IconX is a free application which let users to change any filetypes or folders icon. It is integrated into the context menu.
To change an icon for any filetypes, simply right click it and choose “Change Icon…” and IconX will popup. You can select icons from your system (shell32.dll), import from icon files (.ico), or from icon library files (.icl).
After you select a new icon, remember to check “Use icon for all files of that type” so that you can change the icon globally for same file type.
This is a free application, but installation is a bit complicated. After you download, simply unzip all files to a temporary directory. After that, right click iconx.inf and choose install.
When you first time launch IconX, remember to click the IconX menu and choose “register”. The username and password are provided in the readme file.
