Change Folder Icon

Question

Hi,

I have my C# application, when deploying the application I am creating a folder in My Document called My Lab.

I want to give a special icon for it but there is not way to do that in Windows Installer, Installshield not Advanced Installer.

How can I do this please?

Thanks,

jassim

Answer 1

If the installer can set the “Read-only” attribute for the folder, or you can instruct it to run “attrib MyFolder +R” command during installation, then include into the folder the icon file (e.g. “MyIcon.ico”) and also a special text file called “Desktop.ini”, usually hidden, having a contents like this:

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=MyIcon.ico
IconIndex=0

The documentation can be found here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/cc144102(v=vs.85).aspx. You can also perform some experiments in Properties window for folder in File Explorer, which allows customisations and creates the Desktop.ini file for you.

Answer 2

Is there any way to do it from the registry?

Answer 3

No I don't think there is any option to change in registry. As you are looking to change icon for specific folder, desktop.ini is only possibility as suggested by "Viorel_".

You can do in registry if you plan to change default icon of folder.

https://bytes.com/topic/visual-basic-net/answers/373323-change-folder-icon-programmatically

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Gaurav Khanna | Microsoft .NET MVP | Microsoft Community Contributor

Answer 4

Do I need this:

Attrib +S “Path to Folder”