Remember that it's possible to damage your system by modifying the Registry, so take care not to touch any other values while inside. Question feed. Your mileage may thus vary depending on your version of Windows To remove this in the future, simply delete the Shell Icons Registry key you created. Navigate to the following location:. To do this, search for an app in the Start menu, then right-click its name and choose Open file location. An easy way to do this is by holding Shift while right-clicking your ICO file, then selecting the Copy as path option.
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You can grab everything in a pack at once, or download single icons. To do this, search for an app in the Start menu, then right-click its name and choose Open file location. The OS has a few additional icons built-in, but they're not that great. If you prefer, you can also enter the URL of an image you want to convert, cutting out the middle step of downloading the PNG. While holding Shift , right-click the app icon and choose Properties.
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From here, you can follow the same steps as above to set a new icon. Desktop, Pictures, Downloads, etc. You can grab everything in a pack at once, or download single icons.
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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 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. In the saving dialog box, give the file a name ending in. If you want to create multiple spaces, you should then copy, paste, and rename the file so you have several named Space1. Windows has blank icons built-in. But in our testing, these can appear as black squares on your Taskbar instead of transparent boxes, which is no good.
This means you'll need to quickly make your own "blank" icon. Open an image editor we used Paint. Create one that's perfectly square; x will work.
This will create a transparent square when saved as a PNG. However, if you leave it like this, you'll run into the same black block problem. Thus, you need to take the Pencil tool, zoom in, and use it to draw a single pixel in a corner of the image. This will effectively be invisible when it sits on your Taskbar. Now, right-click each Space file you made and choose Create shortcut , as you'll need a shortcut, not the main BAT file, in order to change the icon.
Then right-click each shortcut file, select Properties , and use the Change Icon button to select your new blank icon. Once this is done, you'll need to add one more element in order to add these shortcuts to your Taskbar.
Make sure there's a space before the opening quotes. Now you can right-click all your Space files and choose Pin to taskbar. They'll appear as blank icons, allowing you to drag them wherever you like and group your other icons. Just want to adjust the size of Windows 10 icons on your desktop? That's an easy fix. On the desktop, you can right-click any empty space and choose View to select Small icons , Medium icons , or Large icons. If you don't like one of those presets, hold the Ctrl key and scroll your mouse wheel.
This gives you more granular control over icon size. In a File Explorer window, you'll find more size options under the View menu. The method of scrolling your mouse wheel while holding Ctrl works, too. If you don't see any icons on your desktop , chances are that you've hidden them all. Getting them back takes just a few clicks.
With this enabled, you should see your desktop icons with no problem. If this didn't fix your problem, your computer may be in tablet mode, which prevents your desktop icons from showing.
Finally, if you're missing the default Windows 10 system icons, you'll need to restore them in another menu. While here, you can also change the icons for these shortcuts if you want. Now you know how to change nearly every icon on your Windows system. Whether you want to completely overhaul everything or just want to change a few shortcut icons, you have the tools to personalize your computer in a fun way.
If you love personalization, it thankfully doesn't end here. There are many other ways to customize the look and feel of your Windows environment.
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