Windows 10: Change Folder Icon in Windows 10

How to: Change Folder Icon in Windows 10

How to Change Icon of a Folder in Windows 10


This tutorial will show you how to change the icon of a folder in File Explorer to any icon you like in Windows 10.

*note When you change the icon of a folder, the folder will no longer show a thumbnail preview of its content until you restore the default folder icon.



Here's How:

1) Right-click or press and hold on the folder you would like to change, and click/tap on Properties.



2) Click/tap on the Customize tab.



3) Click/tap on Change Icon.



4) Browse to an icon library, click/tap on an icon, and click/tap on OK.

*note You can also find more icons at C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll. Also, if you have a custom icon pack you can select 'Browse' to find your custom icons and then apply them. However, once you have done that you shouldn't move the custom icons. If you do, the folder using the custom icon will go back to the default folder icon and you will have to go through the entire process again.

You can click/tap on the Restore Defaults button and click/tap on OK to restore the default icon of this folder.



5) Click/tap on Apply.



6) And now you're done!




Thanks for reading!
-Chuck


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Different Folder Icon or OneDrive-Folders

You can right click the folder

Click Properties

Click Customize tab

Click Change Icon

Choose another icon.

Also see:

https://winaero.com/blog/change-windows-10-fold...

 

How can I customize individual folder icons in Windows 10?

Hi Laurie,



I realize the inconvenience you are experiencing with changing folder icons on Windows 10.

We can change the individual folder icons by following steps and check if it helps.

1. Right click on Folder.

2. Then click on Properties.

3. Click on Shortcut tab.

4. Then click on Change icon.

5. Select the different icon from the list or browse the icons.



Please get back to us with an update on customizing issue with Windows 10, we will be happy to help.



Thank you.

 

Thanks, John! I didn't know about those. *Thumbs

I like these blue one's..

 

Good one Chuck! Might want to add a section for custom icons, using Browse, and once installed the Icon pack position should not be moved or changed, or else you have to redo everything.*Smile

 

Good point, Cliff. I'll edit it and see if I can add that in.

 

I just acquired a new laptop running Windows 10 and am trying to change the icons of the folders in the StartUp "Program" folder so that they would stand out a little better. I used my admin account and followed all the steps listed above, but when I clicked on "Apply", nothing happened. The same basic windows folder icon remained attached to the folder. I also tried to go into Properties and capitalize some of the folder names, but that didn't work either. Looks like something is protecting them, but I cannot figure out what it is much less how to get around this blockage, Any suggestions?

 

Hello psbecker, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Items in the Startup folder would be shortcuts instead. Did you try different folder views to see if they show with a different icon size?

If so, then please go ahead and post a screenshot showing this to see if it may reveal a cause.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...en-forums.html

 

Thanks for the quick and thorough reply. Unfortunately, I guess that I was posting too late last night because I did not explain my problem accurately. I used StartUp when I should have said "Start Menu" when referring to the folder name. Anyway, let me try again.


In the the "Start Menu" folder -- "C:\Program Data\Microsoft\Widows\Start Menu" -- there is a folder called "Programs" that contains several folders that do hold the shortcuts for various programs on my system. It is these folders in Programs, not the shortcuts, that I want to change the Icon to something more definitive than the default folder icon. However, the system won't let me make the change. I go through all the steps including Apply, but when I am done, the original icon is still there.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

I'm not aware of a way to change the folder icons in Start. *Sad

 

Not possible, (yet!)
(I'm workin on it) *Wink

 

By the way,
if anyone has any clue as to which dll that folder icon resides in, by all means, please chime in! *Smile

 

SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll is what I get in properties.

 

Yeah, that's not it though! *Sad

 

Try using 7Zip and open up a 3rd party theme dll and burrow down(example: F:\Theming Stuff\Dark Theme\gray_2014__dark_theme_windows_8_1_update_1__upd_11_by_ezio-d6x6ssl\Gray 2014 by Ezio\THEME files\Normal version\Gray2014\Shell\NormalColor\shellstyle.dll\.rsrc\0\