Close all Explorer windows and restart Explorer.See this article for reference: How to set different icons for the open and closed folder in Explorer.Īlso if you are using Classic Shell Start Menu, delete the file %localappdata%\ClassicShell\DataCache.db to make the menu switch to the new icon.
Note: If you are customizing the folder icon on earlier versions of Windows, also add a value named '4' with the same path as '3'. I will use the blue folder icon from the Deepin icon set, which I placed in c:\icons: C:\icons\Blue Folder.ico Set its value data to the path of your icon file. Note: If the Shell Icons key does not exist, just create it. Tip: You can access any desired Registry key with one click. If you are not familiar with the Registry editor, see this excellent tutorial. To change Windows 10 folder icons with a custom *.ico file, you need to do the following.
