ChangeFolderIcon - Folder Icon Customization Tool

August 12, 2025 · View on GitHub

ChangeFolderIcon is a Windows folder icon customization tool developed using WinUI3 and Windows API. It allows quick icon modification via drag-and-drop, supports batch icon updates for nested folders, and provides predefined icon styles for easy application.

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Development Requirements

  • Visual Studio 2022 (Version 17.0 or later)
  • .NET Desktop Development workload
  • Windows App SDK development tools

Build Steps

  • Install Visual Studio 2022 with .NET Desktop Development and WinUI App Development workloads.
  • Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/YILING0013/ChangeFolderIcon.git
  • Open ChangeFolderIcon.sln inside the ChangeFolderIcon folder.
  • In Visual Studio, right-click the solution → Restore NuGet Packages.
  • Press Ctrl+Shift+B or go to Build → Build Solution.
  • right-click ElevatedWorker project → Publish. Click the Publish button.
  • Select ChangeFolderIcon project, press F5 to start debugging, or Ctrl+F5 to start without debugging.

Notes

  • Requires Windows 10 or later.
  • On first launch, go to Settings and wait for icon resources to load, then check for updates.
  • if you encounter issues fetching icon resources, check your network connection or manually download the icon resource package and select it in the settings page.
  • To change the language, select a language in Settings and restart the app.

License

This project is open-source under the GPL-3.0 license.

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to the contributors of Folder-Ico for providing some of the icon resources used in this project.

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