add a background image to any folder in Windows xp

how to add a background image to any folder in Windows XP.
how to add a background image to any folder in Windows XP.

First, make sure all hidden files are visible on your system. Then, open the folder for which you wish to add a background image. Within the folder, right-click and select Properties » Customize tab » Customize. There, choose any icon, click Apply and OK.

That process should have created a "desktop.ini" file. Open that file with a text editor and add these lines of code:

[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
IconArea_Image=Cathfolderackground.jpg



To customize this according to your needs, edit the path in the last line to reflect to the location of the image you wish to use as the background image for that folder. Refresh the folder and the new background should appear.

Finally, to remove the default icon chosen during the creation of the desktop.ini and restore the default folder icon, delete these lines of code from within the desktop.ini file:

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%system32shell32.dll
IconIndex=(some number)
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Re: add a background image to any folder in Window

nice info,

Re: add a background image to any folder in Window

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Re: add a background image to any folder in Window

hey bro.. wen i choose an icon for the folder and apply it, it just changes the folder icon only but no desktop.ini file is created..Plz provide the info in more detail...thnxxx

Re: add a background image to any folder in Window

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Re: add a background image to any folder in Window

deep.rulzzz said:

hey bro.. wen i choose an icon for the folder and apply it, it just changes the folder icon only but no desktop.ini file is created..Plz provide the info in more detail...thnxxx

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sme query dear.....if u cn sort it out, wil b really hlpful....

Re: add a background image to any folder in Window

i tihnk ih ta vaise v folder customization naal ho jaanda

Re: add a background image to any folder in Window

22 ah trick windows 98 ch ta ho jandi a araam naal but windows XP ch ni dekhi hale tak...

raredreams dude, plz give full info in detail...

Re: add a background image to any folder in Window

Got the way...

Step 1 : Choose a folder for which u want to apply a background image.

Step 2: Open dat folder and make a text file in it. Open the text file and copy the following code--->
[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
IconArea_Image=Image Location

Note : in place of Image Location you have to give the path for the image. For eg. d:\Images\background.jpg. And if the image file is in the same folder(in which u want to apply an image) , then u do not have to give path over there, just mention the file name as background.jpg .

After doing this, save this text file as desktop.ini

Step 3: In that folder right click and hit properties-->customize tab-->change icon-->now choose any icon and click Ok and then apply.(You can restore the folder icon to Default later)

*Re-open the folder and you will see your selected image

Note : If you want to edit this file for applying any other image or deselecting the image, Open it from Dos Prompt(as it vanishes when you change the folder icon),just go to the destination folder and open the desktop.ini file , edit and save the changes.

Done...!