How to change icons of file types

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You must have seen that whenever you associate files to open with a particular program, icons of those file types are changed by that program. Considering the case of media players, they impose their own icons on the file types making it difficult to distinguish when there are lots of files of different formats in a single folder.

This tutorial is for Microsoft Window users and it teaches how to setup different icons for different file types so that they are easily distinguishable.

How to change icons for file types?

Open any explorer window.
From the Tools menu, select Folder Options.

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Select the File Types tab. Press a key for searching the extension you want and click on Advanced button.

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Click on Change Icon and select the one you want.

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Either you can select the default ones or you can choose browse and select your custom icons. Now you know how to change icons of any registered file type on your computer. Its time to get yourself some sexy icons that you can use in your computer and show off.
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However, note that icons will again be reset by the program if associations are changed. You will need to change the icons again if associations are played with.

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