How to change pictures into icons for folders 

hey guys I figured out a way to make .exe files have a custom icon! :D 1. Make a shortcut of the program 2. Now you can put a custom icon for the shortcut! :D

The end was funny as hell. Legit laughed. Good stuff still posting it

I'd be concerned about that adware.

It's come to my attention that most of us here are too focused on figuring out which Spongebob episode is playing in the background rather than listening yo you...

omg he is using internet explorer

Thanks! This helped a lot. These instructions are straight forward and easy to follow. Just make sure to follow everything up to the point he realized it was the wrong picture and ignore that part.

lol i see the viruses on your comp

This is Helpful, I can hear Spongebob episode... Btw no one uses Internet Explorer...

awww the way he got confuse at the end of the video is so kawaii uwu lol

the trollface icon became extremely funky and pixely XD

Thanks! Especially for the emphasis on "pixels" when resizing.

thank you very much you were the only one that helped now i can put anime girls on my desktop ;)

It worked but the transparency didn't work

Bro it's 2020 right now and I've been scrolling through the web trying to change my icons and NON of them worked for me... then I found your video 🤙🏽✊🏽✊🏽 CHEEEERS 💯

Jason,, Not sure how you figured this out but I want to thank you for posting it. It has served me well over the years, through many computers. I'm an old man and my memory fades as the years go by so I have always referred back to this post to help me change the icons. Your detail is great, thanks ever so much,

A totally thorough run-down. I learned a lot today from you. :D

holy fuck this dude spent 7 mins telling me how quick and easy this process is

bruh i am finding a way to change folder of spongebob squarepants and your background was it too. What a coincident!

thank you so much!! this is amazing and is so helpful, i can finally make my desktop look so much more cooler

Alaskan Bull Worm is one of my favorite Spongebob episode

So glad I found this. It worked the first time and now all I have to do is look at the Icon. Thanks

I don't care if Thomas Jason is using internet explorer or whatever! As far as I'm concerned he can use whichever one he feels like or has. thanks to this tutorial I can now change my folder Icons to any icon I want. Even to use my photos of my friends and family which a have stored on my PC and want to use to identify the folders so I can recognize them immediately !!! Thanks again!!!

Thank you so much. I have been trying to figure this out for quite a while now

Thanks for the awsome video, I wanted to make a safe vault looking folder for video storage and it looks awsome. I might make all my folders customized now. Good video!

I do the exact same steps on a windows 8 computer and the icon just comes out really blurry

you deserve thousands of views bro i was looking for this from a long time ,so easy so good thanks a lot man youre awesome

I have been trying since forever :-: thank u man u'er awesome !!

thank you i finally got a new picture i have looked and looked for a long time to change this

Thank you so very, very much!!! Very easy instructions and easy to follow! You've changed my whole life!!! ;)

is that...spongebob in background? COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Thank you so much James! God Bless! You really helped me a lot!

Great step by step advice. I changed my CS GO shortcut to Jontron's face

Thanks , 3yrs later and still works great!!

thanks bro it worked but a friendly advice dont use internet explorer

First of all, thank you for the fun tutorial :) On an unrelated note, you sound like Giovanni Ribisi to me. Very cool voice ;)

4 years later andit works, thanks

Thank you very much. You do not understand how hard I was at it and really helped me

Thanks this really helped! Keep making the greate content.

you're talking adorably and watching spongebob , thats awesome

umm thank yhis was very helpful but whenever i change the icons the icons are super unpixelated and look very bad,Any tips?

ahahaha!!! I couldn't stop laughing at the conclusion!!! great job dude, thanks!!!

its funny to watch this on 2018 .... its like seeing my little sister playing with her computer

very helpful...thanks Thomas

Jason, your instructions were clear and it worked form me, thank you so very much.

Thank you so much. I am not even kidding, this is awesome. You helped a ton. :)

you just earned yourself a subscriber

It still works yall. U r a legend

works, perfect, thanks man

*INSTRUCTIONS* Search a photo and copy the image. Go to paint and click "CTRL+V" Resize the image to 32x32 Click "File" Then click "Properties" Then click "Pixels" where it says "Units" Make Width and height "32" Click "Save as" Then "Save as 24-bit Bitmap" Save image as "Icon.ico" Right click your folder Click "Properties" "Customize" "Change Icon" "Apply" Then press "Ok" All finished! You can out this in the RU-vid description if you want, Thomas Jason.

Worked like a charm. Thanks!

thks man i have ben looking how to do this for hrs i subbed and liked

finally someone is smart :D thanks u got a new sub and a like good video

Thanks :) I learned something new.

10 years old and still very usefull. Thanks a lot.

hell yeah, easy and no other programs needed, NICE!!!

I'm watching in 2020 and it still work. Thank you so much bro

this was really helpful and easy to understand. Thank you

THANK YOU !!! it worked perfectly

right on dude! helped me out thanks! keep up the cool vids for computer dummies as myself ha

Awesome Vid bud, thanks!

XD spongbob in the background

Actually I found a great screen recorder.Thanks man

You are able to do this with any shortcuts aswell. I just made a folder in my Documents for all of the exe files and made shortcuts to put onto my desktop :)

HAHAHAH HIS POKEBALL TURN TO PIKACHU,,,BTW IT REALLY HELPS TY

k also for more easy way, google FolderChanger

It worked! Thanks :)

OMG this is perfect THANKS!

Cheers man brilliant, simple and to the point

Still helping people years later

Thank you, it's working. I used to utilise online icon converter, but they have lots of malware and annoying ads. This saves my time and provide more security. Once again, thank you.

Worked like a charm. The ending was funny.

If you get "This file does not contain an icon" alert, then your pixel ratio must be incorrect. I think system only allows pixel ratio in the form 2^n x 2^n. So try 16x16, 32x32.....etc.... but 512x512 would be the ideal fit bcoz the quality is good

Thanks Buddy! YOU ARE AWEEESSOOMMMEE!!!

Thank you, it works! awsome!

This was helpful, thank you.

Thanks man I appreciate your work hehe

finally someone who this video and not having a mac c':

50th SUB :DDDDD

Thank you very much this helped a lot!

I changed one of my folders and it had the white background. Then I used pixlr to get rid of the white background. One you save the image on pixlr it has to be a png file or it wont stay transparent but because its a png file it wont let me use that image for the folder icon

what if we want to transfer the folder to some other device along with the icon. i used to do it by adding the icon inside the folder and then setting a path for the icon which would be general, no matter where you take that folder, but now cant just recall it

can i get a clearer icon , if i resize above 32*32

thanks for the vid. ill be doing that right now.

Thaks dude it really working...

OK so this works 1/13/2022. I just tried it and it did exactly what I was hoping for. I'm on Windows 10 or 11. I don't remember, but it looks identical. Windows really hasn't changed THAT much has it? LOL 👍

Took a few attempts but I did it !!!thank you

you're the best thank you so much ;)

that pickachu XD! thx a lot, but next time try to use a headset ;)

Thanks! I had to change my game icon

THANK YOU IT WORKED :)

spongebob in the backround XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Thank you so much it really helped i am going to give this a thumbs up

Love it! thank you

This helped me a lot thank yo

i tried it on an .exe and it worked !!! Thx dude

thank u so much :D it works :D

really help bro. thanks alot :P

It works on windows 8.1. Thanks bro.

your such a stoner! I love it HAHAHA thanks for the help! your great!

You can still change it for some files you dont own if their not .exe, and as long as your logged in as the administrator. Thanks btw, i finally got a HD logo for that old program...