How to Set Image In Folder
Step 1:-
Open up
notepad, the native text editor in Windows. Type in the exact line
below:
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Note: The
above line contains only zeroes and not the alphabet O.
Specify
the picture to use: Now, in the next line we will specify the picture
that we want to use as the background for the folder. We will do this
by typing the following line:
iconarea_image=C:\My
Pictures\picture.bmp
Let me
elaborate the above-mentioned process. The image to be used as the
folder background is specified through iconarea_image. So you can
type in the exact path to any image of your liking after the “=”
sign as shown above.
Specify
the icon label color: Additionally you can also specify the color of
the icon labels. This color will be used to display the icon labels
in that specific folder. This one is a bit tricky but very easy if
you get the idea. The icon label color is specified through
iconarea_text. The value for the color is specified in a 24 bit
0x00bbggrr format (b,g and r stand for blue,green and red
respectively) which specifies how much blue, green and red to mix.
The values will range from 0 in decimal or 00 in hexadecimal to 255
in decimal or FF in hexadecimal…sounds complicated but is very
simple.
Lets say
that I want the icon labels green in color. So in this case, I will
not mix any blue or red but just green. So the value will be
00x0000FF00. Note the values of blue and red are 0 (since we are not
using any of those colors) and the value of green is 255, which, when
converted to hexadecimal is FF. Now specify the value of the color as
shown below:
iconarea_text=0x0000FF00
To convert
a decimal number into hexadecimal, open up Calculator (Start>>All
programs>>Accessories>>Calculator) and set the view to
scientific (view>>scientific). Enter the decimal number and
then select the 'Hex' radio button. The number will be converted to
hexadecimal
At the
end, your Notepad window should look something like this (may differ
according to your selection of image file and color):
Step 2: -
Now we
will save the contents in a file called desktop.ini in the folder
that we are customizing (in this case the folder is C:\myfolder).
From the File>Save option save the file as desktop.ini and put the
file name in double quotes as shown in the picture below to maintain
the .ini extension
Step 3: -
Now we
will have to give the folder system attribute. This can be done very
easily through the command prompt. Open up the command prompt through
Start>All programs>Accessories>command prompt. Type the
following and press enter (remember we are using myfolder as an
example, so the path name may vary accordingly for you) :
Attrib +s
“C:\myfolder”
Additionally
you can hide the desktop.ini file.
The
command prompt window should look something like this :
That’s
it, done !! The folder will now display the picture of your choice in
the background and also display the icon labels in your specified
color. My customized folder turned out to be something like this (I
have turned off the common tasks pane for you to get a better view) :
