How to change folder icon & Size in windows 10 :: Super easy Way

  in the modern windows 10 versions, you can assign a custom icon folder stored on the hard drive. In this article, we will see the simple procedure for how to change folder icon in windows 10. Generally, in Windows 10, you can easily change folder icon to more meaningful folder icon to reflect the folder such that one can know what data is present in the folder. For example, a folder containing movies can be assigned a video camera icon, for the folder containing images digital camera icon, for document folder document icon etc. By assigning icons one can easily distinguish a particular folder of interest by eye catchy beautiful icons. Some of the folder icons are shown below



How to change folder icon in windows 10:

  1. Right-click on the folder you wish to customize and select "Properties". The properties window for the respective folder will be displayed as shown below. 
  2. Navigate to "Customize" tab there you will see may option like What kind of folder do you want? folder pictures and folder icons.
  3. Click on "Change icon" to see many different icons listed in the box which are located in C:\Windows\system32\SHELL32.dll.
  4. Select the icon of your choice listed in the bix then click OK
  5. If you want to see more icons you can browse windows 10 folder icon location C:\Windows\system32\imageres.dll.
After completing all the above steps the change folder icon will change..

Want to Change Icon size ?? if yes then follow the steps -


How to Change the Icon Size in Windows 10 ??



1. Right-click on an empty space on the desktop.
2. Select View from the contextual menu.
3. Select either Large icons, Medium icons, or Small icons. The default is medium icons.

On my laptop with a native 1600 by 900 pixels display, the large option looks huge, the small size is too small, and the medium size looks just right (as Goldilocks would say). Your mileage might vary depending on your screen's display resolution. Changing the size of the icons on the desktop doesn't affect the size of the icons elsewhere in Windows 10, but there are ways you can change those too.

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