Actually...the freebie posted by Tim Meddick
is even better...you don't have to install it...
you just unzip it and run it.

Change Icon 1.2
http://wareseeker.com/Utilities/chan...-1.2.zip/58402

Direct Download Link
http://wareseeker.com/freeware/chang...7/ChgIconE.zip

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> FLKULCHAR wrote:
>> Is there a way to change the icon fo the "My Pictures" folder under
>> Desktop\Documents and Settings\Francis Kulchar\My Documents
>>
>> It seems windows wants to prevent this from happening! I realize I
>> could create a new folder, say My Pictures1...
>>
>> then copy the contents of My Pictures to the new folder...then it
>> would work, but my My Pictures folder has 11,368 files within 318
>> folders!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> FLKulchar
> ==============================
> Did you miss my previous reply?
>
> The trial version of the following software
> worked for me:
>
> Icon Software - IconChanger 3.8
> http://www.shelllabs.com/icon_software.htm
>
> Info from the site:
> The evaluation version of IconChanger can change no more
> than 3 icons and is limited to finding a maximum of 3000 icons,
> however, with the registered version of this software you can
> change and find an unlimited number of icons