• Cool icons for your desktop. How to make a folder icon (icon) from your photo

    If you want to give the folder an original look, then change the folder icon. I’m not talking about those that are already in the system, but specifically your icon from your photos or from any images.

    You can make a folder icon (icon) from your photo in standard program — Paint, which everyone should have in the operating room windows system 7

    Believe me, with your icons it will be much more convenient and faster for you to find the desired folder, without reading the text (folder name)

    Here's a small example. This type of folder speeds up searching among large quantity similar folders.

    Find the program "Paint" « You can go through “Start” and “All programs” Launch it and drag the picture into the program window. And it’s even easier to call context menu by right-clicking on the image you want to use as an icon. Select the item “Change” The program “Paint” will open

    Create an icon in Paint

    And first of all, what we must do is cut out the desired part of the image. In addition, they should be cut so that all sides are the same size. If you do not adjust the aspect ratios, the icon will be square and the image will be flattened.

    We cut it off. On the program panel, select the “Select” tool. In the selection options, specify the shape “ Rectangular area» Use the left mouse button to select a fragment of the photo. Hold down the key and watch how the size changes in the bottom panel of the program.

    Adjust the size, press the “Crop” button

    Now the photo is square, let's continue.

    After cropping, change the size of the future icon. Click “Resize” Change in pixels and enter the size 64 vertically and horizontally. Save "OK"

    Put your icon on the folder

    We have everything ready, apply it to the folder. Place the cursor over any folder and use the right mouse button to bring up the menu. At the very bottom of the list, go to “properties” Next “Settings” And at the bottom there is a button “Change icon..”

    A window will open with system icons. But we don’t need them, we want to use our own image. Then go to the overview and look for our just created icon.

    By the way, you may not find it in Explorer, since our image is not an icon in the “ ico"To see it, select display "All files *.*"

    Now everything is in order, click " OK»

    It's that simple. The folder has become different from the others, and it will be easier for us to navigate when searching for it.

    But that's not all. You can also apply your own icons to shortcuts. Look how they look on my desktop.

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    This is useful to know:

    Those who are tired of looking at the same icons on their computer can easily replace them with others. It's easy to make your computer more expressive and interesting.

    There are many thematic resources for this and additional programs.

    How to choose an icon set

    To successfully change the design of icons, it is better to adhere to certain rules:

    1. New icons must match the OS theme.
    2. Information function icons are more important than decorative ones; they should not be clumsy and difficult to read.
    3. When choosing a set of icons, you need to pay attention to their quality. Poorly made icons will not only not decorate the system, but will also spoil appearance.
    4. In pursuit of style, one should not forget about practicality.

    Where to download icon sets

    The network is replete with various resources with “embellishments” of operating systems. Among them, there are many low-quality craft sites that are being introduced into search results.

    Here are some resources that provide quality free content:

    7themes.su

    A good thematic resource that allows you to download icons for free. In addition to icons, you can find many other free decorations for operating system.

    The collection of icons is constantly updated and undergoes strict selection for quality.

    Oformi.net

    Another good specialized resource. The selection is somewhat smaller, but there are unique options developed specifically for this site.

    Along with icons, you can download cursors or even entire themes.

    Westyle.ru

    Relatively small collection of icons. But this is compensated by the originality of the materials provided. More than 60% of the icons provided were not found on other sites.

    How to download icons for windows 7

    Important! The system extension for icon files is ICO. Therefore, you need to download icons for Windows 7 in ico format. To use packages in PNG format You will need to convert them, this will take additional time.

    Let's look at downloading using 7themes.su as an example. First you need to find your favorite collection of icons in the catalog.

    Then go to its page and click the “Yandex.Disk” button in the “Download file” block. To download from cloud storage, you will need to go through a simple registration process.

    In terms of time, this is faster than waiting on a file hosting service.

    Before downloading, you need to check the file format. In the “Info” block, in the “Format” column, ICO should be indicated.

    Often included is a set of icons in PNG and special file IP for the IconPackeger program, about which more later.

    On the Yandex.Disk page you will also need to click the “Download” button.

    Now the archive with icons has been saved. It is enough to unpack its contents into a separate directory and you can begin installation.

    How to install icons

    Icons can be assigned either separately for each object or for the entire OS. In the first case, use system tools.

    In the second - IconPackeger software (a free thirty-day version is available).

    Adding an icon to a single object

    Let's look at applying an icon to one object using the example of a created folder. To do this, you need to right-click on the required folder. Select “Properties” from the menu.

    In the object parameters form, you will need to select the “Settings” tab, in which there will be a “Change icon...” button.

    A guide to system icons will open. In its window you need a “Browse” button.

    Clicking on it will open a standard explorer, where you need to set the path to the icons, and then select one of them and use the “Open” button.

    The Icon Explorer will show the selected icon. In its window you will need to click “OK”.

    Then, in the options window, click “Apply” and the folder icon will be changed.

    This method is applicable to other folders and any files.

    Important! System icons(My computer, Recycle Bin, etc.) cannot be changed this way. The program described below will help you make them different.

    Changing all icons using IconPackeger

    The downloaded program will need to be installed. Then launch using the item in the Start menu. Before direct launch program, a window will appear asking you to purchase a subscription.

    In it you need to click the green “Continue” button.

    After this, the program window will open. New icons can be selected from the carousel at the bottom of the window.

    To use downloaded icons (file with .ip extension), you will need to click “Add icon package”. In the drop-down list, select “Install from disk”.

    This will open File Explorer where you need to provide the file path and then click Open. After which the program will load the collection and show a preview of the icons.

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