Hey Olney. Are you saying you can't apply an Icon Package? Any package or only the new packages? Your downloaded IP files I'm assuming they're showing up in your download Temp directory?

Ya, I'm having the same problem on 2 of my computers. I even tried uninstalling all of other stardock software and installing just the icon packager but had no luck. Please let us know if there is a patch. Thank you.

I am not sure but, why not uninstall the IP and go to my computer and under programs go to Stardock and under Stardock click on Object Desktop and make sure you have uninstalled the IP.
Once you have done that. If you have cCleaner run that and clean your computer. If you don't have that go to www.download.com and donwload ccleaner. It is a free tool and GREAT to keep your computer running well. Now after you make sure all that is clean and gone , go to www.stardock.com and go to Support, and there you can have them send you, your download of the newest Icon Package. Just type in your email address and they will send you your download in mins.
Then download it from the email and copy and paste your activation code. And you should have a working IP. If you don't you need to Go to Stardock and let them know.
Hope I helped. It has happened to me before.

I'll throw in my problem as well. I re-installed IP over the weekend and now I can't download or apply new icon sets; what gives?

I've uninstalled and installed and did everything Stardock told me to do. I can download certain packages and others don't show up at all when I try and download them. The packages that do show up, when I try to apply them, the My Computer, Will (owner folder on the desktop), or Control Panel doesn't change. I'm about to give up on this. I have Vista and the latest Iconpackager. I wish someone had a solution to this.

I'd like to very much thank whoever it was in another thread (I have only just joined this forum) for suggesting LeechGet. Google for it.

It turns out that the enhanced version of IconPackager, that we paid for, is one of those applications that won't download properly unless a download manager is used. I am on dial-up - I can't speak for those of you who have broadband.

I have wasted hours trying to get a properly working IconPackager, and the support people have tried to help me, but they said gaily that it was probably a corrupted download, use Stardock Central - which didn't work at all. They also made other suggestions which didn't help. So now I can advise them.

Get LeechGet, which only works through IE, not through Firefox, and download the enhanced IP with it. Problem solved! A working IP and downloaded icon themes that will actually install and be applied.

Now, all I have to do is find some attractive icon themes instead of the ugly ones I have seen so far. Anyone remember the beautiful White Glass Folders and Gold Leaf 2 from years ago? Icons that actually look like real Windows icons, but with more style.

Thanks for the extension Bichur, much appreciated. I strongly prefer Firefox and prefer not to fire up IE if I can avoid it.

I wish I had come here in the first place instead of wasting hours, but all's well that ends well.

hummmmmmmmmmmmm.... I have both and NEVER had a problem downloading.
Maybe it is in the dial up. sorry..  

The program still have glitches and bugs that need to be fixed, Icon packager keeps on reverting the newly applied themes or sets back to the Vista default icons every time you shutdown the computer and restart it some of the icons keep changing back to the Windows default icons.

For the time being try saving or renaming the downloaded Icon Packages as .zip files. Extract the files to a folder and then try installing from there.

That seems to work for now.


I just right clicked, went to open with and then chose winrar.

Slapped all the files in a folder then pasted that folder in my themes.