microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys

New+ Templating Enhancement - Preserve applied custom icon (color)

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Description

### Description of the new feature / enhancement

When custom icons have been applied to templated directories/sub-directories, the applied custom icons should be applied to the directory/sub-directories created by New+ template.

### Scenario when this would be used?

As a professor, I have the same 12+ directories for every class in every semester. Using the MS Onedrive color folder icon set allows me to visually 'group' like directories together using colors (red, green, purple, blues, etc.).

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### Supporting information

When I use New+ on the template with applied colored icons, the templated copy of directories/sub-directories only has the default 'yellow' directory icon.

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Research direction

Start by locating the New+ template flow and the existing handling of custom icons on templated directories and sub-directories. Reproduce the reported scenario with a template containing colored custom icons. Done means newly created directories and sub-directories preserve the corresponding custom icons instead of reverting to the default yellow icon.

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Assessment

Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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