You can change folder icons in Windows 11 by right-clicking and selecting "Properties" and "Customize." Desktop icons like the Recycle Bin are changed in the Settings under Personalization and Themes.

Custom icons aren't just for fun; they can also help you better identify oft-used folders and apps to save you time searching. Changing an app or folder's icon is very easy in Windows. Here's how to ...

Even with the specialized "files" sticking out of them, the folder icons on a Windows Vista desktop can be pretty hard to tell apart, and there's no built-in OS X-like coloring application to aid ...