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Set an image as a background of a window

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Siddharth Maheshwari Original post #1
Jan 19, 2007 at 11:55 AM
Hello frnds,
I am a 14 year old boy .This is my second tutorial .My first tutorial was disliked by everyone before 6 months.Plz kindly reply that were u knowing this trick or not .

If u want to set an image as the background of a window follow these steps:-
a>Create an file with .ini extension and name it desktop.U can make it in note pad.
b>Open it and place the following code:-
Code:
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
iconarea_image=adress if the image without the quotes 
iconarea_text=colour of the text

The code will appear the following
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
iconarea_image=C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper\VistaBliss.jpg
iconarea_text=0x00FFFFFF


Screenshots:-
*www.geocities.com/siddharth_bhoot/1.JPG


*www.geocities.com/siddharth_bhoot/2..JPG



*www.geocities.com/siddharth_bhoot/3.JPG


*www.geocities.com/siddharth_bhoot/3.jpg



Screenshot2:-
*www.geocities.com/siddharth_bhoot/4.JPG
PCWORM
PCWORM #2
Jan 19, 2007 at 12:14 PM
gud...
keep it up man...
Vishal Gupta
Jan 19, 2007 at 1:05 PM
For ur age, its a good tutorial, though I already knew it and I'm sure most of the members knew it. ;)
Keep it up buddy! :)
anandk
anandk #4
Jan 19, 2007 at 1:20 PM
good start sid, keep posting.
c this 2 btw *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46494&highlight=folder+background+explorer
Ron
Ron #5
Jan 19, 2007 at 7:50 PM
Keep Posting!!!!!!!!
koolbluez
Jan 19, 2007 at 8:18 PM
good one, maan.. welcome back.. reps comin up.
iMav
iMav #7
Jan 19, 2007 at 8:24 PM
good going bro ... nice 1 .... chotta vishal in the making
NIGHTMARE
Jan 19, 2007 at 8:26 PM
good buddy keep going:)
salilrane
Jan 19, 2007 at 8:44 PM
cant see screenshotz
tuxfan
tuxfan #11
Jan 20, 2007 at 2:53 PM
Great job!! +1 rep point for this tutorial. Keep them coming :)

PS:
I wanted to give you one more rep point for the Priety Zinta pic ;) but forum rules stopped me from giving more than one rep point at a time.
techtronic
Jan 20, 2007 at 10:49 PM
Scorcher of a Tut
n2casey
n2casey #13
Jan 20, 2007 at 11:20 PM
mAV3 said:
good going bro ... nice 1 .... chotta vishal in the making

Liked ur way of compliments. :D :D :D


@ siddharth_2463107

Nice start siddharth. Repu for u.
s18000rpm
s18000rpm #14
Jan 21, 2007 at 12:15 AM
@ siddharth_2463107. keep it up kid :)
S
Jan 21, 2007 at 11:39 AM
thanks guys for ur appreciations
I am trying to find more and more tricks due to ur encouragements:p :p
vikas_patil60
Jan 21, 2007 at 4:06 PM
Nice tut.
But I read on some other location :D :D
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sarkar #17
Jan 21, 2007 at 6:05 PM
thanx
i was in search for this
excellent guy.........
plsoft
plsoft #18
Jan 21, 2007 at 7:10 PM
Good tute. Nways is there any way to do the same for folders and sub folders?
S
Jan 21, 2007 at 8:20 PM
plsoft said:
Good tute. Nways is there any way to do the same for folders and sub folders?
Thanks the same thing works in folders and sub-folders also
plsoft
plsoft #20
Jan 22, 2007 at 11:22 AM
@siddharth- tried again, don't know why it doesn't work for me though i have followed the same procedure. By the way do you have to create a new file for every folder/sub-folder, or you can copy-paste the desktop.ini file you created earlier in the folders and sub-folders?
S
Jan 22, 2007 at 2:33 PM
plsoft said:
@siddharth- tried again, don't know why it doesn't work for me though i have followed the same procedure. By the way do you have to create a new file for every folder/sub-folder, or you can copy-paste the desktop.ini file you created earlier in the folders and sub-folders?
I think now u should ask to proffesionals like Vishal Gupta or some other
dIgItaL_BrAt
Jan 23, 2007 at 1:48 AM
Windowpaper does the same job.
S
Jan 24, 2007 at 4:07 PM
dIgItaL_BrAt said:
Windowpaper does the same job.

Ya frnd we can use it but then their will be no interest in changing it bcoz their will be no coding
aditya.shevade
Jan 24, 2007 at 11:49 PM
Now I have a question. If your image is bigger that the area where it is going to be placed, then the image gets cut. Is there any way to go around it?

I am attaching screenshot for better understanding.

*aditya.shevade.googlepages.com/digit.jpg

Aditya
S
Jan 24, 2007 at 11:59 PM
aditya.shevade said:
Now I have a question. If your image is bigger that the area where it is going to be placed, then the image gets cut. Is there any way to go around it?

*aditya.shevade.googlepages.com

Aditya
I think u shold try by resizing the image
aditya.shevade
Jan 25, 2007 at 12:12 AM
That I know, but what of the aspect ratios are differant? And I cannot just go on changing the size of every image. Besides, I will have to try resising it many times, till it fits in the window. There must be another way.
S
Jan 25, 2007 at 2:14 PM
aditya.shevade said:
That I know, but what of the aspect ratios are differant? And I cannot just go on changing the size of every image. Besides, I will have to try resising it many times, till it fits in the window. There must be another way.

I will try to find it by the time u put this question in the Q n A section.
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pchacker #28
Jan 27, 2007 at 4:05 PM
Thanks gud information
Chetan1991
Jan 28, 2007 at 10:11 AM
Good work!
Don't worry.You'll gradually become an experienced member and reputation will come to you.:D
S
Jan 28, 2007 at 11:08 AM
Chetan1991 said:
Good work!
Don't worry.You'll gradually become an experienced member and reputation will come to you.:D
Thanks
were u born in 1991
imdbest
imdbest #31
Jan 28, 2007 at 1:29 PM
very good for ur age

I knew that trick before, may be several others too
But never think whether people know what u tell or they don't, b'coz there are always 10 type of ppl, 01 who know & 01 who don't
F
Mar 14, 2007 at 10:52 PM
Great tutorial.
I will try this one for sure!
the.kaushik
Mar 14, 2007 at 11:32 PM
Vishal Gupta said:
For ur age, its a good tutorial, though I already knew it and I'm sure most of the members knew it. ;)
Keep it up buddy! :)

i support.. keep going.. we like ur tutorial
pritish_kul2
Mar 15, 2007 at 2:13 PM
nahi aa raha. i pated the code like this
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
iconarea_image=C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner\My Documents\Pritish\Wallpapers\1 part\Batman.jpg
iconarea_text=0x00FFFFFF
piyush gupta
Mar 15, 2007 at 3:26 PM
Very nice tutorial

This was a feature present in windows 98 and 95

i already knew it
rep u
the.kaushik
Mar 15, 2007 at 8:53 PM
Re: for removal drives

you know what we can do the same for our pendrives.. simply do the following and increase ur cool factor :)

Siddharth Maheshwari said:
Hello frnds,
I am a 14 year old boy .This is my second tutorial .My first tutorial was disliked by everyone before 6 months.Plz kindly reply that were u knowing this trick or not .

If u want to set an image as the background of a window follow these steps:-
a>Create an file with .ini extension and name it desktop.U can make it in note pad.
b>Open it and place the following code:-
Code:
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
iconarea_image=C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper\VistaBliss .jpg
iconarea_text=0x00FFFFFF

replace the above code with
Code:
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
iconarea_image=\VistaBliss .jpg
iconarea_text=0x00FFFFFF

and paste a jpg pic in ur pendrive with name VistaBliss.jpg
krates
krates #38
Mar 15, 2007 at 9:53 PM
If The Six Month Ago Tutorial Has Given Not A Good Response This Tutorial
May Cover All That Good Work Man.Thank You I DIDN'T Already Know That
M
mneo #39
Mar 17, 2007 at 4:10 AM
GUD tut , at 14 i hardly knew how to open a com & at 21 i am only gud enugh for posting thanx & u 14 year old genos posting tricks thanx again buddy.
MR.MOUSTACHE
Apr 9, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Thnks Man I Was Really Seraching For This Trick........
radonryder
Jun 4, 2007 at 2:26 PM
Vishal Gupta said:
For ur age, its a good tutorial, though I already knew it and I'm sure most of the members knew it. ;)
Keep it up buddy! :)
Nothing gr8 about knowing that at 14....
Ametures........
M
Jun 11, 2007 at 8:12 PM
Hi buddy U r gr8.Keep it up. U'll become very smart and system administrator in the long run.U already know C,VB,HTML gr8 going brother.
vish786
vish786 #44
Jun 11, 2007 at 8:30 PM
GOOD TUTORIAL... I SEE JUNIOR VISHAL IN YOU
clmlbx
clmlbx #45
Jun 11, 2007 at 9:34 PM
thanks for the tut

I did not knew .

not working on vista . may be only for xp

just now on vista . will try in xp later
clmlbx
clmlbx #46
Jul 10, 2007 at 7:51 AM
not working

how to get it done pls i need it .
milnniki
milnniki #47
Jul 10, 2007 at 9:35 AM
good tut
keep posting!
Gigacore
Gigacore #48
Jul 10, 2007 at 9:42 AM
nice tut buddy, keep it up
coolendra
coolendra #49
Jul 10, 2007 at 5:49 PM
nice tut jounior...... great going...!!!...
G
geeko #50
Jul 25, 2007 at 9:20 PM
hey, it worked when i applied it to D: drive, but it isnt working for any of it's sub folders..cud u help me with it...same prob as that of plsoft...
Faun
Faun #51
Jul 30, 2007 at 9:16 PM
geeko said:
hey, it worked when i applied it to D: drive, but it isnt working for any of it's sub folders..cud u help me with it...same prob as that of plsoft...

try changing icon of the subfolder in which u have desktop.ini file and the image for background.

it will surely work ;)
mandeep444
Jul 31, 2007 at 1:02 AM
nice work man.........:D
Quiz_Master
Jul 31, 2007 at 2:43 AM
Well. Its not new...
This file desktop.ini can be created in windows 98. By using folder options.
And if we apply a image background wallpaper for folder from there..it will work for XP too.
So all we need to do is to copy the content of that file which automatically gets created in windows 98.

Still a great tut.
R
Jul 31, 2007 at 3:02 PM
good tut and the softs good too thnx to both of yaal
V
vineeth.gk #55
Aug 2, 2007 at 11:54 PM
YOU can also change the colours of the text

for indigo add iconarea_text=0x00ffff00

for green add iconarea_text=123456

for violet add iconarea_text=14444444

for black add iconarea_text=0x00000000

for white add iconarea_text=0x00ffffff

for red add iconarea_text=0x0000fff

for yellow add iconarea_text=0x0000ffff
Ishan
Ishan #56
Aug 13, 2007 at 4:20 PM
@Siddhu. Maheshwari
I am 20. But learnt this from u....SO Congrats...Dont Lose Hope! Keep Posting! Proud of u!
V
vaibhavtek #57
Oct 4, 2007 at 1:50 PM
Amaging Tutorial...!!

Keep it up...:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
S
Jul 27, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Thx a lot for the reply's Guys :)
Just to Say I AM BACK ! :)
Finished my Tenth Class and Now in Eleventh ;)
Krazzy Warrior
Jul 27, 2008 at 6:14 PM
gr8.

Is it work in Vista.
S
Jul 27, 2008 at 7:11 PM
@krazzy I have not tested in Vista(I dont have Vista )
But I think it should work ;)
A
Aug 17, 2008 at 2:00 AM
hey plz tell me in detail as i am not be able to put any pic..
rook!e
rook!e #62
Nov 11, 2008 at 12:39 AM
it does not work in win xp proffesional !!