Select the Change Icon button at the bottom to select a new icon from your computer. Windows includes many default icons for this, but most of them are old-school and ugly. Hit Browse to locate your custom icons instead. If you ever change your mind, just open this window and choose Restore Defaults to get the original icon back. Want to change all the standard folder icons on your computer with one action? You'll have to dig into the Registry to do so.
Remember that it's possible to damage your system by doing this, so take care if you choose to do so. First, type regedit into the Start menu to open the utility. You'll need to provide administrator permissions to continue. Navigate to the following location:. Name the new key Shell Icons , then select it in the left panel.
Set its name as 3. Repeat this to create another string called 4. Now, double-click the 3 string you just made. In the Value data field, enter the location of your folder icon in quotes. An easy way to do this by holding Shift while right-clicking your ICO file, then selecting the Copy as path option. Repeat this for the 4 string, then click OK and exit the Registry Editor. If you don't see the change take effect upon opening a new File Explorer window, you'll need to restart File Explorer for your changes to take effect.
Click More details to expand it if needed. On the Processes tab, find Windows Explorer. Right-click this and choose Restart. This should apply your new icon to all folders. To remove this in the future, simply delete the Shell Icons Registry key you created. We tested this method as working in Windows 10 version 20H2, but other users have reported that it has no effect. Your mileage may thus vary depending on your version of Windows Normally, for each file type, Windows shows an icon of the default program.
If you'd like to change this, you can use a free utility called FileTypesMan to change the icon for any file type. Double-click it in the list to open a new window with many more options.
Next to the Default Icon field, you'll see a Using this, you can set up separate icons to distinguish file types, even if they open in the same program. Want to change the icons that you see in This PC for your various computer drives? A free utility called Drive Icon Changer makes this easy. It's similar to FileTypesMan mentioned above, but much more basic. Simply select a drive and the desired icon, and it will apply them for you after a restart. That's all it takes. Usually, all of your Taskbar icons appear alongside each other.
If you'd like to add some space—perhaps to separate icons by type—you can achieve this with a workaround. To start, create a new folder somewhere you can keep it permanently. Name it Spaces or something similar. Double-click the file to open it. Inside the text file, enter the following.
This will create a batch file that's a dummy; it immediately opens and closes a Command Prompt window if you click on it. Then click OK to save the change. Different from personalizing desktop icons or folder icons, changing the icon of a type of file needs the help of the third-party tool like File Types Manager and here it will be used as the utility. Step 2: Find the file type that you want to change its icon. Then close the Find box.
Step 5: Pick one of the existing icons. Step 6: At last, don't forget to click OK to execute the operation. Click OK. Did this summary help you? Yes No. Log in Social login does not work in incognito and private browsers. Please log in with your username or email to continue. No account yet? Create an account. Edit this Article. We use cookies to make wikiHow great.
By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article methods. Tips and Warnings. Related Articles. Article Summary. Method 1. This is the monitor-shaped icon on the Windows Settings page. You can also access this page by right-clicking a blank space on the desktop and then clicking Personalization in the drop-down menu. It's a tab on the left side of the Personalization window.
This link is in the upper-right side of the Themes page. Clicking it opens the Desktop Icon Settings window. If you haven't edited your theme at all, this link will be in the middle of the page beneath the "Related Settings" heading.
You can also click Get more themes in the Store below the "Apply a theme" heading to browse desktop themes. Some themes will change your desktop icons' appearances. Click an icon you want to change. This will select the icon. You can also check the box next to a desktop icon's name at the top of the window to make it appear on your desktop, or uncheck the box to remove it from the desktop.
Check the "Allow themes to change desktop icons" box on this window to enable theme-related icon changes. It's near the bottom of the window. Select an icon. You can select two different types of icons: System icon - Click an icon in the window. Custom icon - Click Browse , then click the folder that your custom icons are in on the left side of the window. Select the icon you want to use, then click Open.
This will assign your selected icon to the desktop program. Click Apply , then click OK. Doing so confirms your decision and changes the desktop program's icon to your selected icon. Method 2. Click Desktop. It's a folder in the left-hand column of options in the File Explorer window. Click a shortcut or folder icon. Shortcut icons have a white box with an arrow in their lower-left corners. You cannot change the icons of specific files e. Click the Home tab. It's in the upper-left corner of the File Explorer window.
Doing so will open a toolbar at the top of the window. Click Properties. This is a white box with a red checkmark in the "Open" section of the toolbar.
You can also right-click on the icon on your desktop and then click Properties to get to this menu. Open the icon's "Change Icon" window. This process will vary depending on the type of icon you're editing: Shortcut - Click the Shortcut tab at the top of the Properties window, then click Change Icon near the bottom of the window. Folder - Click the Customize tab at the top of the Properties window, then click Change Icon near the bottom of the window.
This will assign your selected icon. Doing so confirms your decision and changes the original icon to your selected icon. Method 3. Open a web browser. Search for Windows icons. You can narrow your search by entering the program's name e. Download the icons you want. You can do this by opening a site that has your icons and clicking the Download button. Doing so will save the icons to your computer. If you download multiple icons at once, you may have to extract the icons to a regular folder before continuing.
This icon is used on wikiHow as fair use because it is being used to provide how-to instructions. This folder is on the left side of File Explorer. Click your icons folder. Doing so selects it. If you just downloaded one icon, select the icon instead. Click Home. This tab is in the upper-left corner of the File Explorer window. Click Move to. It's in the "Organize" section of the toolbar at the top of the File Explorer window.
Click Pictures. This folder is near the middle of the pop-up window. You can select any folder on your computer if you don't want to place your icons in Pictures. Click Move. This will send your icons to a folder where you won't move or delete them. Change a program's icon using your downloaded icon.
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