how to change aplication folder icon in dock?

Try right-click on Stack > Display as "Folder"



-mj

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Just create a new folder in your Stack folder and put any custom icon on it. Name it _ (Name of Stack) and be sure to put the " _ " or even two " _ _ " before the folder name. It will then appear as the first item in the stack. Then restart and they should stick.




-mj

Panchonp wrote:
thanks, now it looks the way i wanted it!!!, but still feels weird having to create a useless folder just to change the displayed icon, there is no other way? a way to make the system use the application folder icon and no the icons of folders and items on it?

If you want you can change the icon on your /Applications folder in Finder and drag it to the Dock. I prefer not to change the icons of my important folders. But you reported that did not work for you?



-mj

Message was edited by: macjack

Macjack replied with the solution - simply change the stack's option for Display As from Stack to Folder. Then, change the Application folder icon in the Finder. Click Finder in your dock, then click your hard drive, then right-click the Applications folder and click "Get Info". The subsequent window that slides up has the folder icon in the top left. Click it and paste in the icon you want.

Here is Apple's instruction set for doing this: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2493

This way, you won't need the additional file in your Applications folder (assuming you don't want to see the Applications behind the icon).

My folder icons on the Dock are set as Folders in list view and they retain the folder's icons. Here's home, savedSearch, Utilities, Applications, and root-level Library folders.