How do i change the icon of a folder in windows?-CodePudding

I'm trying to change the icon of a folder windows with a custom icon for my program. I know I can by right clicking folder and using properties to change the icon, but I need the icon to be permanently different for part of my software I'm making. This is a NWJS app.

EDIT of what I've done:

desktop.ini

[.ShellClassInfo]
ConfirmFileOp=0
NoSharing=0
IconFile=Folder.ico
IconIndex=1
InfoTip=Secure Drive

Path: "D:\SECURE DRIVE"

I used attrib s "SECURE DRIVE" after using CD'ing to D:\. I've restarted and refreshed folders and the icon is still not changing. The icon is an ICO I converted using an online converter in 32bit with all available sizes. The icon is named Folder.ico located in the same DIR as the desktop.ini.

CodePudding user response：

This is done through creating a Desktop.ini file. See here for MSDN Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/how-to-customize-folders-with-desktop-ini

EDIT1:

To quote from the link above:

Use the following procedure to customize a folder's style with Desktop.ini:

Use PathMakeSystemFolder to make the folder a system folder. This sets the read-only bit on the folder to indicate that the special behavior reserved for Desktop.ini should be enabled. You can also make a folder a system folder from the command line by using attrib s FolderName.

Create a Desktop.ini file for the folder. You should mark it as hidden and system to ensure that it is hidden from normal users.

Make sure the Desktop.ini file that you create is in the Unicode format. This is necessary to store the localized strings that can be displayed to users.

CodePudding user response：

IconIndex=1 must be IconIndex=0 for .ico files.