Solved Bulk Change All Folder Icons in Single Folder or Folder Type

Thank you very much Neutron16! This is a very helpful and wonderful script! Just registered here now to thank you! Keep up the good work! More power to you!
 

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Outdated, I know..but I've downloaded and re-downloaded this .bat file so many times I felt I just had to take a minute and say thanks! Awesome!
 

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Neutron16 said:
subirs, please delete your email from the post above.

I have created another version of my script. I does the same thing, except it copies desktop.ini file from predefined folder.

You need to create this folder first
C:\custom_icon\
and apply your icon to it. Then put the script in your master folder (My pictures or whatever) and start it.
DO NOT PUT ANYTHING IN C:\custom_icon\
this is a temporary folder, just to copy icon from. You can delete it once script will finish it's job.

Basically, in this case script will copy icon not from master folder but from C:\custom_icon\
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Hi Neutron16, This script works for folders fine. But do you have anything to mass change Folder Shortcut icons? This doesn't work for Folder Shortcuts ... or any other shortcut icons.
 

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vikdaw said:
Hi Neutron16, This script works for folders fine. But do you have anything to mass change Folder Shortcut icons? This doesn't work for Folder Shortcuts ... or any other shortcut icons.
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Hi vikdaw,
Indeed, my script does not work for shortcuts, but for folders only.
Folders store their information about icons in separate files. My script grabs that file from a model folder and simply copies in to other designated folders.

Shortcuts are files on their own and their content needs to be edited individually to change their icons. My script can not edit other files.
Sorry, I don't know how to achieve what you want on a mass scale.
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THANKS TO ALL FANS OF THIS SCRIPT!!! Especially, to those who registered on this website just to say thank you!
 
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Neutron16,
Thanks of the resource, I'm not to well verse with computers and was hoping you can make a video on how to do it.
 

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After years (and many, many hours) of manually assigning icons to my folders I finally discovered this thread. To put it into perspective, I have about 25,000 folders I use to meticulously sort all my files. I've probably manually assigned icons to half of them (and used templates for the other half). Thank you so much for taking the time to write and post the script!
 

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jonathancr said:
thanks
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You are welcome :)

cameron2882 said:
Neutron16,
Thanks of the resource, I'm not to well verse with computers and was hoping you can make a video on how to do it.
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Hi Cameron,
I am afraid, video is not going to happen. However, I can try to walk you through steps as my post suggests.
http://www.sevenforums.com/customiz...-single-folder-folder-type-2.html#post1717687

First you need to create a folder custom_icon on the disk C. To do that, open MyComputer, navigate to disk C. Right click on the empty space inside Explorer window - Create - New - Folder. Than rename that New Folder to custom_icon, hit Enter. Right click on that folder - Properties - Customize tab - Change icon. Select the icon you like.

Download the script from the post, put it in the target folder where you want to make changes.
Right click the script - Run as Administrator.
Viola!

Peter II said:
After years (and many, many hours) of manually assigning icons to my folders I finally discovered this thread. To put it into perspective, I have about 25,000 folders I use to meticulously sort all my files. I've probably manually assigned icons to half of them (and used templates for the other half). Thank you so much for taking the time to write and post the script!
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You are welcome. I am glad my script helped you :)
 

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Hi,
Just wanted to thank you for this script.
Used it and it worked easy and without issues.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love this solution & joined forum just so I could download it. Are you married already? :) Is there a place on the forum to nominate you for something?

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Hi Cameron,
I am afraid, video is not going to happen. However, I can try to walk you through steps as my post suggests.
http://www.sevenforums.com/customiz...-single-folder-folder-type-2.html#post1717687

First you need to create a folder custom_icon on the disk C. To do that, open MyComputer, navigate to disk C. Right click on the empty space inside Explorer window - Create - New - Folder. Than rename that New Folder to custom_icon, hit Enter. Right click on that folder - Properties - Customize tab - Change icon. Select the icon you like.

Download the script from the post, put it in the target folder where you want to make changes.
Right click the script - Run as Administrator.
Viola!
 

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Solved Bulk Change All Folder Icons in Single Folder or Folder Type

Hi,

I have fallowed instructions but nothing changed.
Have had folder Movies Hd and subfolder Movies with each movie in separate folder with icon made from movie poster by IcoFix, and have decided to move all movies from Movie folder to Movies HD folder.
After that have lost all icons from separate folders Movies, returned to folder icon default.


Brgds :mad:

PS. When I run script as Administrator have seen that something going on, but i am not so computer skilled to understand what.

Sorry for inconvenience just discovered that all movies have same icons....???????, icon of MoviesHD folder
created for folder C:/

Again what i done wrong ?????:shock:
 
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Neutron16

Thanks for your script. BTW, do we have to run the script every time we copy a new folder into the master folder or its sub folder?
 

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Neutron16 said:
subirs, please delete your email from the post above.

I have created another version of my script. I does the same thing, except it copies desktop.ini file from predefined folder.

You need to create this folder first
C:\custom_icon\
and apply your icon to it. Then put the script in your master folder (My pictures or whatever) and start it.
DO NOT PUT ANYTHING IN C:\custom_icon\
this is a temporary folder, just to copy icon from. You can delete it once script will finish it's job.

Basically, in this case script will copy icon not from master folder but from C:\custom_icon\
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you
 

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Thanks Neutron16,

I had to sign up just to download the script and it worked beautifully :)

I can change all the icons in one go now!!
 

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Neutron16 said:
Ok, that makes sense now. What have happened is just another proove that script does it's job with conditions I have described when I uploaded it - it copies desktop.ini file from master folder to nested folders.

What I have never thought of is that system folders usually have their aliases a.k.a "LocalizedResourceName" in desktop.ini files.

Script have never actually renamed your folders. You can verify this with third party file managers like Altap Salamander.

Download it or another files manager, navigate to your master folder and make sure that all folders have their original names. Then make search in all subfolders for desktop.ini file and delete all copies of desktop.ini in nested folders (inside master folder) except one for the master folder.

Now they should return to original state. Now, I do not recommend to apply script to "system" folders like My Pictures. If you insist I can create a custom bat file for you for free - just PM me your desktop.ini file from master folder.
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Thank You Neutron16 this is amazing and works to the point.

Actually, I want to ask if there is something that sources icons from a folder and randomly assigns it to the folders all over my computer. If there is something like this, please tell me about it.
 

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Thanks for Script

Very cool script. Worked for me in 2018 with Windows 8.1. Thank you, Neutron16
 
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