How do I change icons of folders so they don't all look alike? Intended For Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95 In Windows 95, you can't. However, you can make a shortcut to a folder and give the shortcut any icon you like. You can also change the icon used by all folders by following the instructions in Change the Icons of Desktop Items. In all later versions of Windows, you can, although it takes a little work. Full instructions are on pages 38-39 of Windows Me Annoyances, the book. This article has been recently supported by and featured on this Internet Webhosting Guide Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows Server 2008Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows Me] soloution on how to change folder icons so they dont look alike (Josh: Sunday, August 11, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I change icons of folders so they don't all look alike?' (Graeme: Wednesday, November 6, 2002) [Windows 2000] Question about 'How do I change icons of ''C:'' drive i.e local disk icons to winXP which is provided by win2000?' (aditya: Wednesday, February 12, 2003) [Windows 2000] Question about 'How do I change icons of folders so they don't all look alike?' (aditya: Wednesday, February 12, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I change all the folders on my C: drive to a customized icon without having to change each one. (Kurt: Tuesday, October 14, 2003) [Windows 2000] Question about 'How do I change icons of folders so they don't all look alike?' (Mehul Chauhan: Monday, December 13, 2004) Return to "Customizing Windows"