What’s new in Folder Marker 4.9 and Folder Creator 1.1

Folder Marker 4.9 is here. It ships with Folder Creator 1.1, so both apps stay in sync. This update streamlines Windows 11 workflows, adds one‑click updates, supports ARM laptops, and improves hi‑DPI visuals. Read on for the full rundown.

🎁Plus, a special offer at the end of the article…

If you purchased Folder Marker after 15 July 2024, the upgrade is free for you. Earlier licenses may require an update fee. Check your status by opening Help → About inside the program.

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Example of the folders, made by Folder Creator

How to work with Folder Creator

The program’s review and detailed demonstration of its features

In this article, I will demonstrate what Folder Creator is, its features, and the most effective ways to utilize it. Let’s get started!

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What’s new in Folder Marker 4.8

The latest update of Folder Marker, version 4.8, is now available for download! In this version, the Mark Folder menu supports a dark theme, a better appearance of the interface on the systems with large-monitors or dual-monitors systems, and more.

For those who have purchased Folder Marker after May 17th, 2022, this update is available at no additional cost. If your purchase was prior to the stated date, an update fee might be applicable.

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5 HOW to Get Folder Marker for Free

From time to time we get emails on whether it is possible to have Folder Marker with a discount. But there are possibilities to get paid Home version of Folder Marker absolutely free! 

We are interested in people, who can help us to promote our software or make it better. We are ready to give free licenses or even share the revenue with those people in exchange.

In this post, we’ll show 5 ways HOW you can benefit us and get a free license. But if you have other ideas – write. So let’s go!

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How to use color-coding in genealogical research

When you work with a stack of papers and files for genealogy, you need to organize them in comfortable way. One of the most effective methods is color-coding. In this article, we’ll describe a few options for organizing all your genealogical documents by marking them with different colors.

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How To Change Individual File Icon

How to change a file icon on Windows? Specific file icon…

Recently we’ve found a question from one of the users on StackOverflow about how to change a file icon on Windows:

I know how to change an icon for a whole file type using registry and file type association. I also know how to change an icon for a separate folder using desktop.ini file.
My questions is whether it is possible to change an icon for one specific file, let’s say one .doc file?
I cannot find a way doing it, yet some upload programs seem to be able to change an icon of the currently uploaded file, while all other files of this type stay with the standard icon. How do they do it?

FileMarker.NET Pro will be helpful in solving the asked question, and on this article, we want to share in detail how File Marker Pro can change a file icon on Windows 10.

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Version 4.4.1 of Folder Marker released

This is a minor update of Folder Marker that we recommend to install to everyone, who bought version 4.4.

What’s new in this version

  • The bug was fixed: List index out of bounds (0). The bug repeats not on all computers but is very annoying. It is the main reason why we decided to release the update. Thank you to those, who wrote to our support service and informed about it. Cause this is one of the bugs that appear on user’s computers, but not on our end.
  • Translations where updated: German, Filipino, Hungarian, Indonesian, Korean, Vietnamese, Lithuanian, Turkish, Russian.
  • New interface translations are added: Ukrainian and Portuguese.
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Get Files Organized With Folder Colorizer Tool

A good folder colorizer will make folders more visually appealing

Coloring folders are a way to organize it in a clear structure and point out the important ones. Imagine you are having blue, red, green, yellow, purple folders related to a specific task or period of your life. The yellow folders will not highlight the essential folders, but colorful marking will. How to apply a different color to folders and separate them from each other? Folder colorizer program will make yellow folders more distinct and noticeable.

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