
Before clicking the install button, click in the "Context Menu Name" field, and change the name. Won't having three menus with the same name be confusing? Yes it is weird, but you can fix this.

This will add three context menus in Explorer's shell, one for each icon pack. If you want to use all three of the default icon packs, you will need to select all of them and click on the install button. But, there is a workaround, you can have multiple menus. Note: This does create a registry value, so the program isn't completely portable.Īpparently Windows only supports 16 items per menu, what this means is that Folder Painter's context menu can only display 1 icon pack at a time. We'll stick to the default ones here, mark the icon pack that you wish to use, and click the "Install" button to add Folder Painter to Windows Explorer's context menu. Or, you can add your own icons too, refer to the official page for instructions. The program ships with three icon packs (icon styles for folders), but there are more icon packs available on the developer's website. The left pane in the interface lists the folder icon colors that you can select, along with a preview of the icons. Run the FolderPainter.EXE (or the 64-bit version) to start using it. Rainbow Folders which he reviewed in 2007 and the free Folder Colorizer 2.įolder Painter is a good choice as well, and this review is about that application. There's also backup storage features and the changing of the icons folders or drivers.Įxe Icon Changer does the job with efficiency and simplicity.Martin reviewed a couple of freeware alternatives in the past, e.g. In addition you can find all the icons from the executable files and store them with icon types *.ico and bitmap type *.bmp.

The substitute icons will then be chosen from the icon files or other executable files. It also has what's referred to as The Function Lists of Exe Icon Changer which replaces all kinds of executable icons of different sizes. It will extract and save the exe file icons for you.Įxe Icon Changer save the icon in two formats, bmp and ico. Even the icon folder and driver can be changed y this program.

It doesn't stop there as it can also change he icons of other executable files like Ocx, Dll, Scr and more. It does so easily even if the file is compressed or the size of the icon is inconsistent. Replace"Įxe Icon Changer is a unique software tool for changing the icon of an executable file.
