Post by drcard on Apr 23, 2020 21:28:10 GMT -5
Customize Your Folders
Applies to: Windows 10, but there is another method to achieve the same thing in Windows 7 and 8.
Overview:
One of the drawbacks in Windows is that the icon for every folder is exactly the same while icons for shortcuts to applications differ and even the shortcuts we make can have different icons. This sets up a conflict for the user. Find the application you want to start by the unique icon for that application, but when looking for a file you must find the folder that file resides in by just the name alone with no graphic image to easily identify the folder with. What follows are instructions on how to place graphic images into the name of a folder making that folder unique and easily recognizable.
Background:
Windows requires the name of folders and files be text and characters. The characters must be Font characters (registered as part of a Font) with certain characters not allowed (>,<, *, ?, to name a few). Images can not be used in the name because they are not registered characters of a Font. Windows released the Emoji Utility in Windows 10. The Emoji Utility allows the insertion of graphic shapes into text fields. In order to do this, the Emoji Utility turns each of its graphic shapes into a Font character and registered all the images as Font characters. An Emoji character can be entered into a folder or file’s name. The Emoji image in the name will be without color (black and white only). The attachment is a screen shot of how my folders look on my storage drive.
Customize Folders Using Emoji Images
You can’t access the Emoji Utility directly from the naming box for a file or folder, but you can use those emoji images in the naming box with a pasting function. Here’s how.
👉 Open File Explorer to the page that has the folder you wish to add the emoji image to its name.
👉 Open Word or WordPad to a new blank document and open the Emoji Utility (WinKey + .).
👉 Select the Emoji image you want and insert into the document. Choose an image that best represents what you keep in that folder. Example: For my folder that holds my photos I choose the image that was a camera (📸).
👉 Select the emoji image in the document, right click, and select Copy.
👉 In the File Explorer window right click the folder and select Rename. This will highlight the current name. Click to remove the highlight of the entire name and display the flashing I beam. Use the left/right arrows to move the I beam to the first space in the naming box. With the I beam at the front of the naming box press Ctrl + V to paste the emoji image. Add a space, a hyphen (-), and another space before the original name that was there. Press the Enter key to save the renaming. The extra spaces and hyphen makes the image stick out more and more recognizable and you still have the original name that was there.
Applies to: Windows 10, but there is another method to achieve the same thing in Windows 7 and 8.
Overview:
One of the drawbacks in Windows is that the icon for every folder is exactly the same while icons for shortcuts to applications differ and even the shortcuts we make can have different icons. This sets up a conflict for the user. Find the application you want to start by the unique icon for that application, but when looking for a file you must find the folder that file resides in by just the name alone with no graphic image to easily identify the folder with. What follows are instructions on how to place graphic images into the name of a folder making that folder unique and easily recognizable.
Background:
Windows requires the name of folders and files be text and characters. The characters must be Font characters (registered as part of a Font) with certain characters not allowed (>,<, *, ?, to name a few). Images can not be used in the name because they are not registered characters of a Font. Windows released the Emoji Utility in Windows 10. The Emoji Utility allows the insertion of graphic shapes into text fields. In order to do this, the Emoji Utility turns each of its graphic shapes into a Font character and registered all the images as Font characters. An Emoji character can be entered into a folder or file’s name. The Emoji image in the name will be without color (black and white only). The attachment is a screen shot of how my folders look on my storage drive.
Customize Folders Using Emoji Images
You can’t access the Emoji Utility directly from the naming box for a file or folder, but you can use those emoji images in the naming box with a pasting function. Here’s how.
👉 Open File Explorer to the page that has the folder you wish to add the emoji image to its name.
👉 Open Word or WordPad to a new blank document and open the Emoji Utility (WinKey + .).
👉 Select the Emoji image you want and insert into the document. Choose an image that best represents what you keep in that folder. Example: For my folder that holds my photos I choose the image that was a camera (📸).
👉 Select the emoji image in the document, right click, and select Copy.
👉 In the File Explorer window right click the folder and select Rename. This will highlight the current name. Click to remove the highlight of the entire name and display the flashing I beam. Use the left/right arrows to move the I beam to the first space in the naming box. With the I beam at the front of the naming box press Ctrl + V to paste the emoji image. Add a space, a hyphen (-), and another space before the original name that was there. Press the Enter key to save the renaming. The extra spaces and hyphen makes the image stick out more and more recognizable and you still have the original name that was there.
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