. Right-click or Control-click the folder with the icon you want to change and select Get Info from the pop-up menu. In the Get Info window that opens, you'll see a thumbnail view of the folder's current icon in the top left corner of the window. Keep this Get Info window open. In the downloads folder, select an icon you want to use. The downloaded file may contain several folders, but you want the one labeled 'Mac.' Inside the folder are different icons, each an.icns file.
To create custom icons from your own pictures is a fairly simple process and mostly requires you to shrink the photo to the appropriate size. Windows icons are pretty tiny, so the first thing to understand is that your amazing wide shot photo of the beach will look minuscule when converted to a 16×16 or 32×32 pixel icon! Paint allows you to rapidly create custom icons using the image and pictures stored on your hard drive. Run Paint (Start> All Programs> Accessories> Paint) Open the image in Paint Click on File > Save As. In the popping window, enter a name for the icon and as extension use.ico.
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Drag the selected icon to the open Get Info window and drop it on the icon thumbnail in the top left corner. The new icon takes the place of the old one.
To do so, go to an online bank of icons like or (make sure to search for free icons only), and then download the picture you chose as '.ico'. If you want to use your own pictures, you can convert it to '.ico' thanks to this site:. Make sure that your picture is squared, otherwise it will be deformed. When your.ico is ready, rename it 'icon.ico', and move it to the root of your usb disk (the first folder when you open your usb key in the Windows file explorer) For the exemple I'll be using this icon. Let's clean your folder a little bit, and hide thoses files (icon.ico and autorun.inf). To do so, right-click on one file, then go to properties and at the bottom of the box you must find 'Attributes:'. Check the 'Hidden' box, and do it again for the other file.
They should have disappeared. If you want to see them again, just follow this tutorial: Now you must be ready!
Just eject your usb flash drive, and re-plug it, and your icon should be there. Congratulations, and thanks for following this short tutorial!:).