If you’ve been working with Mac and then changed to Windows, you might have run into a problem – no color labels. On a Mac, it is convenient to tag folders with colors – this is a built-in function, on Windows, there is no such. But there is a solution – it can be done with Folder Marker, a software that will help to make folders of different colors. Read this article and see how to color-code folders on Windows like on Mac!
![Color-code and labeling folders on Mac/Windows](https://blog.foldermarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-edited.png)
Color-code folder software for Windows
What is a Folder Marker? It is a small utility that helps to organize your documents by color-code and labeling folders. Plus, there are functions of sorting and filtering.
Basic features:
- one mouse-click and you have a folder of color you need
- label folders by priority (high, normal, low), by the degree of work complete (done, half-done, planned), by work status (approved, rejected, pending), or by the type of information contained in a folder (work files, important files, temp files, private files) – make your folder system
- contains a User Icons tab: endless options that can be downloaded from the internet
- can work with several folders at once
- backs up existing folders on the computer.
Install Folder Marker
- Visit an official site of a software – color-code folder software
- Click on the Download now button
![Software that creates color labels](https://blog.foldermarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image_2022-06-02_150346258.png)
- Install it by saving a file on your computer -> run the downloaded file -> then click Next, Next, Next, Install. Now you can use Folder Marker.
![Installation of Folder Marker](https://blog.foldermarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/unnamed-1-1.gif)
Label folders with colors like on Mac
When you label a folder on a Mac, you can choose its color. So, why not add this possibility, with the help of Folder Marker, on Windows too?
COLOR LABEL FOR A FOLDER:
- Choose a folder you want to color-code
- Right-click on it
- Select the color you want from the “Mark Folder” sub-menu.
- Now you can see the result
![Color-code like on Mac](https://blog.foldermarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/unnamed-2.gif)
The result:
![the result](https://blog.foldermarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image_2022-06-02_151324716.png)
Sort and filter folders like on Mac
One more convenient, build-in future on Mac – the ability to group, search, and sort folders by tags. You shouldn’t give it up too! Use a Folder Marker on Windows for this.
For a clear example, let’s consider this situation – you have a folder with a color structure named “MyProjects” with 4 different color folders inside (ready projects – in green; doing now – in orange; new projects – in blue; urgent projects– in red).
![“MyProjects” with 4 different color folders](https://blog.foldermarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-1.png)
![“MyProjects” folder with different color folders inside](https://blog.foldermarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-2-1024x548.png)
In this “Projects” folder there are dozens of color folders: it is hard to find what you need. This is where we need “Filter/Sort”. But at first glance, it isn’t so obvious how to use it, so let me teach you little by little.
Sorting
- Open the “Projects” folder and click on the View tab -> Details
![color-coded folders](https://blog.foldermarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-3-1024x156.png)
- Right-click on the space where you see Type, Name, Size, then click on Tags. A new column will appear – “Tags”.
![A new column will appear – “Tags”](https://blog.foldermarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/unnamed-1024x547.png)
![A new column – “Tags”. color-code folders on windows like on mac](https://blog.foldermarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-5.png)
- Click on a “Tags” column and see the sorting of the color folders
The result:
![color-code folders on windows like on mac](https://blog.foldermarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-6.png)
Filtering
- If you need to see red color folders, click near “Tags” and “Red”. You see only needed color folders.
![How to see red color folders](https://blog.foldermarker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image-7.png)
Conclusion
With Folder Marker, you can not change your habits after Mac and keep labeling folders with colors to organize files. The color feature helps to identify needed documents quicker + categorize your folders based on the color. Changing the color can be done in two clicks, as we showed.
Also, check an article about the color-coded filing system – Color-coded Filing System.