Windows 7: Folder Icon - Change Default Icon

i know that tutorial, just followed it
my goal is to find out a way to keep thumbnails preview enabled, because i want previews of my pics and docs...

but if i cant, i give up

As far as I know, you cant . But dont give it up before talking with Brink .

He might have / may find out a solution, if possible .

You can send him a PM /VM asking it .

Why did some folders change and the others didn't?

Interesting ! After a restart, delete the thumbnail cache and rebuild the icon cache once again .

My best assumption is that you haven't deleted the thumbnail cache properly .... and so it is happening . Ccleaner can do it nicely .

You are right.
I didn't.
After the restart I forgot it.
Thanks for reminding me that.
(I saved the shortcuts in my bookmarks how to delete the thumbnail cache and rebuild the icon cache, but I forgot to apply).

I can't seem to get this to work. I have the images.dll, I can open it with reshack and my new icons are there. I have cleaned and rebuilt both caches in different orders, restarted in different orders, everything. I even when in manually and took ownership of the file, and did the cache rebuild through the command prompt (ran as admin.).

I found these folders that would go great with my theme, but can't get them to work.

Any help is much appreciated!

Arc I just used your tutorial and it works perfect.
I would like to make one suggestion for those using 64-bit they will need to do the same .dll in C:\Windows\SysWOW64 also.
Jerry

Thank you so much for this fantastic tutorial! I had found some places online which suggested Resource Hacker but didn't go any farther. This worked out perfectly my first time through and I couldn't be happier. Unfortunately now I'm in for quite a few sleepless nights endlessly tweaking my UI.

I definitely second the other user's suggestion of ConvertIcon as a great resource.. a couple little tips in using it though: uncheck any output dimensions larger than your input file. And it works best if you create or crop your input file to the exact dimensions (ie, 512x512)

And finally, here's a killer source of high-quality icons: Icon Archive - Search 282,126 free icons, desktop icons, download icons, social icons, xp icons, vista icons This is where I found the icon set that started me down this road of needing to edit the default folder: Profesional Red Iconset (57 icons) | Tuziibanez

Hmm.. I have Win 7 Home Premium 64bit and just went through the tutorial myself without seeing this post. But it seems to have worked just fine.. is there something I'm missing?

Thanks for the link