I changed the look of My Documents

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Hey, I wanted to share this with you all. My idea is that with Windows Vista
you should be able to group thing however you wanted. In the image here
(http://www.geocities.com/jcgnu/docs.JPG), this is how my Documents folder
looks. It's been customized in many things, and it took me some hours to do
it all, but I think it would be nice if in the next version of Windows,
Microsoft gave us a nicer-look windows and more efficient organization for
it. Here, I can group the files and folders depending on a subject.

The thing is, it is possible to do it in XP (everything in the picture) but
it took me a lot of time, cause you have to modify the Desktop.ini of every
single file (and many more things).

Well, I hope someone would consider my advice.

Thanks
 
I added a background image to the folder. Go check it out and tell me what
you think! :D

To assign categories you need to do different things. That's what I'm saying
that would be nice if we were able to do ir simpler in Vista.

For files, yoou just have to right-click te file and add a name for the
field Description in "Advanced".

For folders you have to alter de Desktop.ini file in each of them to add a
line for the description.

At the end, you have to sort by type and order by description.

It's not too complicated but it should be easier.

Later




Keith Miller MVP said:
Nice! How did you assign categories to your folders?


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


JCGNU said:
Hey, I wanted to share this with you all. My idea is that with Windows Vista
you should be able to group thing however you wanted. In the image here
(http://www.geocities.com/jcgnu/docs.JPG), this is how my Documents folder
looks. It's been customized in many things, and it took me some hours to do
it all, but I think it would be nice if in the next version of Windows,
Microsoft gave us a nicer-look windows and more efficient organization for
it. Here, I can group the files and folders depending on a subject.

The thing is, it is possible to do it in XP (everything in the picture) but
it took me a lot of time, cause you have to modify the Desktop.ini of every
single file (and many more things).

Well, I hope someone would consider my advice.

Thanks
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