Changing the Icon for a File or Folder

Desktop User Guide
Working with Files
Modifying the Appearance of Files and Folders

To change the icon that represents an individual file or folder, perform the following steps:

Select the file or folder that you want to change.
Choose File ▸ Properties. The properties window for the item is displayed.
On the Basic tabbed section, click on the current Icon. A Select custom icon dialog is displayed.
Use the Select custom icon dialog to choose the icon to represent the file or folder.
Click Close to close the properties dialog.

To restore an icon from a custom icon to the default icon, Select the file or folder that you want to change, choose File ▸ Properties. click on the Icon button, in the Select custom icon dialog click Revert.