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How can I assign custom icons to folders persistently?

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1977 / 3 Years ago, sat, july 31, 2021, 3:03:01

Is there some way to achieve icon persistence on Ubuntu with nautilus or some other file manager? So far when I change an icon from the properties of the folder the change won't remain visible if copied to another disk.

EDIT : I found a file .directory that Kubuntu had installed in my Ubuntu distro. It seems to have data about icons but I can't figure out how it works.

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answered 3 Years ago peratingcit · Accepted Answer

Ok, this requires getting creative! For this we are going to "hack" together a .desktop file that will then launch the folder, the .desktop file can have a icon that will be the same.

In you Documents folder Create your folder but name it with a . so it will become "hidden" example .new

Find your icon example icon.png and put it in your folder also put a . in front ex .icon.png

Make a third file called foldername.desktop( How can I create launchers on my desktop? ) open it in a editing program like gedit and paste this:
```
[Desktop Entry]

Type=Link

Terminal=false

Icon=/home/mateo/Documents/.new/.icon.png

Name=Folder

URL=file:///home/mateo/Documents/.new
```
but replace "mateo" with your user name for the icon and folder paths, and "Folder" with your folder name.

Make the foldername.desktop file executable - How do I mark a file as executable via a GUI?

Now to copy the folder needs to be in the same place - but the launcher can move anywhere - don't forget that the "real" folder is hidden - you can view them -> view -> show hidden files. So now you can have a folder within a drive that will be viewed the same on two different Ubuntu computers.

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It wasn't easy, and most people stick with letting the theme do the job ;)