Easy way to change folder label colors?

[Derek]

I'm looking for a _convenient_ way to change folder colors in
XP. I know I can change folder icons to whatever I want using
Properties->Customize->Change Icon, but this is a pain for
many folders and toggling between icons/colors takes too much
work to be handy. At the risk of being burned as a heretic I
admit that what I really want is a way to color labels like
Mac OS X:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/finder/

Thanks.

[Derek]

Derek wrote:
> I'm looking for a _convenient_ way to change folder colors
> in XP. I know I can change folder icons to whatever I want
> using Properties->Customize->Change Icon, but this is a
> pain for many folders and toggling between icons/colors
> takes too much work to be handy. At the risk of being
> burned as a heretic I admit that what I really want is a
> way to color labels like Mac OS X:
>
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/finder/
>
> Thanks.

According to Google what I want is not a natively available in
XP, but I'm still hoping someone might know of a utility that
adds this functionality to XP.

[Wesley Vogel]

Derek;

Took me about five minutes to find.

Free File: Rainbow Folders
[[With but a push of a button, today's free file lets you customize the
color and style of any folder in your system.]]
http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/freefile/story/0,24330,3566016,00.html

http://www.rainbowfolders.aionel.net/

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XP Folder colors
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=XP+Folder+colors&btnG=Google+Search


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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In ,
Derek > hunted and pecked:
> Derek wrote:
>> I'm looking for a _convenient_ way to change folder colors
>> in XP. I know I can change folder icons to whatever I want
>> using Properties->Customize->Change Icon, but this is a
>> pain for many folders and toggling between icons/colors
>> takes too much work to be handy. At the risk of being
>> burned as a heretic I admit that what I really want is a
>> way to color labels like Mac OS X:
>>
>> http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/finder/
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> According to Google what I want is not a natively available in
> XP, but I'm still hoping someone might know of a utility that
> adds this functionality to XP.

[Derek]

Wesley Vogel wrote:

> Derek;
> Took me about five minutes to find.

I appreciate your effort, but I too tried Google. I found
Rainbow Folders in about 5 minutes too and concluded it's not
exactly top-notch. The colored folders look bad in XP when
viewed in "list" mode (yes, I checked "Win XP Style") and the
color change has to be done by browsing for folders in a tiny
tree in the Rainbow Folders application. Plus I don't think
colors can be applied to multiple folders at once. In short,
it's not much better than changing the icon in XP natively. :(

[Wesley Vogel]

Derek;

Well, I gave it a shot. :-(

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In ,
Derek > hunted and pecked:
> Wesley Vogel wrote:
>
>> Derek;
>> Took me about five minutes to find.
>
> I appreciate your effort, but I too tried Google. I found
> Rainbow Folders in about 5 minutes too and concluded it's not
> exactly top-notch. The colored folders look bad in XP when
> viewed in "list" mode (yes, I checked "Win XP Style") and the
> color change has to be done by browsing for folders in a tiny
> tree in the Rainbow Folders application. Plus I don't think
> colors can be applied to multiple folders at once. In short,
> it's not much better than changing the icon in XP natively. :(