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how can I change the folder icon

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How can I change this folder icon, i.e the default folder icon displayed in Win10 ?
Please guide.

I can sent the image of the problem, if required.

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Thanks Lefteous, done :)

Since this changes TC and also Windows default folder icon, is there any way to change ONLY in TC ?

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You can simply switch TC icon library if you want to change folder icon in TC only. Also, you can just disable icons from Explorer if you like standard TC icons (as I did).
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Hi MVV,

Can you guide me how you did the both ?

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Second one is easy: Configuration / Icons / uncheck "Show default folder/file icons from Explorer" option.

First one is a bit harder. You need an ICL file for TC 9 (I have such one here) and a resource editor for replacing icon in ICL (e.g. Resource Hacker). When you've finished with ICL, just add IconLib parameter to your wincmd.ini (read more in TOTALCMD.chm section 4.b), e.g.:

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IconLib=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Icons\TC9Lib.icl
And you still need to uncheck Explorer icons option.
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Thanks for the guidance MVV.

I will try them.

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Re: how can I change the folder icon

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anand wrote: I can sent the image of the problem, if required.
Why on god's green earth would you want to do that? I just can't see the reason for it. The risk is that you start messing around with configurations you can't control, and then you're stuck with a messed up register in Windows.
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