HOW TO
Open the program from the Windows menu. Then drag the folder you want to customize on it or click right button
on a folder and select CustomFolder.
Windows context menu
In the top panel, click on the Personal icon panel button, it will be opened, and it will show the icons
you have added
before and you can simply add the new ones by dragging them on the panel.
Personal icon panel button
Z and X keys, it will be changed to the previous/next icon style.
C key is used to change the color palette.
V key is used to rotate the icon.
Using the Space Bar, you toggle the color selection between primary and secondary colors.
F key is used to open/close the folder panel through which you can apply a design to all the folders that it
contains.
T key is used to change the theme.
All the previous actions can be done with the mouse, except for the T key.
There are 4 ways to select colors:
- From the color wheel
- From the palette
- From saved personal colors
- Entering the RBG values of each color
If the primary color is selected, when you choose a color from any of the 4 selection methods, it will be saved
as the primary color, also with the secondary color.
If you select a color while pressing CTRL key, the selected color will be applied to the background of the
CustomFolder while If you press the SHIFT key, the selected color will be applied to the background of the icon
preview.
If you select the color by pressing the ALT key, the selected color will be applied as a secondary color.
The main color in this image is Yellow which is selected with triangular mark above it, and the secondary color
is white which is on the left of the main color.
Open the icon panel and click on the desired icon, it will be applied to the working folder.
Personal icon panel button
Open the icon panel, drag the folder containing the icon customized with CustomFolder onto the panel, the icon
will be in your personal icon collection,
if you click on it, the design will be applied to the working folder.
Personal icon panel button
Drag an image in JPG format onto the icon previewer, the image will be applied to it.
Image
Result
We call music folders those that have a folder.jpg file inside, which is partially displayed in a Windows
folder.
If you drag the folder onto the CustomFolder, the image will be applied over the previewed icon.
If you
click
Apply button, the folder icon will be changed to CustomFolder.
Music folder
Result
You have to move the mouse to the top of one of the blocks to save personal colors and turn the wheel, this way
the color is saved in the user's personal colors.
To delete a saved color, move your mouse over the block to delete the color and right-click.
Color palette & personal colors
You need to open the emblems panel or the floating emblems panel.
In the emblems panel, you can select from 1 to 9 emblems and place them in the 9 predefined positions.
You have to click on the Add button after selecting an emblem and its position, this will add it to the
icon and
allow you to select another one for another position.
In the floating emblems panel, you can select an emblem and drag it to the desired position.
You also have to click on the Add button so that it is fixed on the icon.
Floating emblem panel
Emblems panel
In any case, if you click on an emblem, you will see it in the preview on the icon, but it will not be fixed
until you click on the Add button.
You have to click the Apply button for the design to be applied to the selected folder, if you have not
selected
a folder, the Apply button will be disabled.
Apply button
Open the emblems or floating emblems panel, you simply have to drag an image in PNG format onto the emblems
panel and it will be added to your collection to be able to use it.
Floating emblem panel
Emblems panel
The dimensions of the emblem must be 85x85 pixels so that up to 9 emblems can be added on an icon.
You can add 128x128 pixel emblems for floating emblems, a maximum size of 160x160 pixels is recommended.
Standard size emblems are seen normally, while larger ones are seen the same size and are displayed with a gray
background on the top right, with a white dot.
Although they are displayed at the same size, if you select it as an emblem for an icon, it will be added to the
icon at its actual size.
128 pixels image
It is thus shown in the panel of emblems and floating emblems
Click on the Folder panel button. This opens a panel onto which you can drag all the folders to which you
want
to apply the same design.
Folder panel button
You can remove each folder added to the panel one by one or click the Delete button to clean the entire
list.
Create the layout you want and click the Apply button in the folder panel, the layout will be applied to
all the
folders in the list.
Apply and Erase buttons
This happens when you enter the emblems panel, select an emblem and its position, it is shown in the icon
preview, but it will not be fixed in the design until you click on the Add button.
You can do this by pressing the T key on the main screen, the emblems panel and the icon panel should not be
open.
By clicking on the Color scheme button.
Color scheme button
You have to click on the Default Icon button, having previously selected the folder to apply a design
(see point
1).
Reset folder to default icon button
You have to use CustomFolder in portable mode, the default configuration which can be changed from the
Configuration Panel.
Configuration Panel button
Open the Settings Panel and check the rounded edges option.
Configuration Panel button
Click the Open Gallery button, it will show a web page with user created icons, icons from your personal
collection and emblems collection.
Open gallery button
When opening any of these panels, they can be closed by clicking on the button with which they were opened or by
clicking on the panel's close icon.
Open the Personal icons panel or the emblems panel, right click on the icon or emblem to delete
and you will be
asked if you want to delete the element.
If the dialog window has focus, by pressing the ESC key, you can also close it by clicking on the body of the
window.
Due to some Windows updates the problem has arisen when folders located on a network drive, custom icons are not
displayed.
You can see how to fix the problem by clicking here.
It is generally solved by rebuilding icon cache; you can see how to do it here.
We have the following scenario, a computer A and a computer B, both with OneDrive in use to synchronize their
files.
Computer A
On your local OneDrive, select the folder to sync and apply a layout to it with CustomFolder, then in a free
area of the CustomFolder window right-click and select the Synchronized folders option, the folders panel
opens synchronized, drag your folder into it.
Then share it to OneDrive with the user on computer B, at some point the folder will be uploaded to
OneDrive.
Computer B
The user opens Onedrive online, clicks Shared and sees the folder that the user on computer A shared with
them.
Right click and select Onedrive add shortcut to my files.
At some point, Onedrive will download the folder to the PC.
Open CustomFolder and add the folder in Synchronized folders as explained before.
In this way, the folder with a synchronized icon is configured.
The customizations are maintained in Windows, in Onedrive they will not be seen in the browser.
When you run CustomFolder, it will display the most recent customization made to the folder on either PC.