If we work with our computer or dedicate it to store all kinds of information, we will surely have an infinity of folders to have everything fairly organized. One of the drawbacks of Windows in terms of personalization is that it does not allow customizing folders to give it a better organization. Therefore, today we are going to talk about Folder Painter , a simple application with which you can set and change the color of folders.
Folder Painter is a free software that will allow us to personalize our folders by changing their color, so that it is much easier to access our files when necessary. By giving each folder a different color, we no longer need to have to be looking for its name or looking closely to find it, simply with its custom color we will find it. Thus, with this application we will be able to color the color of the Windows Explorer folder by changing the default yellow color.
This program will allow us to assign any color to our folders , so that we can have a different color for each one of them. By arranging each folder in a different color, it makes it stand out quickly and we have no problems accessing it, without having to look at their names.
Customize folders with Folder Painter
To start using Folder Painter the first thing we must access is download it from the developer’s website . It is a completely free and portable application , so it does not require any type of installation and does not attempt to install any third-party software, being quite transparent and providing trust.
Once the ZIP file is downloaded, we unzip the folder and two files will appear FolderPainter.exe and FolderPainter_x64.exe , the latter aimed at 64-bit computers. Once the corresponding file has been executed, the main menu will appear, completely in Spanish. Say, that the application does not need to always be kept running in order to be used, since we can close it and it stays in the background without consuming hardly any resources and keeping all the changes we make with it.
Up to 294 icons available
On the left side of the panel we have three icon packages by default, each with 14 icons or different colors, with which we can customize our folders either with colors or with some images. Additionally, it is possible to download up to a total of 21 icon packages, with a total of 294 icons, so it has a wide variety of customization options.
Under the panel with the list of icons we find the Install button, which we must press so that Folder Paint is added to the Windows context menu. This must be done with each icon pack that we have. Later we right click on any folder to open the context menu, where we will find the option to Change folder icon . If we pass the mouse pointer over it, a submenu appears where we will find some colors to add and customize the folder. We will select the desired one and the folder will change its color. In the event that the change is not made at first, we must proceed to Update the Desktop so that the changes are made correctly.
Some inconvenients
The main drawback is that, if we have images in the folder, they are not previewed as they normally are. In case we want to return to the original color, just click on the Default folder icon button. If we want to remove an icon pack or all the Folder Paint packages that we have installed, we will use the Uninstall option from the main menu.
An important function is to Copy the icon while it is in the folder . If we have it checked, we will ensure that the marked icon continues to have the custom color, even if you decide to move it to another computer using any removable drive such as a USB stick or SD card. It also has the function of Reconstructing the cache of the icons , something useful in case there are problems.
Alternatives to Folder Painter
If you would like to be able to customize Windows folders with different colors and styles, we suggest some alternatives to Folder Painter such as:
Rainbow Folders
With this application we can change and customize the color of each folder to our liking, so that we can more easily distinguish them. It does not require any kind of installation, since it is portable and it stays in the background consuming very few resources. You can download Rainbox Folders for free from its official website.
Folder Colorizer 2
It is a simple application with which we can have our desktop folders in different colors, quickly and easily, achieving very satisfactory results directly and giving a distinctive touch to our desktop. Rainbow Folder is completely free and can be downloaded from its website .