Change Folder Icon

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James Stephens

Is there a way to change a folder Icon. This is not for a shortcut, but a folder. I have tried some of the code for I have for creating shortcuts, using the .IconLocation = , but nothing seems to work

Does anybody have any ideas

Thanks

Jim
 
S

Steve Yandl

I find it easiest to live with the standard folder icon and create a
shortcut to the folder with the icon I prefer. However, the solution is to
change the folder attributes to "system" and then create a text file inside
the folder named "desktop.ini". Inside this desktop.ini file, paste text
with the format:

[ExtShellFolderViews]
Default={5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}
{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}={5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262
}

[{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}]
PersistMoniker=file://Folder.htt

[.ShellClassInfo]
ConfirmFileOp=0
NoSharing=1
IconFile=Folder.ico
IconIndex=0
InfoTip=Some informational text.The IconFile=Folder.ico should have the
correct relative path to the file containing the icon."James Stephens"
Is there a way to change a folder Icon. This is not for a shortcut, but a
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folder. I have tried some of the code for I have for creating shortcuts,
using the .IconLocation = , but nothing seems to work.
 
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