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#FOLDER COLOR WINDOWS 10 HOW TO#
#FOLDER COLOR WINDOWS 10 INSTALL#
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How to change your folder background color with QTTabBar. If you want a more customized look, you will need to use a third-party app called QTTabBar. (If your Windows Photo Viewer applies a yellow tint to pictures, I have an article about how to fix that in seconds.) Since this is the only current way to change the background color in Windows 10 or 11, it basically means that you have only two options for your folder’s background: the standard white (Light) and dark gray (Dark.)

This will change the background color of your folders to dark gray like this:

(In older versions of Windows 10 you might see this setting named as Choose your color.)

Under Choose your default app mode (or Choose your mode), select Dark:.

It is located on the left sidebar in Windows 10.

Enter Settings on Windows Search and click on Open:.

Windows doesn’t come with a lot of customization options when it comes to changing the folders background color, but you can change it without installing any program by doing this: Folder Painter is incredibly easy to use, and allows for a lot of customization (custom icons).Not everyone likes the standard background color for folders in Windows 10 or 11, for some of us, the white just doesn’t match the overall look we want for Windows. Sure, Windows Explorer does allow you to change the folder icons, but it isn't as convenient as using a dedicated software. Folder Painter stores its settings in an INI file inside the Icons folder. It restarts Explorer's process to apply the changes. If you don't see the icons, use the Rebuild Shell Icon Cache option. Keep clicking the button until all your selected packs have been added. Open Folder Painter and click on the "Add New Menu" button, it should add the menu for Pack_04.

#FOLDER COLOR WINDOWS 10 ARCHIVE#

How to add new icon packs to Folder Painter?ĭownload the icon packs from the developer, extract the archive and place each folder (Pack_04, Pack_05.Pack_21) in the FolderPainter\Icons directory. Basically it saves the icon's file (.ICO) inside the folder, so make sure you don't delete it. The colors won't be retained by default, but if you toggle the "copy icon in folder" option, the icons are preserved across drives and computers. What if you copy a folder to a USB drive? Will the folder colors be retained? No, and yes. Folder Painter does not have to be running in the background for the folder colors to work. To delete a menu, select it from the program's interface and click the "Remove Selected Menu". To revert to the original icon, use the same steps, but this time select "Use default folder icon" and it will restore Windows' default icon for the folder. Select the icon that you wish to use, and you're good to go. Right-click on a folder, select the menu that you created using Folder Painter. How to change the color of a folder using Folder Painter? The context menu can be used to quickly open Folder Painter, if it's not running. Hold shift and right-click on a folder to view the "change icon" menu. Try right-clicking on a folder, you won't see the new context menu options. You will need to enable the option for each icon pack that you have selected. Enable the option that's labeled "Use Shift Key to Display Context Menu". The context menu can quickly become cluttered this way, but there's a fix for this as well.

#FOLDER COLOR WINDOWS 10 INSTALL#

Once you've named the menus, click install and you will see three differently named menus. Colorful Folders, 3D Icons, Stylish Icons.