Windows 10: Custom Folder Icons no longer show up in SMB Share after Security Update

Hello, I am on Windows 7 with an ESU license and have just updated my machine to the latest security update for October 2022 KB5018454. I've noticed after I've rebooted my computer, all of my custom folder icons on my SMB share no longer appear. They were working just fine all this time before I did the latest update and rebooted. I use FolderIco, which is a utility that makes changing folder icons a breeze. On my local drives all the custom folder icons still appear and creating a new folder and changing it with FolderIco still works. However when I created a new folder on my SMB share and

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How to change icons of network share folders?

Choosing a custom icon for shortcuts works well when they're on the desktop but when pinning them to the quick access they show their original icon from imageres.dll

So i think there isn't any other possibility

 

My folders look funny

customize tab? not seein that in properties, just general, sharing, security, previous versions..

 

How to change icons of network share folders?

Okay, I may be under-complicating this, but I use shortcuts to my network shares very effectively, to give each shared folder its own distinctive icon. That's what larc919 suggested in #3 above.

I have a folder of Network shortcuts in my Start menu apps list, and each shortcut bears its own badge.

Am I missing something about your request?




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