Windows 10 Change Drive Icon
Windows 10 Change Drive Icon Windows 7
Prev 1The icons of the folders displayed on Windows are roughly a shape like. The user is familiar with it, but it is very simple.It also has the same shape, so it is difficult to distinguish immediately what folder it is. You can solve this by changing the icon shape of the folder.Of course, there are also software that makes it easy to change the icon of the folder, but here, let’s change the icon of the folder using the built-in function of the Windows OS. Icon on Windows 10Normally, icons are stored in the “.ICO” file. Many Windows icons are displayed in the form of “application”, “folder”, “file”, “shortcut”, and there are many unique icons appropriate for each.However, since it is impossible to save the entire “.ICO” files one by one like image files, they are saved and used together in “.DLL file” format instead.
To change the icon of a specific folder, file, or shortcut, you can change it by specifying a specific icon in the.DLL file.Each icon has a unique number that can be specified, and it is used to specify the icon number from Shell related registry information. Storage location of a icon on Windows 10As mentioned above, Windows 10 icons are stored in “.DLL” file. These.DLL files are stored in the following folders of Windows 10. There are two “.DLL” files in this.%SystemRoot%System32imageres.dllThis “.DLL” file contains icons used in many places in Windows 10.
There are icons of various kinds of folders, hardware devices, actions and so on.
How To Get To C Drive
Whenever you connect a device or drive to your computer, will quickly recognize it and display its name and default icon. The operating system in many cases can even detect exactly which device is connected and download the icon that matches the physical design of the device.However, if you're bored of seeing the same default icon every time, the correct icon is missing, or you want to add something more fun or see an icon that matches the content inside the drive, it's possible to customize your removable drive to show a custom icon and label.In this, we'll walk you through the steps to add a custom icon and label to your external drive. How to set a custom icon for a removable driveThe process to display a custom icon on a removable drive involves supplying an icon file and an autorun.inf file, which you will be storing on the removable drive.Before you begin, you'll need the icon file (.ico) you want to use.
You can find tons of icons on the web, many of which are freely available.
