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David.P:
Hi forum,

I have been searching my ass off looking for a simple replacement for iColorfolder (because it doesn't work in Windows 7).

But I could not find ANY alternative that was free and actually did work!

I have tried all tools suggested here:
http://alternativeto.net/software/folder-marker/

Either they were not free, did not work at all (crashed), or would not allow to simply have like seven colors or so to choose from in the context menu (like below with the "Folder Colorizer" tool that would be great if it actually worked reliably which it however doesn't):



Thanks already for any other software hints
Cheers David.P

kunkel321:
See if this is useful
http://netez.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=8816

David.P:
Thanks -- but hmmm, doesn't seem to work, only gives me a "wrong parameter" error when choosing some color from the context menu.

This (seemingly) bl**dy simple colored folder stuff seems totally bewitched to me......

Nothing that really works here...

David.P:
OK seems I found one that works really well: FolderHighlight. The folder colours also become permanent and "portable" (i.e. independent of the folder location and/or presence of the program).

Yeah, it's not free, but $9.95 for a lifetime license seems bearable -- when everything else just doesn't seem to work, or costs like $35 (Folder Marker).

Curt:
another payware option is the £20 CFi Shell Toys
right-click>Shell Toys>Folder Color





Shell Toys are 53 shell extensions and 25 shell tools
- including Folder Color with approx 360 colors!
I use it on 64-bit Win 7.

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