Thanks Ronnie

I've downloaded the trial version and it works really well and does exactly
what I want BUT I object to having to pay for a "bolt on" piece of software
for a simple functionality that is lacking in Vista. The very fact that
XYplorer exists indicates that there is a demand for this kind of
functionality!

David

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

David

There's no way to do this by default in Vista. You will need to use a third
party application.

Take a look at the following software, it will do what you want.

XYplorer - A Windows File Manager and Explorer Replacement:
http://www.xyplorer.com/


--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"David Robarts" David wrote in message
...
Actually I have a very real need for this as I am trying to write up my
family tree for my children and want to use standard family tree colours
to
differentiate the diffrent lines of my and my wife's family.

To explain: the standard family line colours go blue for your father's
line,
green for mother's line, red for your mother's father's line and yellow
for
your mother's mother's line this colour map makes it visually easy to see,
once you've got the hand of it, where you are in your family tree -
assuming
you are using genealogy software which supports Ancestor colours.

I am writing a narrative of my direct line family tree which has now
reached
chapter 40 and want to be able to show which part of my family I am
writing
about by displaying the file names in the relevant colour i.e. blue,
green,
red and yellow.

I admit this is a fairly specific requirement and is probably not
universal
but having Googled to try and find a solution it seems there are a lot of
further reasons from highlighting particular photos to differentiating
document versions.

I'm not particularly interested in getting involved in a slanging match
but
just wanted to point out that there are, or perhaps in my case is,
perfectly
reasonable reasons for an ability to change the colour of a file name.

To my mind Chapter 39 The Hurts, Lowes, Fownes, Gells, Rosells,
Shuttleworths, Arkwrights and Radcliffes - red, does not work as well as
Chapter 39 etc in a red font of my choice.

I don't know if Microsoft read these forums but for me this an important
issue - I'm sigened on using my daughters hotmail account so any help or
comment should be directed to because she
never
checks email!

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

Eddie wrote:
I need to change the display filename colors in Vista Windows Explorer
similar to the MAC O/S Feature.

This question does NOT deal with Encrypted Files or Compressed Files. I
simply want to change the display names of the files to colors such as
BLUE,
GREY, etc., just like I can do on the MAC O/S for the past 5 years.

I do NOT want to use any third party software file managers. There must
be a
way to do it in Windows since APPLE has been doing it for 60 months
now.

I can't believe that Windows STILL Cannot perform this simple task !!!

I can't believe you'd expect the presence of a "feature" that no one
has ever asked for, and for which there would be very little practical
use.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

David

File/folder coloring isn't exactly an often requested feature. Yours is the
first time I have seen this request on the Vista groups in almost 16 months.


No operating system or software can do it all, that is why there are niche
products like Xyplorer. This developer focused on everything that Windows
Explorer did not have and created a product to fill that niche.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"David Robarts" wrote in message
...
Thanks Ronnie

I've downloaded the trial version and it works really well and does
exactly
what I want BUT I object to having to pay for a "bolt on" piece of
software
for a simple functionality that is lacking in Vista. The very fact that
XYplorer exists indicates that there is a demand for this kind of
functionality!

David

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

David

There's no way to do this by default in Vista. You will need to use a
third
party application.

Take a look at the following software, it will do what you want.

XYplorer - A Windows File Manager and Explorer Replacement:
http://www.xyplorer.com/


--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"David Robarts" David wrote in
message
...
Actually I have a very real need for this as I am trying to write up my
family tree for my children and want to use standard family tree
colours
to
differentiate the diffrent lines of my and my wife's family.

To explain: the standard family line colours go blue for your father's
line,
green for mother's line, red for your mother's father's line and yellow
for
your mother's mother's line this colour map makes it visually easy to
see,
once you've got the hand of it, where you are in your family tree -
assuming
you are using genealogy software which supports Ancestor colours.

I am writing a narrative of my direct line family tree which has now
reached
chapter 40 and want to be able to show which part of my family I am
writing
about by displaying the file names in the relevant colour i.e. blue,
green,
red and yellow.

I admit this is a fairly specific requirement and is probably not
universal
but having Googled to try and find a solution it seems there are a lot
of
further reasons from highlighting particular photos to differentiating
document versions.

I'm not particularly interested in getting involved in a slanging match
but
just wanted to point out that there are, or perhaps in my case is,
perfectly
reasonable reasons for an ability to change the colour of a file name.

To my mind Chapter 39 The Hurts, Lowes, Fownes, Gells, Rosells,
Shuttleworths, Arkwrights and Radcliffes - red, does not work as well
as
Chapter 39 etc in a red font of my choice.

I don't know if Microsoft read these forums but for me this an
important
issue - I'm sigened on using my daughters hotmail account so any help
or
comment should be directed to because she
never
checks email!

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

Eddie wrote:
I need to change the display filename colors in Vista Windows
Explorer
similar to the MAC O/S Feature.

This question does NOT deal with Encrypted Files or Compressed
Files. I
simply want to change the display names of the files to colors such
as
BLUE,
GREY, etc., just like I can do on the MAC O/S for the past 5 years.

I do NOT want to use any third party software file managers. There
must
be a
way to do it in Windows since APPLE has been doing it for 60 months
now.

I can't believe that Windows STILL Cannot perform this simple task
!!!

I can't believe you'd expect the presence of a "feature" that no one
has ever asked for, and for which there would be very little practical
use.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot