Thursday, February 21, 2008

Customizing Individual Folder Icons

To change a folder's icon:
  1. Open Notepad and enter two lines,

    [.ShellClassInfo]
    IconFile=file name,number
    (e.g. IconFile=C:\Icon\CustomFolder.ico,0)

  2. Save the file as DESKTOP.INI in the folder you wish to change.
  3. Click Start -> Run, type in the command line,
    ATTRIB +S "folder name"
    (e.g. ATTRIB +S "C:\Custom Folder")
  4. Open Explorer or My Computer and refresh (press F5 key).

This tip only work Windows 95/NT 4.0 + IE 4.0 with shell integration, or Windows 98/NT 5.0.

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