putting an image on folders

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I have repeatedly tried to put an image on various desktop folders, but it never works. I right click, select properties, customize, choose picture, click apply, and the folder stays exactly the same. The only change I can enact is if I ask it to apply the template to the subfolders. Then the subfolders will show the picture, but not the folder itself.

I have windows XP.

The contents of desktop.ini, this file goes in the folder you want to customize

Copy and paste this into the file with notepad, make sure the file type is "All Files" when you save and not "Text Files", save the files as desktop.ini. Then find the image you want and put it in the folder you want to change the icon of and type the file name after "IconFile=", be sure to put quotes around the name of the file it it has spaces or if you are unsure.

Say for instance the name of the file is Cow Kitty.jpg, here is what the file should look like:

The folder pictures thing only works if you use thumbnails view. The method I described above should always work.

Why won't it work through the data properties menu? And why would it work on the subfolders but not the folder itself?

How do I access desktop.ini?

Just open notepad, past and save that in the folder you want to iconify, but save as "All Files" and not "Text Files".


You need to change the view of the parent folder to thumbnail view for it to work the way you are trying to do it.

Thank you ahayes!! !! !! !! !! !! !!

Argh I cannot set my desktop to thumbnails view!! !! !

My Documents --> Desktop --> View--> Thumbnails

The desktop appears as thumbnails in Windows Explorer but not on the desktop itself... what do I try next?

I don't think that can be done, en_una_isla