Windows 10: Change or Restore Pictures Folder Icon in Windows

How to: Change or Restore Pictures Folder Icon in Windows

How to Change or Restore Pictures Folder Icon in Windows


By default, your personal Pictures folder is located in your account's %UserProfile% (ex: "C:\Users\Brink") folder.

This tutorial will show you how to change or restore the default Pictures folder icon for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Change Pictures Folder Icon in Properties
• Option Two: Change Pictures Folder Icon in desktop.ini file
• Option Three: Restore Default Pictures Folder Icon in Properties
• Option Four: Restore Default Pictures Folder Icon in desktop.ini file

EXAMPLE: Pictures folder











OPTION ONE [/i] Change Pictures Folder Icon in Properties
1. Open your Pictures folder's current location (ex: "C:\Users\Brink") in File Explorer (Win+E). (see screenshot below)



2. Right click or press and hold on the Pictures folder, and click/tap on Properties.

3. Click/tap on the Customize tab, and click/tap on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)



4. Follow the steps below to select an icon: (see screenshots below)

*note The %SystemRoot\System32\shell32.dll and %SystemRoot\System32\imageres.dll files contain most of Windows default icons.

• Click/tap on the Browse button.
• Navigate to and select the icon library (ex: .dll) or .ico file you want to use, and click/tap on Open.
• Select the icon you want to use, and click/tap on OK.

5. Click/tap on OK to apply (see screenshot below step 3)





OPTION TWO [/i] Change Pictures Folder Icon in desktop.ini file
1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, copy and paste %UserProfile%\Pictures\desktop.ini into Run, and click/tap on OK to open that file. (see screenshot below)

*note If you changed the default location of your Pictures folder, then you will need to substitute %UserProfile%\Pictures in the path above with the actual full path of your Pictures folder's current location instead.



2. In the IconResource= line in the desktop.ini window, change the full path to the full path of the icon you want to use. (see screenshot below)

*note If you do not have a IconResource=<icon path> line, then you will need to add it.



3. Click/tap on File (menu bar), click/tap on Save (Ctrl+S), and close the desktop.ini window. (see screenshot below)



4. sign in to apply.





OPTION THREE [/i] Restore Default Pictures Folder Icon in Properties
1. Open your Pictures folder's current location (ex: "C:\Users\Brink") in File Explorer (Win+E). (see screenshot below)



2. Right click or press and hold on the Pictures folder, and click/tap on Properties.

3. Click/tap on the Customize tab, and click/tap on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)



4. Click/tap on the Restore Defaults button. (see screenshot below)



5. Click/tap on OK to apply (see screenshot below step 3)





OPTION FOUR [/i] Restore Default Pictures Folder Icon in desktop.ini file
1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, copy and paste %UserProfile%\Pictures\desktop.ini into Run, and click/tap on OK to open that file. (see screenshot below)

*note If you changed the default location of your Pictures folder, then you will need to substitute %UserProfile%\Pictures in the path above with the actual full path of your Pictures folder's current location instead.



2. In the IconResource= line in the desktop.ini window, change the full path to %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-113. (see screenshot below)

*note If you do not have a IconResource=<icon path> line, then you will need to add it.



3. Click/tap on File (menu bar), click/tap on Save (Ctrl+S), and close the desktop.ini window. (see screenshot below)



4. sign in to apply.

That's it,
Shawn


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