Since 3 weeks ago I've started to draw the icons that will replace the ones that come with Windows 7. I dont have the skills to write a script that will do that on a live installation, so my solution is to replace the files that hold the original icons like shell32.dll, imageres.dll, etc... with my own resources on an offline image using DISM, wich I know its goin to be very, very painful to complete, the good thing being that I found a way to bypass the tampering measures placed on those offline files. People with experience on DISM know what I'm talking about.

So far I have close to 140 designs, mostly folders with different designs that will be used to describe a different function for a specific folder, like one for Installers, one for MP3 Files, another one for My Pictures and so on. I have two folder colors, one is blue and the other one is some glassy semi transparent icon, and each folder type will be released with those two colors only.

I have icons for My Computer, Control Panel, Recycle Bin, Homegroup, etc..., the basic ones as well.
If I have requests for software icons, if any, please let me know if you are talking about folders with the logo for a specific piece of software in the middle, or new logos based on the original.

I'm having a very hard time coming up with designs made from scratch, and I have many "prototypes" but only a very few I really like.
And I will be using designs that I've found on DA as well from other users combined with ones of my own, and with proper permission, I will release them as well.
As part of the whole pack there will be the two types of folders in parts as well, so people will be able to put any design they may want in the middle very easily, that will save me some time since I will not have to do folders for software I do not use.

I'm trying to pay a lot of attention to details on each icon, and even though they will look fine on Vista or Seven if you use the "Large Icon" selection on folders view, I will not be able to say they will look fine on XP as well, where you cannot have the same view size for icons or folders since I stopped using XP for some months now.

I hope I'm making sense in this explanation. And if anybody is kind enough to offer some help I would be grateful to recieve it.
It can be ideas, requests, inspirations from other designs I may have not seen that have a similar style with my own, who knows.

Many people have asked me about a timeframe, and I cannot say, I ignore how many icons I will have replace on the original Windows resources, with XP and V'ISO, I replaced more than a thousand icons, so as you see, it's hard to tell this time around.

Thank you.