How to change the folder icons

Let’s see how to change the icon of a folder. The first thing you have to do is right click on the folder. Now in the context menu, please click on Properties.

Next, click on the Customize tab. You will see elements related to the folder’s appearance. However, there are two that interest us: Choose file and Change icon. First, click on Change icon.

A window with the default icons will be displayed immediately. Just select one of them and click on accept. If you want to choose a different icon, click on Browse.

After clicking on Browse a file explorer will open. Once there, just select the file with the .ico ending. Please note that the icon background will be preserved. Therefore, it is necessary that this background is transparent.

Back to the Customize tab. We have another option. Indeed, if you click on Choose file, then you will choose an image that will appear inside the folder file. That is, the image will be displayed together with the folder.

How to change shortcut icons.

The process for shortcuts is even easier. Even if they are inside the start menu. In fact, just right-click and then from More, Open file location.

In effect, you will be redirected to the location of the shortcut file. Once there, right-click on it and then click on Properties. Note that this step is also useful if the shortcut is in the Start Menu, or on the desktop.

In the new window, just click on Change Icon. Please follow the same steps as in the previous section.

How to change Windows desktop icons

Finally we will see how to change the icons that appear on the desktop by default. For example, the recycle garbage can. With this in mind, right click on a blank space on the desktop. Then click on Personalize.

In the new window, please click on Themes. Next, in the menu on the right click on Desktop icons settings.

In the new window, you can change the icons. Selecting from the default icons or using a custom icon. Just follow the steps above.

Okay, we have finally seen how to change the desktop icons in Windows 10. In addition, we saw other actions related to the customization of these elements. See you later!

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How to change the size of desktop icons with the context menu.

The context menu appears when we press the right mouse button. Well, this is the quickest and easiest way to change the size of the desktop icons. You have to press the right mouse button on a space on the desktop. Then, in the View section, you can see the three available icon sizes. The default size is Medium. However, you can select Large and Small.

You just have to try it out to select the size that best suits you. The drawback is that we are limited to only 3 predefined sizes. However, we will show you how to change the size of the icons in a custom way.

How to use the mouse wheel to change the size of the icons.

We have another option to modify the size of the icons on the desktop. With the advantage that we will not be limited to the 3 default sizes of Windows. Consequently, the user will be able to choose between a smaller or larger size. With this in mind, simply press the Control key while on the desktop. Then, use the mouse wheel to adjust the size of the icons. Either a smaller or larger size. In this example, we see icons with an inordinate size as well as a very small size.

If you have a touch screen and do not use a mouse, you can still apply this trick. In fact, just press the Control key and use the pinch gesture with two fingers. This will adjust the size of the desktop icons. Similarly, this trick also works for the size of folder icons. Also, the maximum and minimum size of the icons depending on the screen resolution you have.

Changing the scale to view everything bigger.

We can use another trick to enlarge the size of the icons. Although this time we will also enlarge the rest of the elements. For it, we will change the Windows scale. This action is very useful, especially with big screens. For example with 2k and 4k resolution. Which can make the icons and letters look too small. With this in mind, you only have to enter Windows Settings. To do this, press the Win+I combination. Once there, click on System.

Next, click on Display in the menu on the left. Then click on Scale and Layout to modify the scale. By default, it is set to 100%. However, you can scale it up to 150%. Depending on the definition of the screen.

In this way, we have seen how to change the size of the desktop icons. A way to better appreciate the appearance of the visual elements. See you soon!

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