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How to remember what color or icon means in Folder Marker?

07.01.2023

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Probably, you already know you can organize your computer folders by color-coding or image-coding them. This is exactly what Folder Marker helps to do really easily. But when you use all the colors, you get a new problem: a mess of colors. How to avoid this? Folder Marker has a built-in solution for this, and in this article, we will describe how to remember what color or icon means.

This can be done by customizing the right-click menu of the Folder Marker and customizing the text tag you assign to a folder with customization.

Folder Marker vs FileMarker.NET: what are the differences, features comparison, and what tool to choose?

Folder Marker vs FileMarker.NET: features comparison

06.01.2023

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Folder Marker vs FileMarker.NET are programs with similar goals but different implementations. Sometimes people confuse them. One is designed to deal with folders, and the other – is with files. To avoid confusion, since the programs are similar, both in purpose and in name, let’s look at their features in more detail and get answers to the following questions:

What are the key differences between both software?
Do you need to install both software or only one of them?

What’s new in version 4.7 of Folder Marker

12.10.2022

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Version 4.7 of Folder Marker is ready for your download! Check the ability to customize the folder tag names, faster icon search with color filters, adjustable view size of the icons, the increasing number of supported image formats, much easier work with the command line, and much more.

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

This update is free for those who bought Folder Marker on October 12th, 2021 or later. Please click Help->About in your Folder Marker to check if you can update for free to the latest version or if you need to pay an update fee.

How to set double color for all subfolders and single color for the main one?

07.06.2022

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When you are working with a ton of documents on a computer, you need to categorize them with a couple of aspects to not get lost. So, you want to set double color for all subfolders and a single color for the main one like here:

Such a method can be helpful when you have your categorizing system based on folders and subfolders, making two criteria folders (like “green-yellow folder”, where green means – work files, and yellow – reports). Or want to divide folders by type. In this article, I’ll show you how to achieve this with the help of a Folder Marker and a Two-color Set.

Version 4.5 of Folder Marker released

30.03.2022

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The new version 4.5 of Folder Marker is ready for your download! Ability to use JPG/PNG as folder icons, increasing the speed of working with folders, updated appearance, and fixed bugs. Plus, special offer at the end of the article…

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