Icon Replacer
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Icon Replacer

Change the icon. Keep the folder.

Pick icons from a local library and apply them to folders and shortcuts from File Explorer. No administrator step for normal use.

Open the repository Build from source
Icon library with local icons
Filtered icon library
Appearance settings
About screen

Screens

The library and the apply path.

Four captures from the README tour.

Icon library with local icons
Filtered icon library
Appearance settings
About screen

First minute

From library to folder.

  1. Open the library

    Browse icons that already live on the machine.

  2. Filter

    Narrow the set before you apply one.

  3. Apply

    Set the icon on a folder or a .lnk shortcut.

  4. Restore

    Put the original icon back when you want it.

Build

Restore the solution.

dotnet restore IconReplacer.slnx --locked-mode

Then run BuildAndRun.ps1 against the App project for an x64 Release build. GitHub Releases has no published tag.

Limits

The advertised tag is missing.

  • No release asset

    README points at v1.0.0-rc.1. That tag and the Releases list were empty on 2026-08-18.

  • Example icons

    Icons in the screenshots are not bundled with the app.

  • No license file

    The repository has not selected a source license.

Boundary

Icons stay on the machine.

Stays local

  • Folder and shortcut icon changes.
  • The local icon library.

Leaves the machine

  • Nothing in the documented normal path.

Build it locally until a real release exists.

Open the repository