vscode-icon-rotation
Start VS Code instances each with an own icon.
This extension provides the Installer for the actual Windows program.
Currently only the Windows platform is supported.
Installation
- After installing this extension, press
F1 and select the Icon Rotation: Open installer folder command from the list.
- Install the actual program by running
vscode-icon-rotation.msi from the opened folder.
The Installer creates a shortcut to the 'deamon' in the common startup folder and adds the program's installation path to the system path.
Usage
- Make sure
vscode-icon-rotation.exe, the 'deamon', is running.
- Copy an icon to
my-vscode-project\.vscode\vscode.ico
- Run
codee my-vscode-project and the newly created VS Code window should display your icon.
Note codee instead of code.
The %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions\krizzdewizz.vscode-icon-rotation-1.0.0\icons folder contains some colorized VS Code icons to be used.
How it works
vscode-icon-rotation.exe is a 'deamon' which is notified whenever a new VS Code window is created and replaces the icon of the newly created window with %temp%\vsciconrot_next.ico.
codee.exe is used to start VS Code, but before, it replaces %temp%\vsciconrot_next.ico with an eventually existing my-vscode-project\.vscode\vscode.ico file.
It takes a single parameter; the folder to open in VS Code:
codee my-vscode-project
If there exists a %1\.vscode\vscode.ico icon file, it is copied to %temp%\vsciconrot_next.ico, which is then picked up by the deamon.
You must not necessarily use codee. Just make sure that %temp%\vsciconrot_next.ico is updated before you start VS Code.
The common startup folder can be opened by running shell:common startup.
Release Info
v1.0.4
- codee.exe now accepts up to 9 arguments.
v1.0.3
- Sorry, build did not pick up new binaries from 1.0.2.
v1.0.2
- Delete temp. icon file after it has been applied, so that VS Code default icon is shown again for new windows.
v1.0.0
Build
- install AutoHotkey from their website.
- run
build-exe.cmd to generate executables from the ahks using ahk2exe.
- build the installer
wix/icon-rotation/icon-rotation.wixproj with Visual Studio.
- run
vsce package.
