Question: How to Change Windows Icons?
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Method 2 Changing Shortcut and Folder Icons

  • Open Start. .
  • Click the File Explorer. .
  • Click Desktop. It’s a folder in the left-hand column of options in the File Explorer window.
  • Click a shortcut or folder icon.
  • Click the Home tab.
  • Click Properties.
  • Open the icon’s “Change Icon” window.
  • Select an icon.

How do I change icons on Windows 10?

How to restore the old Windows desktop icons

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Click on Personalization.
  3. Click on Themes.
  4. Click the Desktop icons settings link.
  5. Check each icon you want to see on the desktop, including Computer (This PC), User’s Files, Network, Recycle Bin, and Control Panel.
  6. Click Apply.
  7. Click OK.

How do I change the icon of a file?

Right-Click the file type you’d like to change, and then Select Edit Selected File Type. In the Edit window that appears, Click the … button next to Default Icon. Browse for the icon that you would like to use, and then Click OK from both open windows to apply changes. Done!

Alexander Ross

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