Folder background and text color

[Guest]

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.")

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

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/d...hell_basics/shell_basics_extending/custom.asp



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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.")

 

[Guest]

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.")