File, Folder Labeler, Badge Creator, Mini Icon Maker etc. for Windows 7

[cucuma]

Dear All,

I am quite surprised that I CANNOT find a software that does this extremely useful task. I do a lot of analysis, and I need to mark some files, or folders that I am done analysing. (Like in the pictures I attached).

So I thought, there must be a software out there that puts badges on folders AND files (like a checkmark etc. on the icon, like GNOME Desktop does in Linux). But after hours of googling I cannot find anything. I even made my own icons and tried to change the icons of INDIVIDUAL files with shelllabs icon changer (which it claims it can do), yet it cannot (changes the icons of the entire file type).

I even tried full shell replacements, but to no avail.

Do you know of anything that is capable of doing this, a file manager?, a software?, a shell extension? even a full shell replacement?

Best,

-cucuma

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I'm willing to bet it'll slow down the OS a ton and that's why no one has done it yet.

Carbonite uses a green/red dot on the file system icons for backup status and let me tell you, with that enabled it can bring even a stout rig to it's knees.

[Fish]

It has been literally years since I looked at alternative file managers, but if my memory is correct, I think Directory Opus had a feature like this, being able to "mark" folders and/or files.

If not Opus, I would definitely look at alternative file managers for what you need.

[Kami-]

I'm willing to bet it'll slow down the OS a ton and that's why no one has done it yet.

Carbonite uses a green/red dot on the file system icons for backup status and let me tell you, with that enabled it can bring even a stout rig to it's knees.

OSX does something similar with it's colour tagging...

[cucuma]

After a loooooooooooooooooooong search, it turns out that "icon packager" (wincustomize) can actually change INDIVIDUAL file icons (not in the free version though), I tested it on my Win 7 64-bit and it works brilliantly, right from the context menu.

Folder icons is not a big deal since it can be done without a 3rd party software, and there are "free" 3rd party software available to do that too.

OSX does something similar with it's colour tagging...

Marvelous!!!, But I am on a Windows machine, and I am not going to buy a Mac, besides most GNU/Linux systems can do such icon manipulations too.

[Kami-]

Marvelous!!!, But I am on a Windows machine, and I am not going to buy a Mac, besides most GNU/Linux systems can do such icon manipulations too.

My point was against that which I commented; the post about it slowing down the OS which is wy noone has done it yet...

I in no way advocated you purchasing a Mac, learn to read in context and you might understand people better.

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My point was against that which I commented; the post about it slowing down the OS which is wy noone has done it yet...

I in no way advocated you purchasing a Mac, learn to read in context and you might understand people better.

I didn't get your comment either - another OS doing it and how fast it does it is irrelevant in his case.