To change the Icon of the desktop folder or to add a tooltip you have to follow various instructions and also make use of suitable icon to replace the old one.So here is a freeware application called as Rainbow Folders which works fabulous.Rainbow Folders (RF) is an easy to use Freeware utility which is only 783Kb in size.
Rainbow Folder allows you to change the Icon of the folder which helps to make your Desktop attractive and also to boost computer speed by a small amount.Rainbow Folder helps to give different colors to different folders so that you can create a tree of folders which are easily recognizable.Tooltips for every folder can be made use of,you can use different colors to the icon,change the icon to Modern Vista or normal customized icon.This freeware works correctly under Windows: 98, 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP, 2003,Vista.It is small in size and has a easy set up.I have turned my XP folder icon’s to a Modern vista look! Why not give it a try..
July 9th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
for everything there will be something
so i can make my xp icons like vista 
July 9th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I don’t think I will ever use this tool, but great find nevertheless!
July 9th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
you know what i say about the human web crawler
July 9th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Looks good, I like to keep changing the view of the desktop and this will come in handy
July 12th, 2008 at 12:39 am
ohh i am always in the way to change how my pc looks this will help alot because i want to change tool tips to something funny
July 12th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
I have been using it for quite some time. It is good.
July 21st, 2008 at 7:55 pm
i used that tools its really cool when you want to edit least of your windows out look. nice article