Windows will open the folder properties dialog that allows you to configure folder options, including the folder's icon. Click on the last tab, labeled " Customize ": under the Folder Icon section, Windows gives you a warning before displaying the Change Icon button:.
Windows Vista includes an option that allows you to configure the preview file of a folder: this is the file which will be displayed in certain Windows Explorer views: if you customize the folder icon, Vista will no longer show a preview file, but will display instead the icon of your choice. Click on the Change Icon button to open the " Change Icon for folderName folder " dialog that displays the default folder icon and system icons contained in the resource file " shell Notice the horizontal scrollbar button: there are several screen of icons to choose from; when you found a folder icon you would like to use, double click on it to select the image and return to the Folder Properties dialog: from there, click OK , and your new icon will be used for the folder you just customized.
In Windows Vista, the icon preview and the actual folder icon do not always match: Microsoft's team has updated some of the Windows XP icons to match Windows Vista's look-and-feel. Your folder now displays the icon of your choice, making the folder quickly identifiable among other folders sharing the same default folder icon. To restore a folder's settings and use the folder icon, and no longer the custom icon, follow the same procedure, but click on the Restore Defaults button instead of picking an icon.
Programs, or "compiled executables", include embedded into them resources like icons: this is how a single application file can have a custom icon displayed for it. Just like you can use any of the built-in icons, choosing a program as icon will instruct Windows to extract and display the icons contained in the application, so that you can use them as folder icons.
Again, right-click on the folder whose icon you want to customize, and choose Properties. ICO files can contain multiple sizes embedded in the file and you should try to find icons created as such for best viewing experience. For best viewing results I prefer to make my own icons. I do it like this:. In the end I settled on the free day trial of Axialis IconWorkshop.
It is a truly awesome program. Rather than explain the settings I used I'll just show you:. Lets make sure we save and backup our icons. Once complete copy that folder to a backup location. Got a Floppy drive? There is no A or B drive option in WinBubble. You will have to do it manually. I found excellent instructions here: Drive Icon Change. You can change the icons for any folder in Vista.
Though it really isn't necessary or practical to manually change every folder there may be folders you want to add a special touch to. I keep my MP3's divide into folders based on Genre I create my own genres too but that is another story. In this example I created folder icons using the method above. For example, if you want to quickly identify a folder on which you are working too often, you can replace the default folder icon with a custom one.
However, if you want to change the folder icon color, you can use the Rainbow Folders freeware tool. Windows 10 offers plenty of customization without any third-party tool. That means most of the customization is possible in the Windows operating system without any third-party tool. Starting Windows XP, Microsoft has an inbuilt option to change the default folder icon without the help of third-party tools, but a few users have used this handy feature.
Step 1. Right-click on the folder and select the Properties option, for which you want to change the default icon. Step 3.
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