This post shows how to change desktop icons, taskbar icons, folder icons, file icons, shortcut icons, Drive icons, etc. on your Windows 11/10 computer easily.

By installing Attachment Icons for Gmail, you'll be able to quickly identify if it's a PDF, MP3, ZIP, or any other common file type attached to your e-mail without even having to open it.

If a file type doesn’t have a particular application set up to handle it, there will be a gray plus sign (+) icon instead. Step 6: Scroll through the list to find the file type you want to ...

Click the "Browse" button in top of the "Change Icon" window and navigate to the ICO (icon) file you want to use as your custom icon. Click "Open" or "OK" when you have selected your icon file.

The simplest way to change a file extension in Windows 11 is directly in the file name location. Windows does not display file extensions by default, so you need to enable this option before ...

An mp4 is a video file type, but the .mp4 in the file name is the file extension. Usually, these things should match, but it's possible for that not to be the case.

Find an extension who's icon you want to change, and swap out the icon_19.png file with the icon you found online. When you restart Chrome, your new icon should show up in its place.

Windows only: Tiny, portable utility Default Programs Editor makes short work of changing file associations, autoplay settings, and can even change the icon associated with a file type. Once you ...

I don't think you can change the icon for the executable (not without editing the executable file itself), but just make a shortcut to the executable and change the icon for that.<P>EDIT:<P ...

There's another way you can change a file type's associated app in macOS: Right-click (or Ctrl-click) on the file in a Finder window and select Get Info.

Mac OS X computers use a default application to open every file type based on its file extension. If you don't want to use the default application when opening a file, you can select "Open With ...

Here's a look at how to change icons for files and folders on Mac, including tips on how to use different images or change the folder icon color. Use a different icon image You can use a picture ...