Did you know that the default folder icon in Windows Explorer can be customized to have a background image? Just like your Desktop!
The default background of folder icons is a thumbnail preview of the contents inside: images from inside the folder, icons of the applications or file types found in the folder, etc. This can be customized and you can have it replaced by an image of your choosing.
Folders with icon and background look cool and create the pleasant experience for us.
Today we’re going to show you how to customize the look of your folders in Windows Explorer to add a background image or change the folder icons.
Change the Icon of your Folder
Then right-click on that folder and select properties. Or simply select it and press Alt+Enter on your keyboard. This opens the Properties window of the folder.
Here two options are there. One for changing the folder picture and other for changing the icon of the folder. We will see later to change the folder picture.
Now click on Change icon.
your folder with the icon is ready.
Choose a Picture to Show as a Background for the Folder Icon
Another thing you might want to do is changing the background of a folder. If you’ve customized your folder as shown in the previous section, the new icon of the folder icon will be replaced with the background image. This section will show you how to customize your folders assuming that you are not interested in changing the icon of the folder icon but you want to change its background image. To do this first you have to choose a picture and save it as .bmp i.e. 24-bit Bitmap (*.bmp,*.dib) file with approx 90*60 pixels. You can choose your own picture also. So follow the steps,
Choose a picture and Edit it.
Now, Resize it. Ctrl+W also opens the Resize window.
Choose Pixels and make Horizontal 90 or 100.
Now save it for this go to File >> Save as >> BMP picture. It will save picture as .bmp i.e. 24-bit Bitmap (*.bmp,*.dib) file.
Save it.
The picture is ready for use as a Background for the Folder Icon. This is done from the same Customize tab of the folder Properties window. Go to the choose file section and open .bmp file saved picture.
Create a New folder or go to the folder whose icon wants to change.
Then right-click on that folder and select properties. Or simply select it and press Alt+Enter on your keyboard. This opens the Properties window of the folder.
Click Customize on Folder properties and in folder pictures Choose file.
Open that picture which saved previously as .bmp file.
Now Apply and click OK.
Folder icon with the picture background is ready.
