Window background (set folder background)

You knew this. But we had to mention it, anyhow. You can apply an image inside your windows;

just choose 'view' in the toolbar, and 'customize this folder'. It gives the folder the attribute 'system' and a hidden file, 'desktop.ini' is created in it.(only in Windows 98 to above ) .

In notepad you'll see a line like "IconArea_Image=C:\xx\xx.xxx" specifying the path to your .bmp, .gif or .jpg. IconArea_Text=0x00RRGGBB is textcolor (Only in Windows 98 or above).

Or for Other Windows (Windows Xp or server 2003) change the Folder Attribute in to System Folder

1)  give the folder a 'system' attribute. The simplest way is the msdos command line, type "attrib", your folder path in quotes and then +s, like this: attrib "c:\folder\path" +s.

Ex:-

 <For other Windows like server 2003>

2)  Create a desktop.ini file in the folder (new textfile, afterwards rename), containing the lines:

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Attributes=1
IconArea_Image=BGPATH
IconArea_Text=0x00RRGGBB

<...Replacing BGPATH(Background Image Path) and RRGGBB (text color). >

Try to give a blue text color example:-

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]

iconarea_image="E:\DATA\Rohit\wallpapers\sai ram\6.jpg"

IconArea_Text=0x00FF0000

Result:

If you wanna present someone a folder with background, you have to put the bitmap in the folder (make it hidden). Then change this line to look like "IconArea_Image=.\xx.xxx". This won't survive a 'zip' (the read-only attribute of the folder gets lost).

The image you apply is repeated on the icon area, and there is no way to center or align it. To produce a similar effect use an about 500*600 image and align your image inside it,

Because your folder size isn't changing very much when browsing.