You can download the good old icons from Windows 7 and Windows 8 here: Get Windows 8 icons back in Windows 10įinally, you can use any icon you find on the web. Windows 10 had the following folder icon in one of the pre-release builds: You can start with icons from our local collection.īlue Folder You can download the mentioned Blue Folder HERE.
Now the icons will be updated in Explorer: Where I can get icons? Alternatively, instead of restarting Explorer.exe, you can also log off and log back in to your Windows 10 user account.
Close all Explorer windows and restart Explorer. See this article for reference: How to set different icons for the open and closed folder in Explorer.Īlso if you are using Classic Shell Start Menu, delete the file %localappdata%\ClassicShell\DataCache.db to make the menu switch to the new icon. Note: If you are customizing the folder icon on earlier versions of Windows, also add a value named '4' with the same path as '3'. I will use the blue folder icon from the Deepin icon set, which I placed in c:\icons: C:\icons\Blue Folder.ico Set its value data to the path of your icon file. Create a new string value at the above key called 3 by right clicking in the right pane and choosing New -> Expandable String value. Note: If the Shell Icons key does not exist, just create it. Tip: You can access any desired Registry key with one click. Enjoy If you want to use a custom icon, use an online image to ico converter. Navigate through the list of Default Windows Icons. Go to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons Click on Properties at the bottom of the drop-down list. 
If you are not familiar with the Registry editor, see this excellent tutorial. To change Windows 10 folder icons with a custom *.ico file, you need to do the following.
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