Add Background Image to a Folder or Drive

If you have used Windows 98, then you must knew about its feature of adding color or any picture to a folder’s background. We could also change the color of fonts of that particular folder.
This would help make each folder easier to identify and would bring a personal touch to the PC.

…. but this feature was removed since Windows XP was released.

It was definitely a good feature to see and I know many of us still miss that feature in Windows XP/Vista.

But here is a small utility, which can do the same work in Windows XP !!

“Customize Folder” is the actually the same old “Folder customization wizard” used in Windows98.
It is just redesigned to run on Windows XP.

How to Run:

1. Download the file to any location on your drive.

2. Copy “Customize Folder.exe” to the folder, of which you want to change the background color or want to apply any background image.

3. After copying, run the file.
4. Choose “Choose a background picture” option.
5. Click Next.

6. Choose Picture or browse your image.
7. Click Next and then finish.
8. Refresh the folder to see the changes.

(It ‘ll automatically search and show all .bmp images in “C:\Windows” folder)

So if you want to customize many folders, then its better to put all your images (in .bmp format) in C:\Windows. So you don’t have to browse your images every time.

Alternative….??

If you think that above method of copying/pasting the .exe file in each folder you wanna customize, is not for you !
Then there’s another alternative of this, “WindowPaper XP”.

Below is the screen shot of main window of “Windowpaper XP”.

Does this work on Vista??

Yes ! This also works on Vista but not the above mentioned Methods/Utilities.
….For Vista users “Vista Folder Background” is just for this purpose.
Which I think is more convenient in use and as easy as right clicking a folder.

How to Install/Uninstall:
1. Install: Run install.bat to install.
2. Uninstall: run uninstall.bat to uninstall and restart system.

How to use:
Right click any folder an check the “Folder Background” tab for settings.