how to change folder icon

[Guest]

i have 2 folders in my desktop and i would want to easily distinguish one from the other by assigning different icon for each. how can i do this. i'm guessing there's a registry hack for this. i tried iconfolder (or icofolder) utility but it didn't work on my w2k box.

 

[Eric McG]

One workaround would be to move the folders to another directory and then create
a shortcut on the Desktop pointing to them. Shortcut icons are easy to change.

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Eric McGillicudy

i have 2 folders in my desktop and i would want to easily distinguish one from

the other by assigning different icon for each. how can i do this. i'm
guessing there's a registry hack for this. i tried iconfolder (or icofolder)
utility but it didn't work on my w2k box.

 

[Bob I]

Instead of putting the folders themselves on the desktop make a shortcut
to them and then you can use any icon you want.

 

[Gary Smith]

i have 2 folders in my desktop and i would want to easily distinguish one from the other by assigning different icon for each. how can i do this. i'm guessing there's a registry hack for this. i tried iconfolder (or icofolder) utility but it didn't work on my w2k box.

This is an example using a file (shell32.dll) that is certain to be on
your computer. Following the steps will change a "regular" folder icon
from a plain tan folder icon into a Globe icon. Also included is
information on how to use your own IconFile, since Windows does not ship
with any colored folder icons.

- Create a New Folder
- Click Start > Run, type CMD, and in the command windows, type
attrib +s {FolderName}
or
Right-click on the New Folder, choose Properties, in the Attributes
section click Read-only, click Apply, click OK to Apply Changes to
this Folder only
- Right-click in the file list control area of the folder in question
and choose New > Text Document
- Double-click New Text Document and add the following three lines:

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=C:\WINNT\system32\shell32.dll
IconIndex=13

- Choose File > Save As... and in the File name box type the following
name, with the double-quotes: "desktop.ini"

- Click Save, and then close desktop.ini. You can delete "New Text
Document"

- Refresh Explorer using the F5 key. You may need to do this several
times before the new icon displays. And if the icon has not changed
after 4 or 5 refreshes, close all running instances of Explorer,
and then open Explorer.

To customize the folder icon using your own icon follow these rules to
edit the values in your desktop.ini.

IconFile = The file name that contains the icon to show for the folder. It
can be an ICO or a BMP file, as well as EXE or DLL file that contain
icons. You must use the fully qualified path unless the IconFile is in the
same folder as the desktop.ini file.

IconIndex = The index of the icon in the file just specified. Set it to
zero if you are using an ICO or BMP file. If you are loading the icon from
a file that contains multiple icons, such as EXEs or DLLs, use the ordinal
0-based position of the icon within the file. In the above example, we
used an icon in shell32.dll with an ordinal 0-based position of 13.

For more information on the desktop.ini see:

Customizing Folders with Desktop.ini
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e...hell_basics/shell_basics_extending/custom.asp>

Customizing your Computer in Desktop.ini
<http://www.geocities.com/registrylord/desktop.txt>