C:\Users\Lori\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBarīefore pasting the custom File Explorer shortcut into this folder, we recommend you copy and paste the original shortcut into another location so you have a backup of the shortcut. Select the new shortcut in File Explorer and press Ctrl+C to copy it. Then, click on the standard File Explorer icon in the upper-left corner of the “Select an icon from the list below” box and click “OK”.Ĭlick “OK” to close the Properties dialog box.
On the Change Icon dialog box, enter the following into the “Look for icons in this file” box and press Enter. We’re going to grab the File Explorer icon from the explorer.exe file itself.