Finding an icon online is perfectly fine, but it's pretty simple to design your own folder icons, too. You could copy the default icon, paste it into an image editor, and change it to look however ...

That's why your Home folder and Trash—both folders—have their own special icons. You could pay $30 for the privilege of easily changing icons, or you could do it for free, no app required.

Click on the generic folder's icon in the Info window and hit Command-V to paste the new icon over it. That's it. You're done and your folder has a nice, new, easily identifiable custom icon.

One of those mods that really stood out to us was this set of custom folder icons. If you weren’t a fan of Google’s ICS circular folder option, then feel free to browse through 11 or so that ...

If you want icons, check out IconFactory. If you want to change the default folder icons, you want CandyBar. And if you want to make you own icons, use Iconographer. Quote Report B ...

Hassle-Free PC Customize Folder Icons When You Don’t See a ‘Customize’ Tab Hassle-Free PC By Rick Broida, Mar 16, 2011 9:21 am PDT ...

One simple and fun way is to use Folder Factory 1.8 (Mac App Store link) to customize your folder icons with color, photos and text.

Custom icons aren't just for fun; they can also help you better identify oft-used folders and apps to save you time searching. Changing an app or folder's icon is very easy in Windows.