Change Icons of Folders in This PC in Windows 10  

Brink said:

I see the problem.

Your CLSID long number keys in the left pane do not have the { } brackets wrapped around them like the others.

I use them at Windows 11 and still work.

Hemimax said:

@MourningStar, curious how did you find the Clsid of the Contacts folder?

Sorry, I do not recall how I did it. I wish I would have posted the process -

Whackbag said:

Solved why some quick access icons don't change...for me the Pictures & Documents icon on quick access always showed the stock image no matter what.

SOLUTION: In the regeditor hit Edit up top, then Find & paste the root location for the stubborn one in the field (example for documents you'd paste %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-112) & hit the Find Next button. For me there was another HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{BunchOfNumbersAndLetters}\DefaultIcon regkey.

Once i took ownership of that & replaced the value data in the string to where my custom icon was...as described in the tutorial. We had a winner & now when i pin to quick access from my pc folder it works. Not sure how or why i ended up with multiples (maybe update after update on top of update made something wonky along the way) but i'm guessing i'm not the only one & that's how i fixed it.

Hey Whackbag,

I have literally this exact same problem with the exact same folders:
Quick access refers back to the default images for both documents and pictures folders.

Did you happen to have both the registry locations to search for each folder?

Further, when you said to 'take ownership': i attempted to set permissions for the directory you linked
' %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-112 '
However it just states it cannot be done. Do i have to load in system 32 administrator account to allow this?

It's so strange, i have done this all previously on another PC and although i had some similar issues i managed to resolve them.
This time my new PC is being stubborn. I'm also hesistent to export the directory in it's entirety to my new PC incase it restores a bunch of old info no longer necessary.

Any ideas?




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actually solved !

%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-113 is for pictures, followed the same process.

Thanks to this, lookin smooth. much obliged!