Change File/Folder icon permanently

[teho]

Hi guys,

i know there are tons tutorials out there to change a file/folder's icon...
mainly the "get info" method or third party software.

but the moment i moved the file with custom icon to a removable media, say an external hard disk, the icon does not follow. and i can't change an icon to the files on the ext hdd as well through the "get info" method.

i used to be from windows background, so i'll just set a thumbnail cover to the folder and it stays when burned to disc. (of course, the disc when opened on mac doesn't have the thumbnail cover. i didn't know before, since i didn't have a mac to check on)

problem here is i'm hoping the custom icon can stick permanently and be seen on any removable media (CD/DVD/HDD) and viewable on a PC. i'm hoping there's a way to do so, so that i can put a representing image cover to the folders i burned for my projects. this way my lecturerS can easily get an overview of the content inside each folder. and i'm not sure if these lecturers uses a mac on windows...so it'll be great if that icon is readable on both.

i would be grateful for any form of help.

cheers!

edit:
i found out that on a fat32 external hdd, i can change the icon to the files in there...but not to a ntfs formatted hdd
anyway to work around for ntfs?

 

[Corndog5595]

Open the icon you want to use with preview; press Command+A, then Command+C
Right click on app/folder to change; get info
click the little icon in the top right; Command+V
Close Info window

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[teho]

Open the icon you want to use with preview; press Command+A, then Command+C
Right click on app/folder to change; get info
click the little icon in the top right; Command+V
Close Info window

Video I Just Recorded

thanks for the little tutorial, tried but didn't work in removable media.

 

[Corndog5595]

Really? That is strange, it worked for me when I tried it with removable media. The only reason why I had to do it locally and then empty the trash was because if I tried to eject, it said QuickTime was using the drive.

Edit: Just tried it again and it still worked.

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

To my knowledge, there's not a workaround for NTFS.

 

[teho]

Really? That is strange, it worked for me when I tried it with removable media. The only reason why I had to do it locally and then empty the trash was because if I tried to eject, it said QuickTime was using the drive.

Edit: Just tried it again and it still worked.

sorry i realised my problem. i was trying to change the icon to files in NTFS fortmat media. there is no problem with FAT32 format.
even though i have tuxera NTFS installed that allows my mac to read and write NTFS drives, i still can't change their icon properties. beats me really.