Customising folders

[Saphy]

Hullo, Hoping someone can help.

I am using Windows XP Professional at home. I am the
host computer (mainly for the purpose of using the
internet) and am networked with another computer in the
house.

Essentially i just want to easily identify particular
folders when i'm using Windows Explorer. The only two
ways i can think would help do this would be:

(a)color coding the folders;(Can you change the color of
individual folders please?) OR
(b)changing the icons relating to each folder (Are there
are any more icons that i can download and install for
Windows XP?)(and no i don't want to create my own lol).

Thanks. Saphy

[Taurarian]

http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku/

Folder customizations-
Setting a folder background in Windows XP


With regard to changing the folder Icons - right click on the folder you
wish to change the icon for, select customise

Hope this assists you.

"Saphy" > wrote in message
...
> Hullo, Hoping someone can help.
>
> I am using Windows XP Professional at home. I am the
> host computer (mainly for the purpose of using the
> internet) and am networked with another computer in the
> house.
>
> Essentially i just want to easily identify particular
> folders when i'm using Windows Explorer. The only two
> ways i can think would help do this would be:
>
> (a)color coding the folders;(Can you change the color of
> individual folders please?) OR
> (b)changing the icons relating to each folder (Are there
> are any more icons that i can download and install for
> Windows XP?)(and no i don't want to create my own lol).
>
> Thanks. Saphy
>
>
>

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi Taneth,

This page may help you a bit. I have tried to explain how to customize
folders a bit more.

Folder Customisations
http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku


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Anando
Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
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Folder Customisations
http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku

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"Taneth" > wrote in message
...
>I stand by my claim that Windows 98 is better than XP, and I would go back
>to it if I could.
> How do you use HTML templates for customising folders? There is a feature
> called "customise" but it's more like "pick a category out of these few"
> which is really poor. I had templates for several of my folders to make
> them more eficcient, but now no matter what I do it gets ignored.

[Taneth]

yeah, the folder backgrounds are all that's left of my html templates. but the hyperlinks on the left panel are gone, as is the scrolling control panel I made, and the quick edit syntax highlited code preview box up the top that took me weeks to make. ther
e's also the matter of the icon display area which I actually replaced with a different one for another folder. now I'm stuck with flashy animations and minimal data. whatever happened to "asthetics are irrelevent"? that was better.

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi,

You might find this site useful too:

Serenity Macros
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/

Look for WebView.

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Regards,
Anando
Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org

Folder Customisations
http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku

Get Secure !!
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


"Taneth" > wrote in message
...
> yeah, the folder backgrounds are all that's left of my html templates. but
> the hyperlinks on the left panel are gone, as is the scrolling control
> panel I made, and the quick edit syntax highlited code preview box up the
> top that took me weeks to make. there's also the matter of the icon
> display area which I actually replaced with a different one for another
> folder. now I'm stuck with flashy animations and minimal data. whatever
> happened to "asthetics are irrelevent"? that was better.