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+title: Blog
+post: Bootcamp Icon fix
+date: 2015-07-01
+comments: true
+flattr: true
+twitter: xythobuz
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+If you like to give each disk appearing on your Macs desktop it’s own icon, and are a Bootcamp user, you’re probably aware that the Bootcamp drive icon is reset after each reboot. Fortunately, this can be fixed in an easy automated fashion.
+
+The only requirement is NTFS write support. To get this, install osxfuse and ntfs-3g, or enable the built-in NTFS write support ([find details here](http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/152661/write-to-ntfs-formated-drives-on-yosemite)).
+
+First, set the icon you wish to use like you always would (right-click, Get Info, click on icon, cmd+v to paste new icon). This creates the hidden file `.VolumeIcon.icns` in the root of your disk. Copy it somewhere safe:
+
+    cp /Volumes/TX-55/.VolumeIcon.icns /Users/thomas/Pictures/Icons/VolumeIcon.icns
+
+Next, we need to create a little shell script that copies this file again after it is lost on reboot:
+
+    vim /Users/thomas/bin/fixBootcamp.sh
+    #!/bin/sh
+    cp /Users/thomas/Pictures/Icons/VolumeIcon.icns /Volumes/TX-55/.VolumeIcon.icns
+    :wq
+
+Finally create a LaunchAgent property list:
+
+    vim ~/Library/LaunchAgents/de.xythobuz.fixBootcamp.plist
+    
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+    <plist version="1.0">
+    <dict>
+        <key>Label</key>
+        <string>de.xythobuz.fixBootcamp</string>
+        <key>Program</key>
+        <string>/Users/thomas/bin/fixBootcamp.sh</string>
+        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
+        <true/>
+    </dict>
+    </plist>
+    
+    :wq
+
+You can now set this LaunchAgent to be executed on each Login:
+
+    launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/de.xythobuz.fixBootcamp.plist
+
+To test it without logging out and back in:
+
+    launchctl start de.xythobuz.fixBootcamp
+
+That was easy, right? :)
+