Windows 11 Folder custom Icon Issue

Anonymous
2021-12-16T12:09:01+00:00

After updating to windows 11, the option to customize "Choose a file to show on this folder icon" does not change the folder's display image even after applying, I have tried the solutions displayed here " https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/folder-icon-thumbnails-broken-windows-11-pro/0e60c9ee-e5f0-4e6d-80c9-42cf2f89752e " but it did not solve the issue, I also do not have the option to revert to windows 10 where this problem never occurred

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-26T07:12:57+00:00

    Your post has no bearing on the subject of "Customizing a folder to show a file on the the folder icon."

    Windows 10 could do it; yet not Windows 11 and Microsoft leaves the same option there under Properties/Customize.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-24T03:46:54+00:00

    Can this be applied at once to the many 1000s folders that a computer holds??

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-23T20:50:20+00:00

    Hi Rags,

    I changed the icon using both of the options circled in my screenshot. It auto-applied it to the icon in the top left of the file explorer when you open the folder, but you couldn't see the new icon on the desktop. It remained the default folder icon.

    After changing the icon, I restarted my computer, and I was able to see the icon.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-09T15:54:30+00:00

    I don't understand Microsoft and why they make all these changes then give options to revert back to "the way it was" in an older version I am so sick of the changes they've made in W11. Can't customize folder or app icons. And when you can, the icon picture disappears and you have a white box for the app. I'm a visual person, I need every folder and app to have an icon that can see and know what it is, without looking at the text. And W11 has totally screwed up my productivity. I would honestly like to go back to W7 view. At least my icon stayed when I clanged them on a folder or app.

    I totally agree!

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-12-01T23:07:20+00:00

    I don't understand Microsoft and why they make all these changes then give options to revert back to "the way it was" in an older version I am so sick of the changes they've made in W11. Can't customize folder or app icons. And when you can, the icon picture disappears and you have a white box for the app. I'm a visual person, I need every folder and app to have an icon that can see and know what it is, without looking at the text. And W11 has totally screwed up my productivity. I would honestly like to go back to W7 view. At least my icon stayed when I clanged them on a folder or app.

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