Solved Customizing a folder's icon?

[DextrousDave]

Hi All

I would like to know how you can customize the thumbnail of any folder in Widnows 7? If I right click on a folder, it doesn't give me the option to choose my own icon for that folder.

I know how to change the default icon for all windows folder, but not for a single folder.

Thank You

 

[Arc]

This post by whs may be helpful to you :

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/144807-folder-icon-change-default-icon.html#post1242686

Edit :

Hi All

I would like to know how you can customize the thumbnail of any folder in Widnows 7 .

Customizing the thumbnail preview of any folder is even easier . You just need a jpeg image that you want to look as the thumbnail preview. Put the image in the target folver, and rename it as Folder.jpg ; that's all.

 

[Finaleh]

Yup, just right-click the folder, select the "Customize" tab. There is a option there called "Folder Icons". You can change the folder icon there. Alternatively, you can choose a picture to show in the folder, on the icon, under the "Folder pictures" option.

The icon choice is extremely restrictive, but there we go.

Hope this helps.

 

[kado897]

You won't have a customize tab if you are going into properties via a library. You have to go in via the file system.

 

[DextrousDave]

Thanks Guys. Appreciate

 

[DextrousDave]

Change Folder icon to customized one?

You won't have a customize tab if you are going into properties via a library. You have to go in via the file system.

Thank You, but how do I do that? Doing the Folder.jpg only shows the thumbnail inside a yellow folder icon, as if you page through it. How do I change the Folder Icon for a folder that does not have a customize tab under properties?

 

[Arc]

Every folder should have it :sarc:

 

[kado897]

If you look at a folder via a library you don't get the customization tab. This is a folder via my documents library.



The same folder going via c:\users\keith\My Documents

 

[boohbah]

you could change all your default yellow folders to something else like these

 

[DextrousDave]

changing default yellow folders

you could change all your default yellow folders to something else like these

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Hi. How do you do that?

 

[Arc]

you could change all your default yellow folders to something else like these

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Hi. How do you do that?

Your first post says that you know it

Hi All

I would like to know how you can customize the thumbnail of any folder in Widnows 7? If I right click on a folder, it doesn't give me the option to choose my own icon for that folder.

I know how to change the default icon for all windows folder, but not for a single folder.

Thank You

 

[DextrousDave]

Customize default folder icon/thumbnail

If you look at a folder via a library you don't get the customization tab. This is a folder via my documents library.

View attachment 213144

The same folder going via c:\users\keith\My Documents

View attachment 213145

Thank You very much, this is exactly what I've been looking for

 

[DextrousDave]

@ Arc, yes I do know how to change the yellow folder throughout explorer, but when displaying as a thumbnail, it still shows the yellow icon looking as if it is paged through...Yours on the image appears black...When I switch to icon view only, only then I can see the customized icon instead of the yellow one, for all folders that is.

 

[Arc]

Well, this is a way to do it, but boohbah does it alternatively.

 

[kado897]

If you look at a folder via a library you don't get the customization tab. This is a folder via my documents library.

View attachment 213144

The same folder going via c:\users\keith\My Documents

View attachment 213145

Thank You very much, this is exactly what I've been looking for

You are welcome DextrousDave.