Windows 10: color coding files

I want to ID certain files in a particular folder in file explorer. I know I can change the name or put them in a different folder, but what would be best would be if I could simply change the color of certain files. Is that possible in Office 2010?

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Color Coding the File Names

For those of us who work on large projects that contain hundreds of files, it would be really helpful if we could just color code the file names. This could be done in File Explorer and would be reflected throughout Office and other apps.

Use Cases:

• If there were a team sharing a directory of files, but there was a lead person in charge of each file, the file names could be color codded with a different color for each person.
• I use a distinct color for the files that have to be edited or fixed as opposed to the many others which are in black.
• There is a project where there is a requirement for keeping a record of all stages of the work as it goes through various stages. For example, a manual is being produced in Word or Publisher. There might be several drafts of the text and/or chapters or
  sections are continuously added. Now we add a date to the file name (sometimes we use a version number), but soon we end up with dozens of files and have to look for the most current one. Mistakes are easily made. If we could just have the current file
  in a distinct color, time would be saved, as well as mistakes reduced. This is especially needed for Government Work where often it is a legal requirement, but it also ios useful when we may want to roll back to a previous version.
• In an extension of the previous case, we are creating a curriculum consisting of 17 different on line courses. Each course has a history of many file versions. But there is one current file for each. We want to keep all the files in one directory because
  we are always cutting and pasting from one to another and changing a term in all, etc. If the current version file were in a distinct color that would be helpful.
• If there were various stages a file went through such as draft, draft submitted for approval, draft approval, draft disapproved, sent to copy editor, copy edited, etc, we could use the color coding for simple project management without using other software.
• Programmers could do the same for versions of their code regarding testing stages or approvals and supervisors who are not technically sophisticated, just by scanning the director can get a good idea of the status of things.

I'm sure there are many others and I would welcome additional ideas.

Once color coding of file names is possible, the next steps could be another sorting option for directories (by color). then there could be a table of color meanings and perhaps a tie in with the existing color coding in outlook.

I have used Windows from the first Beta version to Windows 10, and in all that time there has only been one improvement and that was allowing longer file names which was a big one. However, with everything else improving the file listing process has remained
the same. It certainly was good, but everything can be made better.

 

Window background color - I don't appear to be able to do this on windows 10 as the change color scheme bit isn't there.

Hi Anton,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to change color scheme for Windows 10 and check if it helps.

• Right click on “Desktop screen”.
• Then click on “Personalize”.
• Click on “Colors”.
• And change the color accordingly.

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Cortana's Font Color (Blue) is impossible to read when she responds to me

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand that you are trying to change the font color for Cortana on your PC, I suggest you to follow the step mentioned below:

Steps:

1. Type ‘Color settings’ in the Windows search bar.
   
2. Tap on the ‘Color’ option.
   
3. Uncheck ‘Automatically pick an accent color from my background’.
   
4. You can select the preferred color, under
   Windows colors.
   
5. You can click on Cortana and you will be able to notice the color that was selected.
   

Hope it helps.

Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community - Moderator