Once downloaded and installed, Microangelo will index itself in the programs listing of the start menu. The program includes different applications for different features. Librarian and Explorer find and store icons that already exist on your computer, Animator and Studio assist in the creation of new icons, and On Display tweaks the appearance of icons on the desktop.

1. To make a new icon, open the studio.
   The screen looks a bit like the board of Minesweeper, a paint-by-numbers type grid with the standard utilities: paint brush, paint bucket, eraser, palette, and so on. For experimenting with the program, we recommend making a quick drawing to implement, rather than fashioning yourself an artistic icon on the first pass.
   
2. Once drawn, create a new folder and save the file as an icon resource.
   
3. Change icon.
   Microangelo makes changing the icons especially convenient. If you right-click on any existing icon, you will notice the menu has an additional feature named "appearance." The feature will pop up a properties window that lets you keep the default icon or replace it with a custom icon.
   
4. Chose "custom," then browse for the folder you created that contains your latest opus.
   
5. Double-click on the icon you want to use.
   

That's all there is to it. If you decide you don't like your designs, follow the same steps to revert to the default.

Icon Workshop
Icon Workshop functions much the same way and lets you modify and replace existing icons through a button at the top labeled "customize."

You can always replace icons the crude way by finding the source icon through Windows and replacing it, or re-directing the icon association with a new icon that you've saved with Icon Workshop or Microangelo.