Change dock icon.

Hello ,
How can i change default dock icon of my carbon application to my choice.
Thanks.
Regards,
Sunil Adhayaru.

X11 has a menu named "Applications" in the menu bar. In there is an option to "Customize Menu…".
In the window that appears, you can edit any of the commands just by double-clicking on the name, command, or shortcut.
This will change what appears in the "Applications" menu, both in the menu bar for X11 and in the Dock menu for X11.

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Hi Mac Community!
For all of us Mac lovers, the one thing we are fascinated with is the fact that Mac in notorious for giving the end user the power to personalize the computer's look and feel, as well as making commands extremely user friendly.
This is not what I get from the last update to OS 10.8.5
I want to change the icons on my dock, as I should being that I am the owner of a fairly expensive piece of equipment, but this seems impossible to do for the Finder icon. Is there any way this can be done without causing any problems in the system?
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You want to change the Finder icon or you want to remove the Finder icon from the dock. You weren't clear on that point

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How do I change my icons to look like these? Or are those programs? I like the dead iPod, is that iTunes?

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