Launch of Windows 10, we had been coming up with different guidelines and tricks using which we can customize your Windows computing experience. The Start Menu, the themes, and a lot more was covered in the initial days of Windows release and required a lot more manual work with registry and system settings.

Now, there are different tools available which we can customize different elements of Windows 10. The CustomizerGod app is like a God when it comes to customization of Windows 10 icons and using it we can change the settings of almost anything and everything.

Getting Started with CustomizerGod                           

To get started, the CustomizerGod download page and download the ZIP file. Once it works fine, extract it to a location and make sure do it to a directory which we won’t delete or clean up accidentally. Inside the Zip, there will be an executable file and it’s mandatory to have admin rights on the computer to run this application.

Note:

If we getting a web based downloader to install CustomizerGod, please be advised that there are a lot of crapware that comes bundled with the app. So, please look properly and click on the decline button to have a clean installation.

There are so many options in CustomizerGod to check out and on the left sidebar we get the options which we can configure, and on the right sidebar we can select the customization we would like to apply. The app primarily focuses on the icon customization and takes care of Taskbar Start menu, File Explorer Ribbon, General icons and even the Battery and Wi-Fi icons.

How to Change Icons

There are a lot of sections present in the tool. But the most useful is the General Icon as it hosts majority of the icons we use in Windows Explorer. We can change most of the icons that are there. So, let’s we request to change the system drive icon. The first thing we will need to do is look for the icon in the list and then click on it so that it gets selected. Double-click will open up a new detail window, so if that happens, just close it.

How to Completely Customize Windows 10 Icons Using CustomizerGod

How to Completely Customize Windows 10 Icons Using CustomizerGod

Next, we will have to click on the Change button and we will be asked to select the new icon files that we wish to use. To download new icons would be IconArchive. We can download PNG, BMP and even JPEG file type and apply the icon. The explorer will restart and we will be able to see the new icon in action.

No fiddling with registry settings and digging deep into the Windows System32 files. The different sections are only there to make it easy to find the icon type and change it. The process is same and it only depends on customization skills.

Advanced Settings

For advanced users, we can click on the icon in the bottom right section and get advanced options. we can create the backup of the current system which should be the first thing we should do before applying any patch. we can easily restore this backup and continue from where we left off.

How to Completely Customize Windows 10 Icons Using CustomizerGod

After we apply most of the customization, we will have to restart your Windows explorer for the changes to take effect. The options to get that done is present right there in the app. Additionally we can download custom icons for Windows 10 and apply them easily using this app. The app also works with Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 but was recently updated to support the Windows 10 Pro.