR plugin. When I click on a RAR file, I drop down "into" that file in the same lister, and I like it that way. However, the RAR files lack a distinctive icon. XP gives them some nondescript, default icon. In XP, I tried associating RAR files with DOpus just to give them their own icon, but, once the association was in place, DOpus would launch another lister whenever I clicked on a RAR file. This is not what I want - I want to just drop down into a RAR file when I click on it. How can I assign a custom icon to RAR files without having DOpus launch a new lister? I get the impression that under XP you can only assign a custom icon to a file when you associate it with some program.

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**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 9:16am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/icons-for-rar-files/7233/2 "2008-12-28T09:16:43Z")

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You need to create a RAR file-type and then assign an icon to it.

See this FAQ: [[Make RAR, 7z, ISO, etc. files open in Opus on double-click](http://resource.dopus.com/t/make-rar-7z-iso-etc-files-open-in-opus-on-double-click/1310/1))

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**Author:** ![homunculus](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/838e76/32.png) [@homunculus](https://resource.dopus.com/u/homunculus)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 11:24am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/icons-for-rar-files/7233/3 "2008-12-28T11:24:54Z")

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Thank you very much. Quite useful.