Windows 10: This Is the New File Explorer Icon That Could Launch in Windows 10 RS

swarfega · May 27, 2016

Hi there

Thanks for info - but I'd much rather a nice cleaner interface with file explorer - the old interface has been around that it seems old even to my Grandad !!.

I believe in the old Air Force they'd say it's been around since "Pontius was a Pilot (Pilate)". !!

I prefer this type of clean uncluttered interface (this is Dolphin --the KDE file explorer in Linux). Has many settings but I prefer basic list and to be able to split in groups. I know there are 3rd party ones available for Windows - but here I'm just talking about the "Basic" stuff included with the OS.

You can also have multi displays in a single window etc etc -- but YMMV - I prefer a single clean uncluttered display.

There's also a built in file comparison and directory comparison (compare on names, dates, file size etc etc) - more useful than you might think - especially when moving / copying files between different HDD's etc.

For those wanting an "Icon making" program particularly @Cliff S and @BunnyJ

Last free version of icofx (works fine on W10) before it went (like a lot are doing these days) pay :

scroll down the list - it's about half way and select ICOFX.

Last Freeware version: DiskDigger, Amic Email Backup, Mystic Thumbs, IcoFX, phpDesigner, Xinorbis

Excellent icon making program.

Cheers
jimbo
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Actually his proper latin name and the one that he would have been known by during his whole lifetime was Pontius Pilatus.

And arguing about what MS spends it's time on is kind of frivolous as they are likely to have a large team and an equally large budget.

jimbo45 · May 27, 2016

Actually his proper latin name and the one that he would have been known by during his whole lifetime was Pontius Pilatus.

And arguing about what MS spends it's time on is kind of frivolous as they are likely to have a large team and an equally large budget.
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Hi there

I'm sure there's a well known adage : "Work expands into the available time to do it" (or similar). Never seems to work the OTHER way around thee if a project is getting behind schedule !!!.

Well it's weekend - and I suppose people have a lot of spare time and finding any excuse to avoid a drudge trip shopping / supermarket etc etc.

Cheers
jimbo

gtspeck · May 28, 2016

Little things mean a lot to some. When looking for a new car people get excited about the interior and exterior changes and with the new gadgets (accessories). Fixing issue are very important but little changes, color angles etc. is what makes it look and feel fresh, exciting and sellable.*Smile

BunnyJ · May 28, 2016

Little things mean a lot to some. When looking for a new car people get excited about the interior and exterior changes and with the new gadgets (accessories). Fixing issue are very important but little changes, color angles etc. is what makes it look and feel fresh, exciting and sellable.*Smile
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I like those little things.. it just makes the OS feel fresh to me.

Clam · May 28, 2016

The silliness is not about able or not able to multi-task.
It's about who gives a flying leap if the icon has light blue or darker blue file holder ?
That is the stupid waste of time which can be better used to fix bugs.
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Do you really think there's one person or a team of multiple people who do both, design and engineering? :/ It's normally different department and the people behind design changes, new icons and so on are not in charge of bug fixing, developing new features etc.

elbmek · May 28, 2016

someone must have been paid a lot of money to 'redesign' that rubbish, not impressed.

Winuser · May 28, 2016

someone must have been paid a lot of money to 'redesign' that rubbish, not impressed.
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From the looks of some of the icon designs I think they are letting their children design them.

elbmek · May 28, 2016

Hi there

Thanks for info - but I'd much rather a nice cleaner interface with file explorer - the old interface has been around that it seems old even to my Grandad !!.

I believe in the old Air Force they'd say it's been around since "Pontius was a Pilot (Pilate)". !!

I prefer this type of clean uncluttered interface (this is Dolphin --the KDE file explorer in Linux). Has many settings but I prefer basic list and to be able to split in groups. I know there are 3rd party ones available for Windows - but here I'm just talking about the "Basic" stuff included with the OS.

You can also have multi displays in a single window etc etc -- but YMMV - I prefer a single clean uncluttered display.

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There's also a built in file comparison and directory comparison (compare on names, dates, file size etc etc) - more useful than you might think - especially when moving / copying files between different HDD's etc.

For those wanting an "Icon making" program particularly @Cliff S and @BunnyJ

Last free version of icofx (works fine on W10) before it went (like a lot are doing these days) pay :

scroll down the list - it's about half way and select ICOFX.

Last Freeware version: DiskDigger, Amic Email Backup, Mystic Thumbs, IcoFX, phpDesigner, Xinorbis

Excellent icon making program.

Cheers
jimbo
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or you can have the British Army anacronism "KISS" - Keep it simple, Stupid!!

I have not heard that Pontius one for a long time!!

jerrypc1 · May 28, 2016

To make your own File Explorer icon,install GIMP and then Google iconify2_1.scm, download it and place it in C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\share\gimp\2.0\scripts. Then either download a 256x256 pixel .png or create your own, and then choose ScriptFu>>Utils>>Iconify, then save as Name.ico. Done, you now have your icon.
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Thanks for the Info. Cliff

Cliff S · May 28, 2016

Thanks for the Info. Cliff
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You're welcome Jerry*Biggrin

Slippery · May 28, 2016

Oh, I hope they put more people on it, I don't like any of those*sarc

Cliff S · May 28, 2016

Oh, I hope they put more people on it, I don't like any of those*sarc
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*Roflmao2

Geoff Daniell · May 29, 2016

We had a name for this pre-occupation with small things. We called it "the colour of the label syndrome".

I have sat in a national conference where "the colour of the label on a piece of gear" took a complete 8-hour day to finalise..

So I am not surprised at all these posts over an icon .....

jerrypc1 · May 29, 2016

You're welcome Jeff.
The File Explorer icon is one of the few system icons you can change and NOT get a false positive in sfc /scannow, because the path was changed. Many other system icons will give you an false positive, that only the user can fix, and not Windows, because you have changed the shortcut-icon path
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Thanks Cliff For the info.Jerry

Cliff S · Apr 4, 2018

Thanks Cliff For the info.Jerry
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You're welcome Jerry.

Windows 10: This Is the New File Explorer Icon That Could Launch in Windows 10 RS

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