02-05-2009, 20:09
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Customising Folders
Is there any way of hacking into xp to change the default folder icon? I got sick of individually customising last time I reformatted, and I don't like using the programs you can download to change the look of your folders.
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02-05-2009, 20:46
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Re: Customising Folders
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03-05-2009, 09:13
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Re: Customising Folders
Hmm, interesting but I specifically asked if there was a way to do it without downloading any programs, thanks anyway.
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03-05-2009, 09:54
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Re: Customising Folders
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Hmm, interesting but I specifically asked if there was a way to do it without downloading any programs, thanks anyway.
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Yes, and the answer provided specifically said no you can't, not without third party utilities.
So you got an answer, just not the one you were looking for  .
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03-05-2009, 10:42
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Re: Customising Folders
Actually the answer didn't specifically say no, but, again, thanks anyway. BTW I tried the first hit on the google link and it didn't work.
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03-05-2009, 10:53
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Re: Customising Folders
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Actually the answer didn't specifically say no, but, again, thanks anyway. BTW I tried the first hit on the google link and it didn't work.
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I've not tried that sort of thing for years. I was heavily into customising windows at one point in time, now i'm pretty much a "use it as I find it" sort.
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03-05-2009, 12:43
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Re: Customising Folders
For some reason Vista doesn't have the option to show seperate icons for "open" or "closed" folders... or am I a bit thick at the moment?
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03-05-2009, 12:53
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Re: Customising Folders
For some reason when switching to 'windows classic' vista doesn't change the fugly icons to classic either
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03-05-2009, 14:44
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Re: Customising Folders
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Originally Posted by ThunderPants73
Is there any way of hacking into xp to change the default folder icon? I got sick of individually customising last time I reformatted, and I don't like using the programs you can download to change the look of your folders.
Thanks.
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Inside the folder you want to change put a JPG image in it with the filename with out quotes "folder.jpg", when you view the folder in thumbnail mode you get the "new" image.
I do this to all my folders.
---------- Post added at 14:44 ---------- Previous post was at 14:42 ----------
This works in XP.
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