How to Customize Windows Folder Icons in Easy Steps

Windows - Graphical Operating System - provides you with bundle of customizing features that users may need to implement on the basis of works, interest or analysis on a new operating system projects etc. Though, studying windows features is a vast subject but beginners can learn some of the tricks easily without having much knowledge about Windows Operating System Features and Properties. A small trick on how to change windows folder icon is explained to let you change your windows folder icons or customize windows directory icons easily.

(This tutorial is explained for Windows7 or win7 OS.)

  1. Locate your folder of which you want to change the icon look and styles.
  2. Right Click on the Folder and Click "Properties".
  3. Select "Customize" Tab at the top of opened Properties Dialogue Box.
  4. At the end of Customize Tab options you should see an option similar to "Folder Icons". (You can change the folder icon. If you change the icon, it will no longer show a preview of the folder's content.)
  5. Click "Change Icon" button below Folder Icons option. A dialogue box should open with many icons in it.
  6. Select from the available/existing icons or Browse to select your custom icon.
  7. Once selected, Click Ok. (You are saying okay to Icons Dialogue Box).
  8. Finally, click Ok again in the Properties Window.
  9. Cheers!!! Your folder icon has been changed now. :-)


Tip: To restore the folder icon follow up restore windows folder icons tutorial.

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