buttons for TS
TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Utilites\DeskEdit\DeskEdit.exe
/F="%P" /S=.ShellClassInfo "/L=IconResource="%N",0"
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Utilites\DeskEdit\DeskEdit.exe
Set folder icon from selected file
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Utilites\DeskEdit\

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Utilites\DeskEdit\DeskEdit.exe
/F="%P" /D
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Utilites\DeskEdit\DeskEdit.exe,2
Delete folder icon
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Utilites\DeskEdit\

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Thank you for the good program.

I have one question. I’m trying to use "DeskEdit" after registering at toolbar of Total Commander, but it doesn’t work properly.

%COMMANDER_PATH%\..\..\Data\Utils\ETC\DeskEdit\DeskEdit.exe
/F=%P /S=.ShellClassInfo /L=.\%S

I want to apply it as a relative path as above, but the icon file path is not exactly written in the ini file.

May I know the solution?

***Please, is it possible to you to animate icons and symbols, on the desktop and as folders?***

Previously, you could use this file to make the background of a folder, maybe even make it an animated folder. Now this requires installing a special driver, and then you will be able to change the background of the folder, but only where the driver is installed.folders and only where the driver is installed

Please, is it possible to you to animate icons and symbols, on the desktop and as folders?
Time to enhance this antiquated crap of Microsoft.

I also want to get a Chinese support
I also want to get a Chinese support
2023-11-8 23:33:54
2023-11-8 23:34:03

Thank you for your suggestion to use robocopy.
Some improvement suggestions :-
1. A simple tic box to include the sub directories when applying the desktop.ini file would be a great addition to the application.

2. Problem – Some folders might be locked as system folders [attributes] and will need to be taken ownership of (manually) before the application can apply the desktop.ini to the folder. It also happens that when the destop,ini file is pasted in the said folder that it inherits the same locked as system attributes and will also not be applied until (manual) ownership is taken of the desktop.ini file. I then have to go back and manually restore the original ownership of the said folder, which is time consuming.

Solution one – the application can have a tic box to run the process with Admin privileges or as Trusted Installer and that should overcome most of those sticky situations.
Solution two – Alternatively the application must record the ownership of the said folder and save it in a temp folder next to the application. Then take ownership of the folder, paste the desktop.ini file and take ownership of the desktop.ini file. Apply the correct attributes so that the system will apply the associated icon to the folder and then restore the folder’s ownership which the desktop.ini file will inherit. The recorded data in the temp folder can then be deleted to prevent useless growth of the temp folder size.

I know that this a a mouth full to ask and will undoubtedly complicate the application’s code. In my humble opinion, these additions to the character of the application will make it a flagship and loved application. You guy’s are the geek experts that can make such an application work and I’m a willing tester that can help to test and further develop the application.

There may be some AV’s that will flag the application as a possible virus because of it’s ability to change system files. But to be frank I have many such tools and I just whitelist those tools in the AV. Also the ReadMe!!.txt file can explain that the application is not harmful and soon the AV’s will leave it alone.

Thank you once again for a very useful application!!

For my private use I’m editing various images inside the folders of a few different games. Many have the same images and so I can just copy them over. It becomes very confusing in which game’s folders I’m working.
So in order to see in which of the various game’s folders I’m working [editing some images], I made identifying folder icons.

I used xcopy "C:\*" "H:\*" /T /E and copied the folder structure without the contents to another Directory and then populated those folders with the appropriate desktop.ini files. This took an incredibly long time…

Then I copied all those folders back to the original directory but the icons still don’t show. I believe it has to to with the attributes of the folders. If I change the attributes to read only it still does not show the folder icon and the game crash because it cannot write to the read only folder.

Then I found this marvelous tool [Desktop ini editor] and thank you, what a great help this tool is 🙂 🙂

However it is a huge task to drop each folder on to the app and then to commit the various folder icons for each folder.

Is there a way to fix the folder attributes from the command prompt inside Desktop ini editor ?

It would be great if you could help with the code required to fix the attributes for the main directory and all of its sub directories recursively. That way all the custom desktop.ini files I placed inside each folder will instantly show the correct icon image.

Thank you once again for this wonderful tool and your help with applying the correct folder attributes to all the sub directories of the main directory.

Hello, I also want to get a Chinese support? For now, I can only write this:

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[.ShellClassInfo] LocalizedResourceName = Folder name InfoTip = Prompt-Comments IconResource = icon.ico,0 Flags=0 [{F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9}] Prop 2 = 31, Title Prop 5 = 31, flag Prop 3 = 31, subject Prop 4 = 31, author

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1. Unfortunately, if you can batch drag and drop multiple folders +…. How beautiful.
2. [ Batch ] [ For modification ]

—Translation tool, difficult to speak—

How does exactly work? I’m confused especially with the geek lingo like CLSID. Do you have a YouTube video?

What I’m looking for is to backup my desktop settings including icons et al where they are positioned and more after a clean Windows installation.

I’m used to Android where you can use a third party desktop launcher and it will save the desktop or main screen shortcuts to a backup file. It’s no mess, no fuss. Quite simple. It will even display the shortcuts to non-existing or deleted applications.

I know your reicon utility does something similar, but in order for it to work, you need to have ALL your shortcuts on your desktop. If not, will only organize your existing icons, not the ones from another location.

I’m also looking for a utility which can backup my Quick Access layout and the paths they are linked to.

Hello, I would like to get a Chinese support, or can you share the source code of the software, or the language file?

Command line works but creates an extra file in the directory: DeskEdit.ini
Web Link …

my command
DeskEdit.exe /F=.\ /S=.ShellClassInfo /L=IconResource=.\folder.ico

Is it possible to omit the creation of this file? You have to delete it manually every time and it is very annoying

BTW
Using these commands, does not create this additional file
Examples:
DeskEdit.exe /F=C:\Folder /I=C:\Other\Example.ini
DeskEdit.exe /F=C:\Folder /I=C:\Other\Example.txt