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Changing the "Thumbnail-Folder" and Folder Backgrounds??
Hello, I'm really desperate, I've searched everywhere for a solution to these seemingly "minor" problems, but they impact my ability to enjoy vista incredibly. Thumbnail-Folder: I changed the standard yellow folder icon to a green one, however Folders that preview pictures (which is practically EVERY folder and its grandma) are STILL ugly and yellow, opened with some papers or pics in it. I do *NOT* want to turn off thumbnails as a whole, and I quite like the folder-thumbnail-function aswell as the file-thumbnail-function. But I NEED a way to change the thumbnail-folder icon! :shock: Does the .ico file I use for the standard folder icon have to have a special structure? Does vista take the thumbnailed-folder icon from some special .dll?? I am really confused how I can resolve this! 2nd problem: Folder backgrounds! In XP, I used a modified desktop.ini and attrib+sfolder name Code: -------------------- [ExtShellFolderViews] {BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC} [{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}] Attributes=1 IconArea_Image=.\Folder Settings\Background.bmp -------------------- to give my most important folders like D:\Music a background (repeated image of notes, which looked beautiful). However in Vista it does not work. "Customize folder..." doesn't work either, so how does this work in Vista? Thanks a lot if you can help me with these problems!! -- forumghost |
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Changing the "Thumbnail-Folder" and Folder Backgrounds??
forumghost;1091307 Wrote: Hello, I'm really desperate, I've searched everywhere for a solution to these seemingly "minor" problems, but they impact my ability to enjoy vista incredibly. Thumbnail-Folder: I changed the standard yellow folder icon to a green one, however Folders that preview pictures (which is practically EVERY folder and its grandma) are STILL ugly and yellow, opened with some papers or pics in it. I do *NOT* want to turn off thumbnails as a whole, and I quite like the folder-thumbnail-function aswell as the file-thumbnail-function. But I NEED a way to change the thumbnail-folder icon! :shock: Does the .ico file I use for the standard folder icon have to have a special structure? Does vista take the thumbnailed-folder icon from some special .dll?? I am really confused how I can resolve this! 2nd problem: Folder backgrounds! EDIT: I stand corrected, Aveapps background suddently works! But the first problem persists. Does no one have a solution to the thumbnail problem? The icons used are @%systemroot%\system32\imageres.dll,-4 and @%systemroot%\system32\imageres.dll,-5 However, the registry doesn't make any references to them it seems. And the imageres.dll can't be edited, because it denies access to the 256x256 icons! -- forumghost |