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Personalizing your icons is a great way to make a PC uniquely yours.
Let’s take a look at the different ways Windows lets you customize your icons.
And if you could’t find something you like, you could evenmake high-resolution icons out of any image.
But you’re able to still change how these icons appear elsewhere on your system.
In Windows 10, you might access this window through configs > Personalization > Themes > Desktop Icon configs.
In Windows 8 and 10, it’s Control Panel > Personalize > Change Desktop Icons.
Use the checkboxes in the “Desktop icons” section to select which icons you want on your desktop.
To change a folder icon, right-snag the folder you want to change and then choose “Properties.”
Put it somewhere you know you won’t delete it first, or make the ICO file hidden.
Why bother to do this?
Unfortunately, there’s no built-in way to do this in Windows.
Instead, you’ll need to download a free tool to do the job:File Types Managerby Nirsoft.
For that, we’ve got another free tool recommendation:Resource Hacker.
And of course, we also have a guide on using it tomodify the icon for an EXE file.
Right-nudge the shortcut and choose “Properties.”
On the “Shortcut” tab, smack the “Change Icon” button.
This opens the standard “Change Icon” window we’ve seen a couple of times already.
That doesn’t mean you’ve got the option to’t do it though.
The easy way is to use a free app named Drive Icon Changer.
There’s also a way that works a bit differently and involves a little Registry editing.
you might read all about both methods in our guide tochanging drive icons in Windows.
