How to change all folder icons within a folder windows 10

I would like to change all folder icons within a folder in Windows 10.

Do I have to do them all manually? Or is there an option to change all icons within that folder?

2 Answers

I think the script solutions Mikey linked to can be improved upon. If you first customize the icon of the parent folder, that can then easily be copied to all subfolders. You can change or delete the parent customizatioin after copying if it needs to be different. Just copy & paste the following code into a PowerShell window & press to execute.

$Prompt = 'Select Parent Folder'
$Source = ((New-Object -Com shell.application).BrowseForFolder(0,$Prompt,0)).Self.Path
If ( Test-Path $Source ) { Get-ChildItem $Source -Directory -Recurse | ForEach { Copy-Item "$Source\Desktop.ini" $_.FullName -Force $_.Attributes += 'ReadOnly' } Echo "`n`t`tSuccess!!!`n"
}

There is no way to do this in the GUI. Attempting to select multiple folders and going through the properties menu results in only one being changed.

There is a script provided over in this question that can make the change for you with a specific .ico file.