Colour Code Folders?

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Patti Barden

When you open My Computer and see all the folders on a
particular drive - can you colour code them or put an icon
on to speed up your searching?
Thank you. Patti
 
A Google search on folder icons will give a list of programs that will do
what you want.
 
You don't need extra software with XP to customise (change) the default "folder" icon
on any folder you want to one of your own choosing.

Just right-click on the folder you want to assign a [your own] icon, and choose
"Properties"

In the "Properties" page of the selected folder, select the "Customise" tab.

On the "Customise" page you'll find a section at the bottom devoted to defining your
own icon for that folder.



*NB - You won't find the "Customise" tab for "special" folders such as "My Documents"
and "My Pictures"

What the "Customise" feature effectively does is described below :

You can change *any* folder's icon (including "special" folders) by editing or
placing a [hidden] file called "desktop.ini" with the following [example] code in it
:

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=C:\WINDOWS\Icons\MyIcon.ico
IconIndex=0
InfoTip=Example description here.

....you should make the folder read-only to make the icon show-up otherwise it won't.
You may have to use the "attrib +r FolderName" command to do this.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
 
Thanks as ever for practical advice.
Patti

Tim Meddick said:
You don't need extra software with XP to customise (change) the default
"folder" icon on any folder you want to one of your own choosing.

Just right-click on the folder you want to assign a [your own] icon, and
choose "Properties"

In the "Properties" page of the selected folder, select the "Customise"
tab.

On the "Customise" page you'll find a section at the bottom devoted to
defining your own icon for that folder.



*NB - You won't find the "Customise" tab for "special" folders such as "My
Documents" and "My Pictures"

What the "Customise" feature effectively does is described below :

You can change *any* folder's icon (including "special" folders) by
editing or placing a [hidden] file called "desktop.ini" with the following
[example] code in it :

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=C:\WINDOWS\Icons\MyIcon.ico
IconIndex=0
InfoTip=Example description here.

...you should make the folder read-only to make the icon show-up otherwise
it won't.
You may have to use the "attrib +r FolderName" command to do this.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




Patti Barden said:
When you open My Computer and see all the folders on a
particular drive - can you colour code them or put an icon
on to speed up your searching?
Thank you. Patti
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