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Windows 7 - Change folder background color for free |
11-03-2009
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#1 | | Win 7 Professional 32-bit |
Change folder background color for free I know Folder Marker Pro will do this, but I dont want to pay to change the color of my folders. Anyone have a color folder icon set or icon maker app that they use for this?
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway M6827 OS Win 7 Professional 32-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00 GHz Memory 3GB Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic Vx900 Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Hard Drives 150GB Hard Drive |
11-03-2009
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1 |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number tw33k OS Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1 CPU Intel 3770k 4.7GHz Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty z77 Professional Memory 8GB (2x 4GB) G-Skill 16000CL9D (2000MHz) Graphics Card Gigabyte HD 6950 (unlocked 910/1375) Sound Card On Board Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays 27" Acer B273HU (via HDMI) Screen Resolution 2048 x 1152 Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 5000 Mouse Microsoft Wireless 5000 PSU Corsair AX750 Gold Case Corsair Obsidian 800DW Cooling Phanteks PH-TC14PE 2x PH-F140 & UK 3000, 7x 120mm, 2x 140m Hard Drives Crucial C300 128GB
1TB Samsung F3 SATA
1TB WD Elite External Internet Speed 5mb/s Other Info Logitech z-2300 2.1 speakers
Lamptron FC-5 v2 |
11-03-2009
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#3 | | Win 7 Professional 32-bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by tw33k Thanks for the link. What I am looking for is a way to colorize the default folder icon so that I can use the same icon with multiple colors. I'm trying to keep track of different types of medical schools that I am applying to, based on my chances of getting accepted at each school, by color. For example yellow represents a high chance, whereas red is a long shot.
I took a screenshot of a folder icon, and used an iconmaker to colorize it, but the results look shotty. It would be nice if the free version of FolderMarker worked in 7, but it doesn't. I can use the blue and black, but also need green, yellow, white, grey, and purple colored folders. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway M6827 OS Win 7 Professional 32-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00 GHz Memory 3GB Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic Vx900 Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Hard Drives 150GB Hard Drive |
11-03-2009
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#4 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit RTM |

Quote: Originally Posted by nabilalk 
Quote: Originally Posted by tw33k Thanks for the link. What I am looking for is a way to colorize the default folder icon so that I can use the same icon with multiple colors. I'm trying to keep track of different types of medical schools that I am applying to, based on my chances of getting accepted at each school, by color. For example yellow represents a high chance, whereas red is a long shot.
I took a screenshot of a folder icon, and used an iconmaker to colorize it, but the results look shotty. It would be nice if the free version of FolderMarker worked in 7, but it doesn't. I can use the blue and black, but also need green, yellow, white, grey, and purple colored folders.
Use iconFX, it's free and works great. I have changed many icons with it, also colours :
Watch the top of the desktop. 5 of the original icons were a different colour. All changed to blue successfully with iconFX.
tip : use colourtools, especially hue/saturation and colorisation...
You can find it easily through google. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit RTM |
11-03-2009
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#5 | | Win 7 Professional 32-bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by MallRat 
Quote: Originally Posted by nabilalk 
Quote: Originally Posted by tw33k Thanks for the link. What I am looking for is a way to colorize the default folder icon so that I can use the same icon with multiple colors. I'm trying to keep track of different types of medical schools that I am applying to, based on my chances of getting accepted at each school, by color. For example yellow represents a high chance, whereas red is a long shot.
I took a screenshot of a folder icon, and used an iconmaker to colorize it, but the results look shotty. It would be nice if the free version of FolderMarker worked in 7, but it doesn't. I can use the blue and black, but also need green, yellow, white, grey, and purple colored folders.
Use iconFX, it's free and works great. I have changed many icons with it, also colours : Attachment 34801
Watch the top of the desktop. 5 of the original icons were a different colour. All changed to blue successfully with iconFX.
tip : use colourtools, especially hue/saturation and colorisation...
You can find it easily through google. Thanks for the tips. Anyone know where I can find a link to the default win 7 folder icon? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway M6827 OS Win 7 Professional 32-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00 GHz Memory 3GB Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic Vx900 Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Hard Drives 150GB Hard Drive |
11-03-2009
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#6 | | Win 7 Professional 32-bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by nabilalk 
Quote: Originally Posted by MallRat 
Quote: Originally Posted by nabilalk Thanks for the link. What I am looking for is a way to colorize the default folder icon so that I can use the same icon with multiple colors. I'm trying to keep track of different types of medical schools that I am applying to, based on my chances of getting accepted at each school, by color. For example yellow represents a high chance, whereas red is a long shot.
I took a screenshot of a folder icon, and used an iconmaker to colorize it, but the results look shotty. It would be nice if the free version of FolderMarker worked in 7, but it doesn't. I can use the blue and black, but also need green, yellow, white, grey, and purple colored folders.
Use iconFX, it's free and works great. I have changed many icons with it, also colours : Attachment 34801
Watch the top of the desktop. 5 of the original icons were a different colour. All changed to blue successfully with iconFX.
tip : use colourtools, especially hue/saturation and colorisation...
You can find it easily through google. Thanks for the tips. Anyone know where I can find a link to the default win 7 folder icon? I colorized the default win 7 icon in black, blue, red, green, yellow, purple, and grey. For anyone interested I uploaded the archive here
There is a large pack of Win 7 icons in png format here, and you can use IcoFx to colorize them as well.
If the link is down, PM me. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway M6827 OS Win 7 Professional 32-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00 GHz Memory 3GB Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic Vx900 Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Hard Drives 150GB Hard Drive |
11-03-2009
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64 |
There are some nice document icons in 256 PX in the attached Zip my documents icons.zip
Enjoy | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Real World Computing (Me + a little help from Acer) OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64 CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1035T 2.6 GHz Motherboard Aspire M3400 Memory 4Gb PC10600 DDR3 1333 MHz Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 315 512MB Sound Card OnBoard - Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Philips 32" HDTV, (HDMI) + 26" TV (VGA) Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @60Hz + 1360 x 768 @60Hz Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit) Mouse Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit) PSU Stock (400W) Case Acer M3400 Cooling Stock Hard Drives 500 GB Seagate ST3500418AS SATA II
1 TB Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 SATAII
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103SI SATA II (external)
Plus various other (client ) HDDs as needed Internet Speed Temporaray 3G Dongle Other Info USB Capture + Webcam(s)
Also run Acer AspireOne 530h Netbook, Dual Core Atom + 1GB (Win7 Ult x86) |
11-03-2009
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#8 | | Win 7 Professional 32-bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by Barman58 There are some nice document icons in 256 PX in the attached Zip Attachment 34844
Enjoy  sweet man, cheers. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway M6827 OS Win 7 Professional 32-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00 GHz Memory 3GB Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic Vx900 Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Hard Drives 150GB Hard Drive |
12-25-2009
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Whatever you do, don't waste time with FolderMarker Pro V3.x. It absoolutely does not work with Windows 7 32-bit, despite what the company says. The program was great with Vista and XP.
I'm still looking for a free or paid download of a program that will, like FolderMarker Pro, let me change colors of file folders in Windows 7 32-bit.
If anyone knows of such a program, please e-mail sdim@yahoo.com | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium |
12-26-2009
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#10 | | Win 7 Professional 32-bit |
IcoFx rocks and is so easy to use. If you want to change the color of the icon or folder icon, just adjust the hue. IcoFX - The Free Icon Editor | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway M6827 OS Win 7 Professional 32-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00 GHz Memory 3GB Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic Vx900 Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Hard Drives 150GB Hard Drive Change folder background color for free problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:17 AM. |  |