GFYI [Official] Folder Marker Yuletide Giveaway 2021

[jasonX]

 

We at Geeks For Your Information are very pleased to announce our 
Folder Marker Yuletide Giveaway 2021!

 

 

We would like to thank ArcticLine Software for sponsoring us the giveaway prizes

 

Folder Marker Pro is a folder icon changer specially designed for office work. This Windows add-on lets you label important folders with color-coded or image-coded icons in order to make them easier to spot among hundreds of similar-looking yellow folders. You can change folder icon to label them by priority (high, normal, low), project completeness level (done, half-done, planned), by work status (approved, rejected, pending), and type of information stored (work, important, temp and private files). Changed folder icons catch the eye and let you see the kind of information they contain before you read their names or open them.
 

What is Folder Marker - 1.5 min tutorial

 

Folder Marker Pro is the most functional version of all Folder Marker's editions. It supports all functions of Folder Marker Home and Free, plus allows the user to customize Network folders and contains additional icons for office work. 

Key features
 

• You have the right to use Folder Marker Pro in your office
  
• Folder Marker Pro can change the Network folder icon. So you can customize your LAN
  
• Folder Marker Pro contains additional icons for office work
  
• Folder Marker Pro allows you to modify the 'Mark Folder' popup menu so you can customize it for your own needs
  
• Folder Marker Pro has two additional options for folder icon changes: "Make customized folder distributable" (portable) and "Apply selected icon to all subfolders"
  
• Folder Marker Pro can label folders by priority (high, normal, low), by degree of work complete (done, half-done, planned), by work status (approved, rejected, pending) and by the type of the information contained in a folder (work files, important files, temp files, private files).
  
• Folder Marker Pro can change a folder's color to normal, dark and light states
  
• Folder Marker Pro changes folder icons from within a popup menu of the folders. To mark a folder, you don't even need to run the program!
  
• Folder Marker's popup menu contains convenient category submenus.
  
• Folder Marker Pro contains a User Icons tab where you can add an unlimited quantity of your favorite icons and label folders with them.
  

Helps any user organize his workspace
A user having a ton of folders and files almost always wastes precious time searching for files and folders in his local hard drive. This especially tiresome when a user searched by way of "keywords" and "file names" and "tags". Having folders with distinct color or features helps the user spot "his" folders eliminating loss time. If a user organizes his folders say, color code's a certain section as "green" --identifying all green folders as "work images", or, assigning the color "purple" as --personal images / pictures, or, again assigning a "custom icon" to --all folder / sub-folders that pertains to "all computer software applications", then that in effect is and will definitely help him (the user) towards organizing his workspace (thus saving precious time) that is almost always wasted when searching tons of files and folders. 

 

Adding Icons / Icon Sets
Folder Marker Pro permits the addition of icons from the internet in addition to the purchase of "icon sets" from Folder Marker home site (Additional icon sets can be purchased at http://foldermarker.com/en/additional-icons/) . The user can add the downloaded icons via Folder Icons > User Icons > Add > Select Icons (browse to the location of the icons) > click "OK" after which the icon will automatically appear in the User Icon space. 

Sites that offer icon / icon packages are Icons8 (icons8.com), DeviantArt (deviantart.com), Iconfinder (iconfinder.com), IconArchive (iconarchive.com), and Icon-Icons (icon-icons.com) to name a few. There are a lot of sources where a user can get "free icons" to supplement Folder Marker Pro. It's all over the internet! A user can also create from scratch his desired icons (via Paint, Photoshop or even PowerPoint) , save it in .PNG and upload it to "CONVERTICO" https://convertico.com/ where it will convert the .PNG files to icon files (.ico). The uploader / user can just download his converted .ico file for his use.  Note: Starting version 4.5, the user's .PNG file are directly converted to .ico files in Folder Marker Pro version.
 

A user is given the leeway to choose where to store additional icons/icon sets but Folder Marker advises that it be store in D:\Icons. This will add more order to things in the user's computer and will prevent accidental deleting of the downloaded icons. Plus, if user decides to reinstall his system or upgrade his computer in the future, he will know that he needs to copy D:\Icons to a new machine to save all custom icons for Folder Marker. This of course is just a suggestion and the user is always "king" in his own domain!





Change a folder icon to a custom icon
To do this, user just needs to select the desired folder to which he wants to change the existing icon and right-click > Mark Folder > select desired icon (presets) then click "Apply" to execute the change. 

 

If a "user-installed-icon" or "custom icon" is desired, go to >More Icons.... From there the user just needs to go to the Folder Icons > select desired icon and click "Apply" to execute the change. The Folder icons given are (1) ABC, (2) Additional, (3) Colors, (4) Everyday10, (5) Main, (6) User Icon, and (7) Custom. User can also add more icons or icon sets he wants. 
 

How to change folder icon | Folder Marker

 

The 4.5 version of Folder Marker (use JPG/PNG as folder icons)

Color-code / Image-code Multiple Folders
The most easiest way to color-code (or image-code) multiple folders out rightly is to select all desired folders and drag-and-drop it in the "Folder Area" (folder space). Once all folders are "dropped" the user need only to select the folder icon desired and click "Apply" to execute changing of folder icon. 

Another method is to select the folders the user wants to change icons to then right-click > Mark Folder > select the desired icon (presets) or if a "user-installed-icon" go to >More Icons.... From there the user just needs to go to the Folder Icons > User Icons > select desired icon and click "Apply" to execute the change. To "restore" the old folder icons, the user need to right-click all the folders previously changed > Mark Folder > Restore Default. 
 

Backup customizing data / Restore customizing data
Folder Marker pro lets the user backup/ restore his customizable data anytime via Action > Backup customizing data / Restore customizing data. If needed there is also a "Rollback All Changes" for the user. 

 

 

How to use 'Backup customizing data' feature of Folder Marker

 

Folder Marker Home lets the user label folders with color-coded and image-coded icons with one mouse click, which makes them easy to find and retrieve. User simply selects the folder he wants to label, right-click on its icon, select a color-coded icon from the drop-down menu and the folder color changes at once! That simple!
 

Users can take advantage of great customization flexibility. He (the user) can, for example, modify a right-click menu of a folder by adding new menu items and categories and assigning icons to them. Users are also given the ability to add new items to Folder Marker's icon set. Simply drop an ICL file to the appropriate folder and a new tab with folders from this file will appear. The user can choose to make folders, customized with Folder Marker Home, distributable. This means a color-coded icon remains unchanged even if the folder is copied onto a new computer or the system has been re-installed. Also, he (the user) can apply a selected icon to all sub-folders in a given folder.
 

Folder Marker is "the" #1 folder color changer on the Internet! This is the perfect download for any home user who needs a little extra boost getting your files in order!


Key features:
 

• For HOME use only!
  
• Folder Marker Home can modify the 'Mark Folder' menu. You can have your own menu with your own icons, specially made for your personal needs. It is VERY convenient.
  
• Folder Marker Home has two additional options for folder icon changes: "Make customized folder distributable" (portable) and "Apply selected icon to all subfolders"
  
• Folder Marker Home can change a folder's color. For this purpose you have 36 icons of normal, dark and light colors.
  
• Folder Marker Home can mark folders by priority (high, normal, low), by degree of work complete (done, half-done, planned), by work status (approved, rejected, pending) and by the type of information contained in a folder (work files, important files, temp files, private files).
  
• Folder Marker Home changes folder color within a popup menu of the folders. To label a folder, you don't even need to run the program! Moreover, the popup menu contains convenient category submenus.
  
• Folder Marker Home contains a User Icons tab where you can add an unlimited quantity of your favorite icons and label folders with them. It's easy!
  
• Folder Marker Home can work with several folders at once and supports 32-bits icons.
  

 

Comparison of Folder Marker Editions

 

 

Comparison of Folder Marker Editions HERE

 

Latest build is Folder Marker 4.6.0.0 (4-Nov-2021)

 

What's new in Folder Marker 4.6.0.0
 

 

• Windows 11 support has been added. All the build-in icons were re-drawn to match Windows 11 icon style.
  
• “Additional” icon set was updated. We have re-drawn the App logos to the modern view and added 13 more icons. So now, the Additional icon set contains 75 icons.
  
• Optimized work with ICL files. Now Folder Marker applies icons from ICL files much faster. Speed increase might be up to 30x for ICL files with 500+ icons inside.
  
• Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Filipino, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Ukrainian translations were updated.
  
• Registration key checking algorithm updated. Now Folder Marker will fix some typical typos when entering the registration key.
  
• Bug fixed: “Can't change the folder icon. You don't have rights to write to this folder” error if you assigned an icon to a network folder without the “Make Folders Distributable by Default” option turned on.
  
• Bug fixed: IconResource parameter was ignored in desktop.ini during icon customization.
  
• Bug fixed: Double-click on a custom tab that didn’t allow you to rename it if you had not 100% size settings in your system.
  
• Bug fixed: No right-click “Mark Folder” menu on clean OS after installation.
  
• Bug fixed: Absolute path to the icon file in desktop.ini if “Make customized folder distributable” option is turned on.
  
• Bug fixed: The file name was used as a Tag instead of an icon name when the icon was assigned from the ICL file.
  
• Bug fixed: Access violation error in Pro version 4.5.1.
  

 

PERTINENT LINKS

 

Home Page HERE

Product Site HERE

Download Folder Marker HERE

Folder Marker Online Help HERE

Folder Marker KB Articles HERE

Folder Marker Blog HERE

 

Folder Marker licenses for this Yuletide 2021 giveaway

 

ArcticLine Software has provided Geeks For Your Information Forum:

 

ONE (1) Folder Marker Pro lifetime license + Everyday Folder Icons version 1.0

and,

FIFTEEN (15) Folder Marker Home lifetime licenses**

(** - Top 3 winners of Folder Marker Home will each get Everyday Folder Icons version 1.0)

 

Licenses are  1-PC, lifetime-current-version based licenses ONLY --no support.

 

 

 

Everyday Folder Icons

Organize stuff on your computer with the help of catchy Everyday Folder Icons! Arcticline Software offers 60 professional Windows 10 style icons for everyday use! 

Hundreds of people have found this approach useful and are using the original Everyday set of folder icons for years. But they are drawn in Vista style which might look good in Windows Vista, 7 and 8, but they look strange in Windows 10. That’s why Arcticline Software has decided to redesign them and release modern Windows 10-style icons*. Thus "Everyday Folder Icons" was born.
 

Everyday Folder Icons is a universal set consisting of 60 folder icons specially designed for files that most people store on computers:
 

 

• Work files
  
• Educational or scientific documents
  
• Music, pictures, and videos
  
• Family members’ and the user's personal files
  
• Games and other hobbies
  
• Icons with stars and medals for sorting folders according to their importance or whatever the user's own criteria may be
  
• After the user labels his Windows folders with this set, every folder will have a noticeable icon on it that will help him find it at a glance.
  

More Information on Everyday Folder Icons HERE

 

CONTEST RULES

 

As Yultide 2021 gift, everyone can join in this contest including approved "new members" . 
Note: 'new members' must have posted in the "Introduction" section HERE to qualify.

1. Participants can enter the contest TWICE (2x). Please answer the question below.

Please follow the "sample entries" for ENTRY#1 and ENTRY#2. 

Social media share for ENTRY#2 must be DIFFERENT from ENTRY#1. 

Please DO NOT FORGET to indicate the ENTRY#1 (or ENTRY#2) at the top most corner of your entries.

"What features of Folder Marker Pro do you like best and why do you want to win a Folder Marker Pro license?"


"Share feedback (or Christmas / New Year message) to Arcticline Software"


Post your reply as contest entry WITH your social media share.  Please see sample entry below.
 

2. REQUIRED: Please share this giveaway by pasting the quoted below in your Facebook/Twitter/Google+ Account.  

(Share is NOT limited to popular social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Instagram.)
 

Geeks For Your Information Forum [Official] Folder Marker Yuletide Giveaway 2021
https://www.geeks.fyi/showthread.php?tid=16298

 



Optional: You may want to like/follow ArcticLine Software / Folder Marker's social networking sites as added support.
 

ArcticLine Software on Twitter

Folder Marker on Facebook

ArcticLine Software on YouTube

3. Only two (2) entries per member is allowed. Same IP address per member. WE WILL BE CHECKING!

Excess entries will merit a deletion of all member’s entries and user will be banned from giveaway so please be careful.

If there are any questions / concerns pertaining to the giveaway/contest please get in touch with me through PM. Do not post it in this thread. Doing so will merit a warning and ultimately be banned from entering further giveaway/contests.




 

WINNERS WILL RECEIVE

 

ONE (1) TOP PRIZE WINNER will get Folder Marker Pro lifetime license + Everyday Folder Icons version 1.0

and,

FIFTEEN (15) WINNERS  will all get Folder Marker Home lifetime licenses**

(** - Top 3 winners of Folder Marker Home will each get Everyday Folder Icons version 1.0)

 

Licenses are  1-PC, lifetime-current-version based licenses ONLY --no support.

 

Winners will be selected by via random.org and once posted,
winners will only have 5 days to send a PM to claim their prize. 

 

Please include your details (Name / Email) in your PM claim for proper licensing.

 

NO CONFIRMATION FOR THOSE WITH INSUFFICIENT/INCOMPLETE DETAILS.

 

Prize will be FORFEIT if a PM claim is not received within the specified timeframe.

 

Prize will be FORFEIT if a PM claim is "not confirmed".

 

The Giveaway will run 
from December 12, 2021 to January 15, 2022

 

Good luck to all!!!

 

 

 

Arcticline Software FREE BONUS APP HERE

[jasonX]

GIVEAWAY / CONTEST IS RE-OPENED!!!!

Sorry for the delay. Sponsor has changed some terms and we had to agree on all to push through. We here at GFYI are professional in dealing with sponsors so we see to it that all are black and white and ironed-out. So cheers everyone it is now open (again)!

[damien76]

ENTRY#1

"What features of Folder Marker Pro do you like best and why do you want to win a Folder Marker Pro license?"

I like the built-in colored folders and the way you can automatically convert image files to be icons. Of course you can do this manually but with Folder Marker it seems very easy. No effort at all! Just select and replace that's it! Very nice! I do not know of folder marking software until I saw this giveaway! They have a free version too with the colored folders I like! Usually I do not entertain thoughts of having to change folders look but when you get confused on what you are looking for well you get that feeling "I hope there's a better way to do this" --syndrome. I like to win Pro version so I can use pro features with the bonus of the Everyday Icon folders! VERY NICE FIND INDEED! Thanks for supporting our forum! Thanks jasonX for coming back!

I tweet,
https://twitter.com/damienTh66/status/14...8239758337

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ENTRY#2

"Share feedback (or Christmas / New Year message) to Arcticline Software"

This is a first time I encountered your application and thank you for supporting our forum. I hope that since you are giving prize as "lifetime-version-limited" software we get the chance to upgrade also via another giveaway or a small fee. Is that bonus "Everyday Folder Icons" also "lifetime-version-limited"...Seems to be. Anwyay, thanks very much for your support! Merry XMAS to you at Arcticline Software!

I tweet,
https://twitter.com/damienTh66/status/14...5493428227

[dhruv2193]

Entry#1
https://twitter.com/dhruvmercury/status/...4509114369
"What features of Folder Marker Pro do you like best and why do you want to win a Folder Marker Pro license?"
I like the following features of Folder Marker Pro:-

• Folder Marker Pro can change a folder's color to normal, dark and light states
  

• Folder Marker Pro can label folders by priority (high, normal, low), by degree of work complete (done, half-done, planned), by work status (approved, rejected, pending) and by the type of the information contained in a folder (work files, important files, temp files, private files).
  

I want to win  a license to this app to mark my folders for easy and quick identification of folders and enhancing my productivity.

[Sughosha]

Entry#1

"What features of Folder Marker Pro do you like best and why do you want to win a Folder Marker Pro license?"
I have not found a way to change default folder icon or changing icons for multiple folders at once, within Windows itself. Folder Marker makes it easy to change the default icon for every folder at once.
I would like to win Folder Marker Pro license to make my Explorer look better than now and to have a better and happier workflow.

Thanks for this and may the new year make you reach your goals!

Twitter share

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Entry#2

"Share feedback (or Christmas / New Year message) to Arcticline Software"
Personally having better look & feel impacts my workflow as well as my mood a lot.. It is really good that Arcticline Software gives importance to make things look better. I wish them achieve what they want in 2022!

Happy new year!

Twitter share

[dhruv2193]

Entry#2
https://twitter.com/dhruvmercury/status/...4860237826

"Share feedback (or Christmas / New Year message) to Arcticline Software"

I wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Arcticline Software. May this year bring lots of success to your team. Also,thanks for letting me know about this wonderful software this new year.

[sgx]

ENTRY#1

"What features of Folder Marker Pro do you like best and why do you want to win a Folder Marker Pro license?"
The feature I like best is change folder icon to label them by priority, project completeness level, work status, and type of information stored.
With Folder Marker Pro, I want to change the monotonous default color of the system icons to make them look more colorful and comfortable. In addition . I intend to mark those important folders with different icons and colors so that I can find them at a glance among the large number of folders.  thank you a lot.

twitter

[Decimuss]

ENTRY#1
"What features of Folder Marker Pro do you like best and why do you want to win a Folder Marker Pro license?"
Folder Marker Pro allows you to organize your PC by using different icons to mark folders. This improves our productivity because we can quickly find the documents we need. The use of colours can be used to prioritise particular documents, or their status such as open, in progress, completed or their importance to the user. You can also create custom folders. 
I would like to win a licence for Folder Marker Pro to make working with documents easier by marking them up and identifying them quickly. Plus it's great fun to create custom folders.
My share below:
My FB

[sgx]

Entry#2

"Share feedback (or Christmas / New Year message) to Arcticline Software"

I hope to see Folder Marker add the function of extracting folder icons.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Arcticline. Good luck to all!

twitter

[sty]

ENTRY#1
"What features of Folder Marker Pro do you like best and why do you want to win a Folder Marker Pro license?"

My favorite feature is Folder Marker Pro can label folders according to different categories. Since I have a large number of files to process in my daily work, I want to use Folder Marker to mark my folders as important and unimportant, frequently used and infrequently used, so as to further improve my work efficiency and reserve some time to do what I like.

thank you a lot for the contest and happy new to all!

my twitter