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Win 7 have Customize tab in folder right click context menu for most directory but C:\Windows as an exception. Anyone knows how to customize the icon of %windir% (usually C:\windows)?

BTW, I mean doing this as a user, but not doing this programmatically.

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This might be a better question for superuser. Are you trying to do this programmatically? – patrickmjones Dec 23 '12 at 3:38
Here's how you can change the icon. – arttronics Dec 23 '12 at 3:42
@patrickmjones no, I'm try to do this as a user via GUI/console – Byzod Dec 23 '12 at 3:57
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@attronics C:\Windows is an exception, you troll – Byzod Dec 23 '12 at 4:01

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Folder icon overrides are specified in a desktop.ini file in that folder.

Just copy that file from another folder.

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Hi Slaks, I tried, but it do not work, the windows icon becomes a blank fold when I copied a desktop.ini to C:\windows, even after a restart. The content of it (no multi-line in comment, so \n stands for a newline): [.ShellClassInfo]\n IconResource=D:\ico\Token\System+Settings\Gear.ico,0\n IconIndex=0 – Byzod Dec 23 '12 at 3:42

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