How can I batch change the icon of a certain filetype?

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How can I batch change the icon of a certain filetype?

I'm currently transitioning my office from Windows to Mac OS X. I find that as I'm transferring excel files over to the Mac from the Windows machines, the icon that displays is the black unix icon. I have the excel 512x512 icon I want to use but I don't want to spend hours pasting the icon on 100+ xls documents. Is there an automator script or terminal command I can use to change the icon of all .xls files at one time?

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading!

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion, - VMWare Fusion w/ WinXP Pro

Posted on Aug 14, 2012 2:53 PM

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Aug 14, 2012 4:52 PM in response to VRA2005

Found the answer! Once you've copied your icon to your clipboard, select the files whose icon you want to change and hit cmd+option+I (without clicking any of the actual files) and in the "Get Info" window, paste the icon over the icon in the top left of the window!

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