- First open a program. While it's running, right click on it and select "Show in Finder".
- Quit the Program
- Give it a better name, and the icon you want.
- Double click on it when your finished and launch the program from there.
- Right click on the program again in the Dock, and select ad to favs
- Get some coffee
Renameing it is not nec; but I didn't like EXCEL.EXE when I hovered over the dock icon, so I named it to "Microsoft Office Excel 2007" with a shiny new high res icon from...