Change Picture To Folder Icon

[Hebe Newnam]

Afteryou paste, if you see a generic JPEG or PNG image instead of your own picture, make sure you open the file containing the image and choose Edit > Copy in the menu bar before pasting. Copy the content of the image file, not the actual file.

After you paste, if you see a generic JPEG or PNG image instead of your own picture, make sure you click the small icon at the top of the Info window before choosing Edit > Copy in the menu bar. You want to copy the content of the image file, not the actual file.

I see a large number of custom icons for Dropbox folders with a google search, so I assume there must be some way to customize the icon, but I haven't figured out. I am running Mac OS 10.15. Any suggestions?

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"This means that you may see that the ability to set custom folder icons has been removed"

Well put it back. I want that ability and I can find other cloud services that don't try to think for me.

The dropbox folder icons are just generic blue folder icons. Is there a way to use a picture within that folder as the icon display? I mostly use my dropbox to organize photos and it is not very friendly for customizing photo galleries. It would be nice to have a preview picture for folders so you know what is inside.

In the "Get Info" popup, when I try to paste the new png or jpeg image onto the old folder icon it only shows the DEFAULT file type icon for png and jpeg. The actual image does not appear. I've tried to repeat the process on folders that I have previously changed successfully only to have them now show the default icon.

Yes, that was exactly the problem. I am shocked that I had to copy it that EXACT manner. I have never copied anything that way before. In fact the instructions only mention this way as an option, not as the ONLY way that will work.

It may be this bug. Try changing the drive name. I did everything 'right' and it still would not let me change the icon. I changed the name of the drive and it unlocked whatever the impediment was. You can change the name back, no problem.

This solution is not working for me. I have a 200 GB card in my MacBook Pro. I changed the icon successfully at first, then decided to change my use for it & need a different icon. No matter how I copy/paste it only either goes to the original default or to the icon I'd put there early on. In fact, it'll actually show the old icon at top of the info window while showing the one I just TRIED to paste up at the bottom!

In fact, I'm noticing that the icon at top of the Get Info window is suddenly not showing up in ANY files except for folders & drives. This is a new issue perhaps with a recent software update? Happened before today's update, though. And not fixed with today's update.

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I discovered folders last week on PC and spent a good amount of time designing my own folder cover photos, once I completed the designs, my heart was shattered when I discovered that folders CANNOT be customized.

I am not a developer but I am married to one, and we both discussed this idea over dinner. Since the code is already implemented for playlists (changing the cover photo of playlists), wouldn't it be easy to add the same concept to the cover images of folders? I am on my PC 10-12 hours a day because of work, it'd be nice to be able to modify the cover photos of my folders. Not only would it be aesthetically pleasing, but it would help users locate their folders quickly.

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How many votes is enough? This topic has posted about for years. Also, I'm seeing this only about 2 months later and voting is locked. I recently discovered this feature and was also excited to customize it like playlists. I'm not understanding why it's so hard to add this feature if users can already do it for playlists.

While I cannot directly implement changes to software. I understand your frustration and enthusiasm for customizing folder cover photos on your PC. Software development involves prioritizing features based on various factors, but if you believe this feature would greatly benefit users, you can discuss the idea with your developer spouse and ask for their professional opinion on feasibility. Additionally, you can reach out to the PicsArt apk developers directly through their official channels to submit your idea and explain the potential benefits. User feedback plays a crucial role in shaping future updates, so don't hesitate to share your thoughts and ideas.

If you have all your playlists organised in many folders (I have 12 of them), it's harder to navigate solely on folder name. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but there are a lot of people not using the search functionality to browse their playlists (or anything on a computer device). Those people are used to have their stuff well organised to be able to find it.

As of 2020, there are so many resources scattered around the web that bookmarks are essential to remember what tool you are in. So many that my bookmarks are arranged in many folders. I have even eliminated the name in each one of them with the intention of having more space and it is really comfortable to click on the pure icon of the requested web page knowing with precision where it will take you.

One last thing I would like to recommend you adding is that sometimes the icons are black and can disappear on the bookmark bar. It would be great to have a tool that can change the icon color into negative or positive depending on the case and even better in an automatized way.

Any way to embed (or permanently change) folder icons (or folder thumbnail images) on file folders on an external hard drive so that the picture will be shown on all computers that access the drive and not just the computer that made the icon change? i.e., I change the folder icons on my computer, then want them to stay with the folders on the drive and not in the root sys 32 batch defaults folder icon in Windows.

I have a few folders on an external drive that I want to save folder icons for. By using Paint save as .ico bmp image, then embed these onto the drive and assign these icons to the folders and have whoever accesses these files be able to see the embedded folder pictures.

I tried all the approaches listed. It works great on the computer that I default with. When I plug the external hard drive into my wife's computer, everything is defaulted to her Vista defaults (or Windows icons and images).

And while cstomizing a folder via Properties also helps. However I noticed a problem when using Desktop.ini. It references the absolute path to the folder icon/logo.... and the drive letter for the external hard drive may not be the same when viewed from other computers.

I've tried a few different methods, and this came up in search as I'm trying to remember how, so despite how old it is, I'd like to add what seems the most consistently reliable and generalized that I've found:

With Windows 10 and 11 machines that I've tried this on, for some reason, it still has the generic folder icon in explorer after making this change. To fix that I have to go to the folder properties, and on the "Customize" tab, where it shows my folder.ico even though it isn't actually used in the Explorer view. I choose "Change Icon", hit "Restore Defaults," and then Cancel (or push Esc) so that it doesn't actually change back to default and overwrite that desktop.ini. After that it actually uses the icon which it already should have been using.

But that's only for the same machine, since it had already loaded a view with the default folder icon; when the drive is on a new computer they should all show the correct icon right off the bat when it first scans the folder.

I will be a bit more precise. I have a few folders on an external drive that I want to save folder icons for. By using paint save as .ico bmp image. then embed these onto the drive and assign these icons to the folders and have all that access these files to see the embedded folder pics.

Despite Windows providing some ways to customize folder look since Vista, it doesn't allow you to apply anything but the ICO format. Quite frustrating, as such a limitation requires us to either convert an image to the format Windows understands, or to grin and bear it. Or is there another option?

Provided FolderIco is already installed, right-click any folder you want to assign a picture to and choose "More Icon" submenu. This will open a dialog where you can select multiple supplied icons to assign to the folder.

Switch to the "Create" category at the left side and click the "Load Folder Image" button. Browse for the image you need and add it to the library. Now, just set this newly added picture as an icon for the folder. That's it!

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