This is the main page of iColorFolder, a tool to colorize and customize your folders.

iColorFolder Versions History

Version 1.4.2

Fixed:

• Change of the file type icon, broken in 1.4.1

Removed:

• "Change drive icon" feature, too buggy

Version 1.4.1

Added:

• Drive icons can be changed

Changed:

• Windows XP Skin updated, now in high resolution (up to 128*128), thanks to Flyakite and XPero
• Full refresh of the Icon Cache less often triggered
• Updated the sources documentation

Fixed:

• Better behavior of the Skin Selector checkbox
• The customization of multiple folders at once works (was broken in 1.4)
• Better refresh of the icon after a change
• File with an unknow type do not open the "Change Icon" dialog anymore
• Various bugs due to the "System" attribute applied to customized folders

Version 1.4

Added:

• Folders are refreshed automatically when changing their color
• Desktop Icons stay ordered when changing a File Type Icon (no more RefreshIconCache)
• A new skin, Agua, by David Lanham and Ced

Changed:

• iColorFolder is now written in C++
• The .NET Framework is no more required
• Update of the Vista skin, with the help of Nobo
• The Lite version of iColorFolder can be compiled with a simple switch in the script of the Setup
• The Agua skin replace the Snow.E2 skin in the default package

Version 1.3

Added:

• Setup now checks if Administrator Rights are available (required for Setup, not for daily usage)
• "Makefiles" to compile the sources of iColorFolder and/or its Setup
• Support of latests Mono versions

Changed:

• Interface of Skin Selector reworked
• Source Tree reorganized to allow a "right out of the box" compilation

Fixed:

• Bug when installing the old C++ version
• Some little bugs

Version 1.2

Added :

• The Skin Selector remembers the selected skin
• Mono Framework support (only if the .NET Framework isn't installed)
• You can force the use of Mono by passing the argument "/MONO" to the installer
• New installer command-line argument: "/SKIN=SKIN_NAME" (see the ReadMe file for more details)
• Chinese translation (Simplified and Traditionnal), thanks to zhangduyixiong
• Nice picture in the setup main pages (at last !)
• Link in the Startup Menu to the Additional Skin Pack

Changed:

• Better reinstallation support
• Updated the readMe file, with more technical stuff
• Better default icon for the Longhorn skin

Fixed:

• Duplicated entries when installing in two different languages
• The Setup doesn't hang when refreshing the Icon cache

Version 1.1

• Ability to change the default icon of all the files of the same type

Version 1.0

Core:

• Conversion of the project into C#
• Added a Skin Selector
• New entry in the contextual menu : "Custom", to select an additional icon into the skin (or even any icon of your choice)
• Skinning of the "generic" folder icon
• Found a workaround for the impossible customization of some system folders
• Respect of the special folders icon (My Pictures, My Music, etc)

Installer:

• Added some version informations to the installer executable
• The choice of the skin on setup is expanded by default
• Use of the old C++ version of iCF (0.5.1) if the .NET Framework is not installed
• Fixed the replacement of CMExt.dll on setup

Skins:

• The labels of the menu are now stored in the main executable, and no more in the skins
• Ability to add any extra icons to a skin
• Added two new skins, Longhorn and Snow.E2

Version 0.5.1

• Added a spanish translation
• Better languages support
• New skin selector on setup

Version 0.5

• Change of multiple folders at once allowed
• Setup cleaner and smaller
• Choice of the default skin on setup
• New utility to refresh the Icon Cache
• Sources included in the standard package

Version 0.4.2

• Icons look not jerky anymore

Version 0.4.1

• Created a setup system
• iColorFolder can be installed in any folder

Version 0.4

• Added skin support

Version 0.3.1 (First english release)

• Icons are now fully colored
• Added an uninstall script