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Folder background and text color
I recently migrated from a Win2K computer to XP Pro, and most of my
appliction-specific templates and preferences have been ported over, but because of that I have a problem with folder customizations. In Win2K, it was possible to apply a folder background image and text color. Opening those folders in XP, I see that the colors on those items are rendered vastly differently, so for example, a folder that used dark blue text for file names now shows them in a very pale pink, which is impossible to read especially against the background image for that folder. It floors me that XP stripped away all ability to control these aspects of a folder's appearance. That's fiercely annoying, especially because it's causing problems now. How do I remove these old customizations and restore the folders to a readable condition? (I'm hoping there's an old preferences file somewhere that I can just delete... but could it be that simple?) --- FoxCole "Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing." --- Robert Benchley (about his response to someone who said at a dinner party, "Say something funny, Mr. Benchley.") |
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Folder background and text color
Hope this helps
Customize Folder background with IESHWIZ Utility - Windows 9x/XP http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Customize_folder.htm Customising folder with desktop.ini http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ing/custom.asp -- =========================== TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006 =========================== http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527 foxcole wrote: | I recently migrated from a Win2K computer to XP Pro, and most of my | appliction-specific templates and preferences have been ported over, but | because of that I have a problem with folder customizations. | | In Win2K, it was possible to apply a folder background image and text color. | Opening those folders in XP, I see that the colors on those items are | rendered vastly differently, so for example, a folder that used dark blue | text for file names now shows them in a very pale pink, which is impossible | to read especially against the background image for that folder. | | It floors me that XP stripped away all ability to control these aspects of a | folder's appearance. That's fiercely annoying, especially because it's | causing problems now. How do I remove these old customizations and restore | the folders to a readable condition? (I'm hoping there's an old preferences | file somewhere that I can just delete... but could it be that simple?) | | --- | FoxCole | | "Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing." | --- Robert Benchley (about his response to someone who said at a dinner | party, "Say something funny, Mr. Benchley.") |
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Folder background and text color
Perfect! Thanks very much!
-- FoxCole "Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing." Robert Benchley (about his response to someone who said at a dinner party, "Say something funny, Mr. Benchley.") "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote: Hope this helps Customize Folder background with IESHWIZ Utility - Windows 9x/XP http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Customize_folder.htm Customising folder with desktop.ini http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ing/custom.asp |
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