Actually, I just figured out why it wasn't wroking. I had my name capitalized when, for some reason my computer name isnt.
So it should have been "C:\Users\aaron\Desktop\Progams\Icons" instead of...

I've tried step 1 and 2 and nothing.

Maybe it has to do with the latest windows update?

Icons Folder

Here is the folder with all the icons.

The files are not blocked. I'm even using other icons in the folder as icons for other things. In fact, I uninstalled Windows Defender months ago.

I actually already tested them without the...

I seem to be having his same problem except I have the brackets and the icons are not changing. I even rebooted my PC just to make sure but I'm not sure what's wrong.243280