Windows XP
1. Open the Registry Editor click on the Start button on your taskbar, then click on Run and type “regedit” and click on OK to start the regedit utility.
2. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
3. Create a new key called “DriveIcons”. Under this key, create a new key with the letter of your drive.
4. To change the icon for that drive, create a key inside that one called “DefaultIcon” and set the path of (Default) to the location of your icon.
Example: C:\DefaultIcon\
then (Default) = E:\Icons\IconName.ico
Windows 7
1 Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\ and look for Applications key. If you don’t have that key, then right click on Classes->New->Key. Name that new key Applications.
2. After that, right click on the Applications key and choose New->Key. Name it Explorer.exe.
3. Right click on Explorer.exe key ->New->Key. It must be named Drives. After you created the Drives key, right click on it ->New->Key. This time, change key’s name to the drive letter you want to change (example: C). It should look something like below:
4. Now, create a new key inside C key. Right click on it and choose New->Key. Name it DefaultIcon.
5. Locate you icon find. Hold Shift and then right click on the icon file, choose Copy as path.
6. Back to Registry editor window, double click on (Default) value of DefaultIcon key.
7. Pasted the path you copied in step 6 to Value data. Click OK to save. After that, close the Registry editor. It should take effect immediately. If it doesn’t, please restart your computer.
To restore default icon:
Delete the C key (or your drive letter key).
1. Open the Registry Editor click on the Start button on your taskbar, then click on Run and type “regedit” and click on OK to start the regedit utility.
2. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
3. Create a new key called “DriveIcons”. Under this key, create a new key with the letter of your drive.
4. To change the icon for that drive, create a key inside that one called “DefaultIcon” and set the path of (Default) to the location of your icon.
Example: C:\DefaultIcon\
then (Default) = E:\Icons\IconName.ico
Windows 7
1 Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\ and look for Applications key. If you don’t have that key, then right click on Classes->New->Key. Name that new key Applications.
2. After that, right click on the Applications key and choose New->Key. Name it Explorer.exe.
3. Right click on Explorer.exe key ->New->Key. It must be named Drives. After you created the Drives key, right click on it ->New->Key. This time, change key’s name to the drive letter you want to change (example: C). It should look something like below:
4. Now, create a new key inside C key. Right click on it and choose New->Key. Name it DefaultIcon.
5. Locate you icon find. Hold Shift and then right click on the icon file, choose Copy as path.
6. Back to Registry editor window, double click on (Default) value of DefaultIcon key.
7. Pasted the path you copied in step 6 to Value data. Click OK to save. After that, close the Registry editor. It should take effect immediately. If it doesn’t, please restart your computer.
To restore default icon:
Delete the C key (or your drive letter key).
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