Windows 11 Folder custom Icon Issue

Thanks for the detailed instructions. That's basically what I did. It just doesn't seem to be working for me.

Edition: Windows 11 Home

Version: 21H2

OS Build 22000.978

Experience: Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22000.978.0

If it's not the edition or build that's the difference, Perhaps it's that I'm using a .jpg file. I noticed that you are using a .png file.

Windows said that I'm up to date after I checked for an update. Any other ideas would be welcome.

yeah.... They said that they fixed Vista, but it was always broken. Professionally, I could always tell that my customer had a Vista OS without checking. Although I missed some of the missing features from XP, I didn't mind 7 or 10. ... 8 and 11... not so much.

Scott,

You may have misunderstood my post. I go to Properties/Customize of a folder icon and choose a picture in the folder. The image I posted here was re-created just to get a point across that I wasn't looking for a preview in the folder. I want an image ON the folder.

So I go here . . .

Click "Choose file"

Go here . . .

Select a picture file and the result is this . . .

I over-layed the folder image with a picture, to give an idea of what my result would be. No I let Windows do it. I don't do it for all my folders. Why should I when there is already a way to have it done (if it'd only work!).

By the way, I liked XP, but Windows 7 was just as good. Went from 7 to 10; regret 11, just because of the above.

'Not sure what you're alluding to here, Scott. I mean "Folder.jpg" is unknown to me. When I customize a Folder Icon, I put a picture file in the folder and select it to be on the Folder. Pure, plain and simple. Yet, it's gone from Windows 11. I apologize the resulting folder is too small for you to see, and "another step down." It is recreated, since I no longer have Windows 10 and Windows 11 won't produce it. Perhaps you need a better video card?

Here it is again . . . (along with the result)

Thank you.

Hi Rags,

You can change the Standard Folder icon in Windows 11 by right-clicking on the folder > Properties> Customize> Change Icon.

You can navigate to Settings > Personalization > Themes > Desktop icon settings if the folder is a Special folder.

If you just want to change the color of the folder (like the feature available on Mac), you can read this article. Here, I have explained the same in detail.

Do let me know if you face some other issues.