Previous version comment is great:-

Install and registration was fine, program also runs ok and is easy to work with.

Like with all other customization tools, this one makes no exception for being completely optional.

In the manual, they show you how to add your own icons but they don't show you how to add whole new groups.

To do this, you need to make a new folder in the \icons subfolder and simply increase the number, the last folder in here is ico011_Folders (it's also missing the localization in the language files, hence i use a different one below because you wouldn't find it in there), so what you do is increase the number and add a proper name to it, we'll do country flags in this example, like ico012_CountryFlags and copy all the *.ico files into this folder. In theory you would be done but if you run the program now, it will show ico012_CountryFlags as a folder name, instead of just Flags or Country Flags, so you need to edit your language file aswell and add that group to it with a proper label. Now open the \lang subfolder, then your language *.xml file, search for ico010_Zodiac to see how they added it and what the code looks like, just copy the scheme in that line including the brackets and paste it in a new line and replace the info with your own data, replace ico010_Zodiac with ico012_CountryFlags and Zodiac as label with Flags and save the file. ( https://i.imgur.com/9Mka0lx.png ) Run the program and it should be displayed properly with all icons in place.

This is what it looks like for me: https://i.imgur.com/GwirhdP.png

A simple button for this would be nice to have, for creating new groups, in general, i think all this is too hardcoded for my taste, it needs to be more user-friendly and tweakable. Add, remove, rename, sort groups, drag&drop icon management (drop new icon folders, drop new icons onto a folder in the group list to add a icon or drag it out to remove it and a simple option to disable drag&drop so you can't change it anymore this way).

The program has a converter included that allows for converting pictures (PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF) into ICO (16x16-256x256) and the option to keep the aspect ratio while doing so. That's something.

So what it does is basically the same thing Windows can do on it's own, except for multiple folders at the same time and you have all icons sorted in groups and there is context menu integration, so you could change icons with a right click in Explorer.

As mentioned, completely optional.

Some free alternatives: FolderIco (free personal), IconTweaker

Installed the software, and registered it. Follow the instructions. Not changing the icon. Only adds the icon file to the content of the folder.
Disappointing

I installed this software and I cannot find a trace of it anywhere on my PC. Not listed under new programs installed, not listed in my uninstall program (Iobit Uninstaller). Cannot find it anywhere. So, I deleted the zipped file I down-loaded. What a waste of time.

How about creating your own icons out of any picture or make your own colored shapes with single or multi color pictures and save it as ".ico" done. Any good photo editor has that feature. This way you can control the size and shapes too.

Folder Marker is better...does more...free version and a paid version that ISN'T rental ware.

http://foldermarker.com/en/folder-marker-free/

There are free and very cheap alternatives out there that aren't subscription based. My personal favorite is FolderMagic.

Software developers may give a free license for a time period, to get people to try their products and spread the word if they like it. They then hope for renewals of the license, so that they can earn a living.

The localization of the website is terrible, compared to the localization of the program itself, that's not the best impression one can get.

In the manual they show you how to add your own icons (to User Icons group list entry) but they don't show you how to add a whole new entry to the group list.

There is a comment from a previous offer that explains how to do it.
https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/dr-folder-2-5/#comment-582905

And i totally agree with that comment that there should be a simple button for it and a much better group management for the group list in general, like sorting by name, adding and removing folders from the group list, utilizing drag&drop to/from the group list itself or selected folders icons content, renaming of group list entries etc.

The management part is just lacking and too cumbersome and not user-friendly enough (if one has to edit folder names and language files), due to the present hard coding.

Especially since there are so many different categories for icons, it makes sense to group them but the existing entries aren't enough, imo.

Give the user more options and it can be a much more decent program.

My license just expired Sunday for the last giveaway for Dr.Folder. Great timing. Thanks, GOTD. Once in a while it doesn't colorize the folder on the first try, so you just repeat, and it's colorized.

It is easy to customise you own icons under Windows for any folder or exe file.
Why would anyone want this software that stops working in 1 year?

A few questions:
How does this stack up to FolderIco?
Also, what does the 1-year license include? Does that include free upgrades? Will the program still function as normal, or does it revert to a trial after the license expires?

Downloaded and Registered the software with the key Provided .

Can change folder or Multiple folders
Can use Program icons or Read the included info to add yours
Can convert PNG , JPG, GIF,BMP to ICO
You can Restore your Icon's to the default one .

The Thing is that Windows Can do all that for free !!

Seems attractive for a year, after which the license ends, and our folders and icons will become a confusing mixture of modified and unmodified versions, worse than now. So as far as I am concerned, better leave them as they are.