Personalize Windows Folder Icon

Having a lot of folders with various files in the hard drive but still it is difficult to find the desired file? Although you have set even categorize folders are still not enough to help you work with computers you. In troubleshooting this time we will change the default Windows folder icon to be a favorite icon, so with only a cursory view we can identify the folder and its files are stored therein.

Make it easier to change the icon in Windows, you can use an application that can be downloaded at Folderico http://eng.softq.org/folderico . Folderico is an application that can change the folder icon with just a few clicks, and folderico have a lot of icon theme to choose from and adapted to the folders that are stored on disk. There are two versions Folderico, namely Folderico 4 specifically for Windows 7 and FoldericoXP for Windows XP and Vista. This application is a free and small sized.

After installing, Folderico will appear in Windows Explorer context menu by clicking right click the folder you want to change the icon. In the context menu, you can simply change the folder icon with the default theme Folderico, but if the default theme that is owned Folderico boring you can download some themes that are provided on the site Folderico. You can change the theme via the context menu by selecting the Change Theme menu, and you will find a new icon that you can wear just by right clicking on the folder that will be changed.

If you want to be creative or have a favorite icon simply select a menu icon will appear Select costum new window that will display the entire theme of which is owned by Folderico icon. Choose Select costum icon if you want to replace with your favorite icon, then click Apply to change the folder icon. But what if you want to change the icon by taking a photo or image file that you have. That's easy, you do not need to wear a special tool to convert photo files into the folder icon you.

ToyCon is capable of changing all types of image files into icon or image simply by dragging and drop it in the blink of an image file or image you will be the icon that can be used as an icon of your favorite folder. Download ToyCon in http://toycon.en.softonic.com/ , ToyCon requires no installation you just extract and run it.

Run ToyCon which will display a box with a directional arrow on top of it. In order to more easily activate the feature "Always on top" by right clicking on the box. Select the desired image as the icon and drag it into the box, ToyCon will automatically change the settings needed to create a new icon. You only need to set up a little icon in accordance with the resolution of your Windows ToyCon just right click and choose "Size". For Windows XP icons enough to set the resolution of 64 × 64 and for Windows Vista and 7 you can set it to 128 × 128, 256 × 256. After you drag & drop image files into ToyCon, select the folder to save the icon of the picture. Now you just change the folder icon to the favorites icon Folderico wearing your creations.

By changing the Windows default folder icon now you do not need to read the names of the folders to find the file you are looking for, simply by looking at it you will know what files are stored in the folder.