{"id":36891,"date":"2012-08-28T19:33:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T19:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=36891"},"modified":"2012-08-28T19:33:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T19:33:45","slug":"add-custom-icons-to-your-drives-in-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/add-custom-icons-to-your-drives-in-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Add Custom Icons To Your Drives In Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon_change.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"add custom icons to your drives in explorer\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-36909\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Rich Robinson for Windows Guides<\/p>\n<h3>Add Custom Icons To Your Drives In Explorer <\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately, for those of us that have an OCD with changing icons, and tricking out our desktops, there\u2019s never been an easy way to manually change the drive icons in \u2018Computer\u2019.  There are plenty of programs out there that can do the job for us but I\u2019m a believer, in doing things the hard way!<\/p>\n<p>EDIT:  Batu, a Windows Forums member has made a small portable application that will change them for you.  Thanks Batu! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>This guide will show you how to edit the registry so you can use your own icons for your drives in \u2018Computer\u2019 (Windows Explorer).<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll need to use an ICO icon image for this guide to work.  PNG, GIF etc. will not work.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"19\" width=\"431\" height=\"239\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-36899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19.png 431w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=LEFT><\/p>\n<p>This does work for Vista &#038; Windows 7<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who aren\u2019t that keen on delving deep into the bowels of the registry, here\u2019s a simple file that will do the job for you.  We\u2019ll cover these files shortly.<\/p>\n<p>As we\u2019re going to be modifying the registry, please see here before proceeding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1.<\/strong><br \/>\nOpen regedit by pressing the WinKey+R, typing regedit &#038; hitting OK.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Change-drive-icons-fig1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Change-drive-icons-fig1\" width=\"602\" height=\"445\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-36901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Change-drive-icons-fig1.png 602w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Change-drive-icons-fig1-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Change-drive-icons-fig2.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Change-drive-icons-fig2\" width=\"603\" height=\"444\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-36904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Change-drive-icons-fig2.png 603w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Change-drive-icons-fig2-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=LEFT><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2.<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the left hand pane, navigate to HKCU\\Software\\Classes\\Applications , expand Applications and look for Explorer.exe. (See figure 1.).  If Explorer.exe doesn\u2019t exist, create it by right clicking on Applications and selecting New > Key.  (See figure 2.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3.<\/strong><br \/>\nExpand Explorer.exe and look for Drives (Figure 3.). If Drives doesn\u2019t exist, create it by right clicking on Explorer.exe and selecting New > Key. (See figure 2. for example)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Change-drive-icons-fig3.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Change-drive-icons-fig3\" width=\"603\" height=\"446\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-36905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Change-drive-icons-fig3.png 603w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Change-drive-icons-fig3-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=LEFT><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/windows-7\/7customization\/add-custom-icons-drives-explorer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steps continued here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This excerpt appears with the permission of Windows Guides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon_change.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"add custom icons to 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