- 1). Download the cupcake icons you want to replace your folders with if you don't already have some on your computer. You can find a number of icon sets on sites like FreeIconsWeb.com and IconArchive.com. Note that the icons you download need to be in .ICO format.
- 2). Right click on a folder you want to customize, then click "Properties." Click the "Customize" tab, then click the "Change Icon" button at the bottom of the screen."
- 3). Click "Browse," then select the folder of the cupcake icons you downloaded. Once this is done you can select from all the icon images in that folder. Select the one you want to represent that folder, then click "OK." Click "OK" again in the folder properties window and your icon will be changed.
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