Easy Drive Icon Changer

If, for whatever reason, you decide that you want to change the icon of a hard drive or partition (as it is displayed in Windows File Explorer), you’ll find that it’s a difficult process that isn’t very obvious to the average user. In fact, you have to edit the Windows Registry, and if that already sounds too complicated, then you’re better off using an application like Easy Drive Icon Changer.

As its name suggests, Easy Drive Icon Changer allows you to bypass all the complicated steps required for changing a drive’s icon. This also prevents the casual user from making a mistake that could cause performance problems to one’s system (yes, registries are sensitive like that).

The program doesn’t require any installation, so you can start using it as soon as you download it. Simply select the drive that you want to have a new icon and then choose the image that you want the drive to display in File Explorer; remember that you can use only ICO image files for this purpose.

You can perform the exact same operation for a removable disk, but the change may not be apparent immediately; you may first have to remove the disk and then connect it back to your PC in order to see the change. Of course, the program also allows you to reset the changes and revert your drives to their original icons at any time.

Easy Drive Icon Changer may not seem like an application one would desperately need, but it can be a very useful tool if you wish to further customize your operating system’s look. As mentioned before, it’s lightweight and extremely easy-to-use, so one can’t help but appreciate how such a seemingly simple tool turns an otherwise complicated process into a cakewalk.