1. In regedit, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons
If the Shell icons key doesn't exist r-click the Explorer key and select New Key and then name it Shell Icons.
2. In the right pane of Shell Icons, right click on an empty space and click on New and String Value. Name this string value 3 and press enter.
3. Right click on 3 and click on Modify.
4. Type in the full path of the icon that you want to use as the new folder icon.
5. (Optional) Export your new Shell Icons registry entry for future use, saving as a .reg file.
6. Close Regedit.
Notes
To speed up the icon change, first run Disk Cleanup making sure that the "thumbs" list entry is checked for deletion. Then navigate to the folder C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Local and delete the IconCache.db file. Finally re-boot your system.
If you use an .ico file of a size other than the Windows 7 default size of 256x256 pixels you will end up with display issues in the various display sizes used by Windows Explorer. If you ever change the icon's location you will need to alter the address in this registry entry as well to still display your icon in Windows Explorer. To this end I always make a folder in the System32 folder specifically for any icons I use to replace the system icons.
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