# Change of the default folder icon is not implemented in Mp3tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-the-default-folder-icon-is-not-implemented-in-mp3tag/41410
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [April 12, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-the-default-folder-icon-is-not-implemented-in-mp3tag/41410 "2018-04-12T18:26:56Z")
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-the-default-folder-icon-is-not-implemented-in-mp3tag/41410/1 "2018-04-12T18:26:56Z")
This bug comes straight out out from this topic on the FreeCommander forum: [http://www.forum.freecommander.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=8543](http://www.forum.freecommander.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=8543)
Apparently some software [like Corel Draw X7 or Firefox] can display for folders an icon that I have chosen, while others [like Mp3tag, FreeCommander, ACDSee 3.1] cannot. At least in Window 7 x64
And by chosen I mean part 1 of this registry hack: [https://www.askvg.com/guide-how-to-change-default-folder-icons-in-windows/](https://www.askvg.com/guide-how-to-change-default-folder-icons-in-windows/)
Up there they say to set values 3 and 4, but I also tried values 0, 1, 2 and from 5 to 10; to no luck
So can anyone can confirm after changing the icon for folders [and seeing the change occuring in Windows Explorer] in Mp3tag when navigating within the window named
**Save configuration in...**
available at the
**File \> Save Configuration**
the folders still look the same as they did before hacking the registry? That the display the defaut OS icon
And if yes, then question to @Florian would be: where does Mp3tag gets his information on where is the folder icon being stored by the operating system? Because apparently not from the
`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons`
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-the-default-folder-icon-is-not-implemented-in-mp3tag/41410/2 "2018-04-12T18:50:05Z")
Doesn't MP3tag use the Explorer dialogues as supplied by the OS?
Which view do you use in this Explorer WIndow? Details? Large Icons? Very large Icons?
And: I will most definitely not hack my registry.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-the-default-folder-icon-is-not-implemented-in-mp3tag/41410/3 "2018-04-13T06:31:07Z")
I'm using a standard Windows dialog for file and folder navigation which is provided by the system.
Nothing I plan on changing.
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-the-default-folder-icon-is-not-implemented-in-mp3tag/41410/4 "2018-04-16T10:27:38Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> [...]
> Which view do you use in this Explorer WIndow? Details? Large Icons? Very large Icons?
> [...]
I checked out every option in Windows Explorer- and every shows the new icon
I also checked out every option in FreeCommander and ACDSee- and not one shows the new icon
> [@Florian](#):
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> I'm using a standard Windows dialog for file and folder navigation which is provided by the system
> [...]
So it is not a bug. But does it have a name? Something I could look for on the Internet, to try figure out what too tamper with in the registry?
Apparently this standard window is not using that registry entry that I quoted; and some software [like Corel DRAW] use some different window than which Mp3tag uses, while other [liek the very old ACDSee] possibly use the same registry information as that standard window that Mp3tag utilizes
And maybe this duality has **something to do with 32 vs. 63 bit version of the OS?** Maybe Mp3tag uses some old version of this window, while the Firefox utilizes a [hypothetical] new one which happens to store information about the icons somewhere else [thus showing the new icon]? Even on the Taskbar I can see the new icon and not the standard one