#DR FOLDER ICON CHANGER HOW TO#
Its physical location will be opened, so you can change its icon as described above!įor reference, see the following article: How to change the icon of a folder inside a Library. Drive Icon Changer helps you customize your hard drive icon shown in My Computer and Windows Explorer to an icon of your personal choice. The target folder will be re-opened in the Explorer window.Right click the folder and select Open folder location in the context menu.To change the icon of a folder included in a Library, do the following. To avoid this limitation, do the following. If you right-click a folder inside any Library, you will be surprised to see that there is no Customize tab! Tip: There are plenty of good icons in the following files:Ĭ:\Windows\explorer.exe Change the icon of a folder included in a Library In the next dialog, pick a new icon and you are done.It uses a native functionality of Windows & Mac to be more efficient. In the Properties window, go to the Customize tab. A Fast and Light Tool FolderIco is a very light software that doesn't stay in memory.Right click it and select Properties in the context menu.Locate the folder whose icon you wish to customize.To change a folder's icon in Windows 10, do the following.
You will need to restore the default folder icon to get this feature working again. Now we will see how to change it just for one specific folder.īefore proceeding, it is worth mentioning that if you change the icon of a folder, it won't show a thumbnail preview of its contents in the large icons view. Previously we showed you how to change the folder icon for all folders in Windows 10.