How to Color-Code or Image-Code Multiple Folders at Once

3 Methods Every Folder Marker User Should Know About


We received a comment about change-folder tool – Folder Marker : 

“ The ability to select multiple folders at once could be greatly improved. Currently, multiple is add one, then add another, then add another ”

The commentator isn’t right about Folder Marker’s abilities. There are 3 ways how to change multiple folders at once, but not everyone knows all of them. That’s why we decided to write a detailed guide, so you know how to deal with multiple folders comfortably in Folder Marker. I will show you how!


1) Drag-and-drop multiple folders on the Folder area

  1. Open Folder Marker by clicking on the icon on your desktop/ in your start menu. You will see a program window.
  2. Click on the “Folder” menu item. Tick “Multiple Folders”. You will see an area under “1. Folder” changed and appeared new buttons: “Add”,  “Remove”,  “Clear”.
  3. In this mode, drag-and-drop all the necessary folders into the “Folder” space. 
  4. Choose the icon to change the folders.
  5. Click “Apply” on the right down corner of the program window.
  6. Now you can see that all folders added on 3rd step customized at once.

2) Select several folders and right-click on them

You can customize several folders at once even without opening Folder Marker.

  1. Select several folders you want to label in Windows Explorer, and right-click the selection. You will see the popup menu with the Mark Folder entry.
  2. Select Mark Folder, and then the icon you want to apply.
  3. The icon is applied to the selected folders all at once.

3) Add one, then add another (was mentioned in a comment)

This method is the most time-consuming but allows you to change multiple folders located in different places on your computers.

  1. Open Folder Marker by clicking on the icon on your desktop/ in your start menu. You will see a program window. 
  2. Click on the “Folder” menu item. Tick “Multiple Folders”.
  3. You can see the new buttons. Click “Add” and find the needed folder in a new window. Click “OK” to add.
  4. Repeat this action. Add another folder, then add another…
  5. Choose the icon to change the folders.
  6. Click “Apply” on the right down corner of the program window.
  7. Now you can see that all folders added on 4th step colorized at once.

To sum up, briefly go over the points. You can:

  • drag-and-drop all the necessary folders into the “Folder” space
  • right-click the selection and choose the icon you want to apply with the context menu
  • add one, then add another by repeating actions

You are ready to continue working with Folder Marker!

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