Computer trivia

It is pretty easy to change the icon of a folder in windows, but not the same with a drive. Windows does not allow you to assign a different icon for each drive. However there is a way to do this, the steps for which are listed below.

- Make sure that you check the box “Show hidden folders and files” (Tools->Folder Options->View->Show Hidden….) 

- Now open the Drive, the icon of which needs to be changed.

-  Paste the icon file(say, drive.ico) you want the assign for the drive in the opened drive.

- Create a file named autorun.inf in the drive and open it using any text editor.

- Type the following in the drive.

[autorun]

icon = drive.ico 

Now close the window, open My Computer and you can see that the icon has changed. 

Note: The icon file and the autorun.inf must be placed in the root of the drive i.e. immediately after opening the drive and not in any sub-folders. 

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