Custom Cursors

No worries.
It works; just that it's a bit jumbled-up.

Your small icon layer isn't square so the system forces it to be square, making it unreadable.
I'd go just for the icon, also for small previews, makes it simple.

GIMP:
Do you have this plugin?

Script Fu? Nope, do you have a link?

Cliff S said:

Probably because I originally wanted text on the folder, then thought against it, and did something wrong in GIMP(I'm still a novice with it)

This is what you have:

Text is on a separate layer, needs to be placed properly and fused with the main folder layer.
My guess is it took the text, as is, as a low-res version of the same icon: making it a multi-layered icon.

I removed that text layer and posted the fixed version in the original post.
It took some trial and error, but I got it.
After getting rid of the layer I had to rebuild my Icon cache, as it kept showing the fudged version, even after replacing the bad icon.

Cliff S said:

Script Fu? Nope, do you have a link?

script-fu article can be found here:
Download GIMP 2.8 Script-FUs Pack (More Than 100 Effects And Filters) ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog

For the icon you'll need iconify separately:
Create Windows icon from image | GIMP Plugin Registry

Hopachi said:

For the icon you'll need iconify separately:
Create Windows icon from image | GIMP Plugin Registry

Where do I place it?

Cliff S said:

Where do I place it?

In your GIMP folder:
share\gimp\2.0\scripts

...Or in your user gimp share, but I recommend the first one.

Search for *.scm should reveal where other files are installed.

Hopachi said:

In your GIMP folder:
share\gimp\2.0\scripts

...Or in your user gimp share, but I recommend the first one.

Search for *.scm should reveal where other files are installed.

Got it, thanks Horace

For those interested in making (or trying) custom cursors:

How To Create Cursors - Customize.org
RealWorld Cursor Editor - make animated cursors
Cursor Editor (online tool)
Axialis CursorWorkshop - Make cursors for Windows.

Hopachi said:

For those interested in making (or trying) custom cursors:

How To Create Cursors - Customize.org
RealWorld Cursor Editor - make animated cursors
Cursor Editor (online tool)
Axialis CursorWorkshop - Make cursors for Windows.

Thanks - TeyTey will love this! :)