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How can I change the icons of window button? Is it possible?

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This will involve changing your theme. But what you can do is create your own theme.

Its not as hard as it seems:

  1. copy a base theme
  2. replace the images currently used with the ones you want to use
  3. choose the theme you just created in appearance settings.

You can find a more detailed instruction about changing Ubuntu window icons here

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By changing your Themes (System Settings > Appearance > Theme drop-down options) you change the icons you see in Nautilus and other programs.

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I don't want to change the theme. –  Mayk Nov 20 '12 at 22:10

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