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2 Ways To Change Windows 10 Drive Icons In 2023
Two methods for changing drive icons on Windows 10 in 2023; The new File Explorer drive icons in Windows 10 are unpopular with certain users. The default File Explorer disk icons can often be changed to ones that the user prefers.
Fortunately, Windows 10 makes changing the drive icons in File Explorer simple. You can accomplish this without the aid of outside applications.
This post will demonstrate both using and without the assistance of third-party icons how to modify the File Explorer drive icons in Windows 10.
Method 1 of 2
Change the drive icon manually in Windows 10
Use this manual method if you don’t like to use a third-party application for the job. This method is easy as well.
Step 1: Copy and paste the icon file that you want to set as the drive icon to the root of the drive whose drive icon you want to change. That is, for instance, if you want to change the drive icon of the “C” drive, copy and paste the icon to C:\.
Remember that the new drive icon file must be in .ico format. If not, use an online converter (there are many) to convert the icon file to the .ico file.
Step 2: Now that the new icon file is at the root of the drive, copy and paste the following code into the Notepad, click Save as, and then save it as autorun.inf at the root of the drive whose icon you desire to change. Be sure to save it as an autorun.inf file.
[autorun]
ICON=Drive.ico
In the above code, replace the Drive.ico with the actual name of the icon file that you have saved at the root of the drive.
Step 3: Reboot your computer to see the new icon.
If you want to set the new icon for all drives, repeat the above steps for all drives.
To restore the original icons, delete autorun.inf and the drive icon from the root of the drive and then restart your computer.
Method 2 of 2
Change drive icons with Drive Icon Changer
A little program called Drive Icon Changer is intended to make it simple for Windows 10 users to swap out the drive icons in File Explorer. Additionally, this add-on includes a ton of attractive and cost-free player icons.
Choose the icon file, then choose the drive whose icon you wish to modify. To use the new drive icon, click the Save button. To see the new icon, you must restart your computer once. Rebuild the icon cache if you continue to see outdated icons even after restarting your computer.
The icon file must be in.ico format, it should be noted. Naturally, the utility also stores the chosen icon in the same spot and produces an autorun.inf file in the root directory of the selected drive.
In addition to Drive Icon Changer, there are many similar utilities.
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