Change Drive Icon in Windows 10  

Hi Shawn Brink
I appreciated your tutorial on the change of disk icon under windows.
But you affirm it: "If you turn on BitLocker for a drive, the BitLocker icon will always show for the drive no matter what you change it to."
And that's wrong for me , I changed the Bitlocker Locked/Unlocked disk icons (and more) with the following registery method (when folder "C:\Windows\MyIcons" have my custom icons ):
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell MyIcons]
"7"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_USB.ico"
"8"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_Std.ico"
"9"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_Red.ico"
"10"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_Red_Out.ico"
"11"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\CD.ico"
"59"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\DVD.ico"
"107"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_Windows.ico"
"164"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_Bitlocker_.ico"
"165"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_Bitlocker_Out.ico"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell MyIcons]
"7"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_USB.ico"
"8"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_Std.ico"
"9"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_Red.ico"
"10"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_Red_Out.ico"
"11"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\CD.ico"
"59"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\DVD.ico"
"107"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_Windows.ico"
"164"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_Bitlocker_.ico"
"165"="C:\\Windows\\MyIcons\\HD_Bitlocker_Out.ico"

This allows me to change the basic disk icons without any link to the letter used, which I prefer because it is sometimes impossible to anticipate the letter, especially for read-only discs.
(Alas, I could test and find only those I own, thank you share those you find on your side. )
Of course the solution of the autorun.inf is easy for usb keys but impossible for shared disk where anyone want his icons...
Cordially
Jean-Claude

Where did you get the USB.ico file you're using in the example?

Hello ( it's a minimum... )
The icons used are the result of personal modifications of the original "Blend" icon made by Laurent Baumann.
A+
JC

Brink said:

Hello ghbrumbaugh, and welcome to Ten Forums.

It was just an .ico file I had laying around on the hard drive.

I would upload it here for you, but I don't seem to have it anymore.

Thanks for replying, I found that icon, it's just part of Windows 10.

I added my drive icons to the imageres.dll.mun in the resource folder in the windows folder. I used a resource hacker to add in my own icons and then saved the file. In order to replace the file you have to take ownership of it. Then i just used this .reg file i made to add the entries to the registry.

Code:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\C]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\C\DefaultIcon]
@="imageres.dll,-425"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\D]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\D\DefaultIcon]
@="imageres.dll,-428"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\E]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\E\DefaultIcon]
@="imageres.dll,-426"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\F]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\F\DefaultIcon]
@="imageres.dll,-426"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\G]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\G\DefaultIcon]
@="imageres.dll,-426"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\H]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\H\DefaultIcon]
@="imageres.dll,-426"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\I]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\I\DefaultIcon]
@="imageres.dll,-427"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\J]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\J\DefaultIcon]
@="imageres.dll,-427"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\K]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\K\DefaultIcon]
@="imageres.dll,-427"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\L]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\L\DefaultIcon]
@="imageres.dll,-427"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\M]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\M\DefaultIcon]
@="imageres.dll,-427"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\Z]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\Z\DefaultIcon]
@="imageres.dll,-429"