Change Folder Icons History:

01/08/11 New version - 8.7 is released!

What's new:
- fully-compatible work with icon library format (ICL) of Windows Vista / Windows 7
- some improvement of search engine
- some bugs are fixed

01/10/09 New version - 8.6 is released!

What's new:
- save the item of icon to 5 formats: icon file (*.ico), windows bitmap file (*.bmp), portable network graphic file (*.png), graphic interchange format (*.gif), joint photographic expert group (*.jpg)
- view "Icon properties" directly on main program window
- some improvement of user interface
- some bugs are fixed.

04/10/06 New version - 7.4 is released! Now with included Free Icon Libraries

What's new:
- full support of folder multiselection: now you can add several folders to change its icons from Windows Explorer exactly;
- new-made "Select Folder" window (scalable, with opportunity to multiselect folders and create/delete empty folder);
- when you drag-and-drop objects to "Icon Preview" field or add via shell all zip-folders and files are removed;
- navigation of selected folders is improved (round paging, deletion from list);
- if you want to change icon of several selected folders you are asked either to change icon of a current or all selected folders;
- Online Help is improved!

22/07/06 New version - 7.3 is released!

What's new:
- now you can change several folder icons at a time;
- opportunity to set path for icons stored in independent & non-portable mode;
- drag & drop full support (when you drag several folders to the fields "Icon Preview" and "Select Icon");
- many bugs are fixed.


7.1 (01.05.2004):

    • many bugs are fixed;
    • -some limitation is added to the unregistered version.

7.0 (04.03.2004):

Now you can:

  • change folder icons in such a way that while copying to another computer, CD or any removable drive the bright icons are kept (even if the program is not installed);
  • view changed icons via Network and set colourful icons for network folders;
  • use the advanced management of changed icons;
  • search icons on Network drives.

    *     With advanced ONLINE HELP
* Information for users of the previous versions: Now you can make all the folder icons changed before portable.
Your actions: select 'All changed icons' --> 'Search for changed icons'

6.1 (16.12.2003):

Now you can:

  • use Program Assistant,
  • add item for folder/drive to explorer context menu,
  • store Advanced search options at next program start,
  • set number of the drop-down strings - depth of the input history [2..20],
  • make and save your own libraries containing all the found and favourite icons;
  • save found necessary and favourite icon item as a single file in *.ico or *.bmp format.

6.0 (09.09.2003):

  • ADVANCED SEARCH OPTIONS are made; now you can set options "Number of colors" and "Size in pixels" before search and only necessary icons will be find;
  • you can browse all icon variations of one found icon, if it consists of several icons various in size/colors (16x16x256 + 32x32xHiColor + 64x64xTrueColor for example);
  • context help;
  • some interface improvements are made;
  • bugs are fixed.

5.6 (26.04.2003):

  • some interface improvements are made;
  • new program icon is designed.

5.5 (21.03.2003):

  • now you can make your own LIBRARIES from found icons and share them with your friends;
  • icons selecting in the list of found icons: CTRL+Mouse Click - single choice, SHIFT+Mouse Click - multiple choice;
  • new XP look !

5.3 (25.12.2002):

5.2 (25.11.2002):

  • new interface is compatible with XP themes and many of bugs are fixed.

5.1 (17.11.2002):

  • now icons are kept in a special CFI folder, so they are independent from source files;
  • you can find all folder icons changed by another program or manually and convert them to the CFI database (for example, you can use this function in Windows'XP, where there is built-in function to Change Folder Icons);
  • history of changed icons is added;
  • new "Assistent" will help you to work with program first times.

4.8.1 (20.10.2002):

  • now you can scroll icons in browser with help of mouse roller;
  • all bugs with language files fixed;
  • now last folder saved for subsequent changes;
  • minor bugs fixed.

4.8 (02.09.2002):

  • multilingual interface (!).

4.7 (18.07.2002):

  • now you can use program for search icons after trial period too, but "Change Folder Icon" and "Export" functions are restricted when trial period expired;
  • now all icons exported correctly with multiple export;
  • minor bugs fixed.

4.6 (28.06.2002):

  • new resizable icon browser;
  • restriction on quantity of icons in browser removed;
  • special icon for brocen icon links;
  • majority of grammar mistakes fixed.

4.5 (08.06.2002):

  • many functions improved;
  • speed of icons search increased;
  • speed of icon list clearing increased too;
  • majority of bugs fixed.

4.1 final release (30.04.2002):

  • majority of founded bugs fixed and program ready for final release :)

4.1 beta 4 (27.04.2002):

  • now function "Export" work correctly! - before this version all icons was saved as 16-color and 32x32 size.

4.1 beta 3 (20.04.2002):

  • export array of icons bug fixed (one icon was copied);
  • now exported files named icon_xxxx.ico, where xxxx - icon number in list.
  • numbers of saved icons starts since 0001, file icon_0000.ico - icon of current folder;
  • confirmation on "Export all icons";
  • pause mode now disabled after press "Stop" button (during "search" or "export all icons" functions);
  • other minor bugs fixed.

4.1 beta 2 (16.04.2002):

  • bugs with big amount of founded icons fixed;
  • max number of icons in one search cyrcle - 5000, after that you can start new search;
  • icon search now work more faster;
  • clear list of icons bug fixed;
  • other minor bugs fixed.

4.1 beta 1 (11.04.2002):

  • some interface changes;
  • correct spelling errors;
  • protection scheme improved;
  • other minor bugs fixed.

4.0 (03.04.2002):

  • now work in Win'98 too! - we use unique technique (not hide folder and make shortcuts to it!), so you can view your folders in any file browsers and any other programs;
  • now you can change icons for several folders in one run, by one search (it is very conveniently if you want change bif amount of icons);
  • absolutely new interface and functionality;
  • function "search icons" improved;
  • now program called "Change Folder IconS" .