Does Anyone Know How to Change These Icons? (Windows 11 Enterprise v. 24H2 26100.4202)

Hi there,

I'm having a really hard time figuring out how to change the icons of these folders. I've tried every method I can possibly find on the internet, and nothing seems to be working.

I will say that I am rather new to this kind of stuff, and rather young too so please be patient lol. I learned registry edit just to learn how to change some of the icons. I got a lot of the icons changed on my desktop, but I'm not sure how to change some of the icons in the "This PC" view. I circled the icons I would want to be changed. These icons are being rather stubborn. Some people online are saying to mess with DLL's, no idea what that is, while others are saying to use resource hacker. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you! :)

Icons I Want to Change:

edit imageres.dll.mun
and
shell32.dll.mun

you can use customizergod to edit them

dacrone said:

you can use customizergod to edit them

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Hi there, I looked online and from what I read, it says that customizergod does not work on Windows 11 enterprise.

Many people online are saying to use resource hacker, but as I mentioned previously in my original post, I don't know the first thing about editing DLL's, I barely even know what a DLL is lol. I'm familiar with registry edits and those I can do, but I think resource hacker may be above my level of comprehension, and I'm afraid of messing up my PC by doing the wrong thing.

Already tried doing registry edits to change the icons in the screenshot I posted above, but the icons are being rather stubborn. Not sure how best to proceed. Kinda annoying how windows makes it so hard to edit the icons, especially for newcomers like myself. I appreciate all the help though!

use my instructions in this tutorial but replace desired icons.

For example, change desktop.ini.
Copy from the directories
"$env:USERPROFILE\Pictures", "$env:USERPROFILE\Videos", etc. and replace in the corresponding file the parameter "IconResource=".


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KR = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID"
# "Control Panel" icon
If (!(Test-Path "$KR\{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}\DefaultIcon")) {
New-Item -Path "$KR\{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}\DefaultIcon" -Force
}
$str = "your_icon"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "$KR\{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}\DefaultIcon" -Name "(Default)" -Type ExpandString -Value $str -Force

# To change the Libraries folder icon
If (!(Test-Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\DefaultIcon")) {
New-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\DefaultIcon" -Force
}
$str = "your_icon"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\CLSID\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}\DefaultIcon" -Name "(Default)" -Type ExpandString -Value $str -Force

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Et cetera.

I use the old version of Customizer God, yes the one that allegedly doesn't even work on Windows 10. Guess what, it works perfectly in all Windows 10 and 11 editions. It just cannot detect the appropriate system files automatically and you have to manually open them pressing CTRL+O. Since Windows 10 1903 the correct files are not those in SYSTEM32 folder, they are:

C:\Windows\SystemResources\batmeter.dll.mun for power/battery icons
C:\Windows\SystemResources\imageres.dll.mun for almost all system icons
C:\Windows\SystemResources\SndVolSSO.dll.mun for audio icons
C:\Windows\SystemResources\stobject.dll.mun for the USB safe removal icon

For Windows 10 and Windows 11 up to 23H2:

C:\Windows\System32\pnidui.dll for the network icons

For Windows 11 24H2 (you must first install Explorer Patcher and switch taskbar to Windows 10 Explorer Patcher style) :
C:\Program Files\ExplorerPatcher\pnidui.dll

You must first install Explorer Patcher and ungroup the network-sound-power icons or any changes are ignored.

The system files in SystemResources folder cannot be modified directly. You must copy the respective file (in your case imageres.dll.mun) in another folder, modify it and then replace the original. To replace the original you must first take ownership of the SystemResources folder and of the respective file and then grant full access to Administrators in both. Also you must temporarily End Task File Explorer since it uses the files, replace them using Command Prompt or PowerShell and then load File Explorer again for the changes to take effect. I have described these steps in more detail at the relevant threads of Personalization section. With Customizer God I have replaced all my system icons with the respective ones from Windows 7 and 8.1 to make the default flat icons look much nicer and 3D.

PS: Have a look of my user folder icons, they are from Windows 8.1 If you have access to the respective .dll files you can use Customizer God to extract all the icons to a folder. This is useful to replace many icons with the respective icon number at the target file. You just select multiple icons (or all with CTRL+A) in the target file, click on replace, and browse to the folder.