Loyal reader Felix Valenzuela writes in with this tip for changing routinely-used folder icons to speed up your navigation of heavily populated folders.
Use Windows Explorer to open up the folder containing the folder you d like to change.
Next, right-click the folder you d like to change and select Properties.
Click on the Customize tab.
Now, you can either select one of the default icons, or use one of your own. Click OK twice and you re done.
You can add as many icons as you d like; however, don t forget about the law of diminishing returns (changing too many icons leaves you right where you started, and increases the amount of time it takes to find the folder you re looking for).
By giving 2006 Spring a special folder icon, I quickly see which folder I want; thus leaving more time for reading Lifehacker ;).