{"id":10230,"date":"2009-12-21T17:29:17","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T11:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=10230"},"modified":"2013-09-21T20:10:14","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T14:40:14","slug":"mark-folder-in-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2009\/12\/mark-folder-in-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manually Add Mark to Folders in Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can you manually add marks to Folders in Windows 7? The Window Explorer of Windows 7 is much different from XP. One of the differences is that the left side is defaulted to show the navigation pane which displays in the way of tree structure. It lets you quickly locate a certain folder in deep layers. However, it is not considerate enough without conspicuously marking the current folder. Luckily, we can manually add a conspicuous mark for it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparatory work:<\/strong> you need to collect some icon files with transparent background in .ico format and put them in a fixed place. Then let\u2019s begin to operate. Firstly, start Registry Editor and locate in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\uff3cSOFTWARE\uff3cMicrosoft\uff3cWindows\uff3cCurrent Version\uff3cexplorer\uff3cShell Icons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10276\" title=\"Add folder mark to windows7 -1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark1.png\" alt=\"Add folder mark to windows7\" width=\"428\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark1.png 428w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark1-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark1-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Remark: <\/strong>If you can not find \u201cShell Icons\u201d after extending \u201cexplorer\u201d, Please right-click \u201cexplorer\u201d to \u201cnew build\u201d an \u201citem\u201d and rename it as \u201cShell Icons\u201d (make sure of the correct case and the blank space between the words).<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, right-click the blank in the right side pane to create a new \u201cstring value\u201d and name it as \u201c4\u201d (in case if this \u201c4\u201d did not exist). Thirdly, right-click \u201c4\u201d to choose \u201cmodify\u201d and fill in the \u201cValue Data\u201d with full path for the icon you want. Finally, click OK and exit the Registry Editor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10274\" title=\"Add folder mark to windows7 - 2 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark2.png\" alt=\"Add folder mark to windows7\" width=\"500\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark2.png 500w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark2-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, logoff and login again to open the Windows Explorer. Can you find if the icon of the chosen folder is changed?\u00a0 Change is not only here. You can look at the program folder in the Start menu or start the Registry Editor to have a look.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10275\" title=\"Add folder mark to windows7 - 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark3.png\" alt=\"Add folder mark to windows7\" width=\"350\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark3.png 350w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows7-mark3-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Guest author Bob is a freelance writer and software developer for Touchupsoft.com. You can also write a guest article and share your expert tips.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can you manually add marks to Folders in Windows 7? 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