# Windows Icons

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-icons/122381>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 5, 2002, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-icons/122381 "2002-08-05T04:39:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ice1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ice1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ice1000)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-icons/122381/1 "2002-08-05T04:39:18Z")

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Several years ago, around 1997, I saw a PC, I think it was a Sony, running Windows 95 and it had these really interesting icons on the desktop that were animated.

You’d just be looking at the desktop and they’d be doing their thing. I have not seen those since then. Was this particular to that machine? Are they still available?

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**Author:** ![tcburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-icons/122381/2 "2002-08-05T05:04:22Z")

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Yes. You can download animated icon libraries from the Internet or make your own easily with Axialis Icon Workshop or Microangelo.

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**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-icons/122381/3 "2002-08-05T05:07:59Z")

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[Here](http://www.iconolog.net/ico/index.html) are a bunch of Windows icons (including animated) that you can download. Do a search on the net and you can find lots more.

Note: This is just the first page that popped up on Google. I can’t vouch for the function/safety of these, so do a virus scan and all before unzipping.