Change Folder Icons

Although the Windows operating system includes a lot of settings for modifying its look and feel, an aspect has been neglected by the producers, no matter what version of Windows we are referring to. I am talking about changing the icons of the folders. Every folder looks exactly the same and it would be a very good idea to have individual icons for them. This way, certain important folders would be easier and quicker to spot. The user can turn to third party applications for changing folder icons. One of them is Change Folder Icons. The name of the program couldn't be more suggestive. It's a software that can easily change the icon of any folder stored on the hard disk.

Change Folder Icons installs in seconds and supports most versions of Windows, ranging from XP to Windows 7. It takes up little hard disk space, as it doesn't contain a library of icons, it just uses the icons found on the hard disk.

The interface looks a little overloaded with options and requires some time for the user to get used to it, especially if we are talking about first-time users. Running the program for the first time will display a window, asking the user whether he wants to scan the entire computer for icons or only a certain folder. After completing this step, he just has to select the desired folder for which the icon will be changed.

The program allows changing the icons for more folders at once. It can also display a list of all the folders that contain modified icons, for easy restoring the original icons. Change Folder Icons does not limit to scanning the computer for icons, it also allows adding any icon file manually.