Change your folder icon permanently without any software (Xp)

We can change folder icon by following steps:
1. Right click on folder and select properties.
2. Select Customize tab and click Change icon.
3. Select any icon from the list of icon and click OK twice.
But there are limited number of icon. We can select any other icon from herd disc to click Browse button. But this is not permanent. If you move the folder to another drive or another computer then default icon will come back. I show you how to change a folder icon permanently. If you want to change the folder icon for permanently then following these steps:
1. Copy next 3line code.
   [.ShellClassInfo]
   IconFile=Book.ico
   IconIndex=0
2. Open Notepad and paste the code.
3. Click Save As.
4. Type file name “desktop.ini”(without double cote), select Save as type as All Filles and Encoding : Unicode.

5.Save the file in the folder that you want to change icon.
6. Copy an icon (.ico) and paste it in the folder.

7. Open Run.(Winows+R)
8. Type following code:
ATTRIB+S “Path of the folder that you want to change icon” and press enter.
9Refresh the folder.
10. At last hide desktop.ini and icon file.

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