If you love customizing Windows 7 and you want more than just Windows 7 themes, here’s another interesting tool to ramp up your PC design: A folder background changer that can change the explorer background wallpaper!
Folder Background Changer Example
How to install folder background changer for Windows 7
1. There are two different edition of the folder background changer, one for Windows 7 32-bit, one for Windows 7 64-bit.
2. To install the folder background changer open up the folder AveFolderBGW7. Inside you will find an install.bat. Right-click on the install.bat and click on “Run as administrator”.
If you don’t run it as administrator, the bat file won’t be able to register the DLL file that is required to change the folder background and you will get this error message:
If you run it correctly, you should receive this message:
There are other tools that allow you to change the folder background, however Ave’s tool is currently the best.
How to change folder background
1. Open a folder (this can’t be the root directory) that you want to apply a wallpaper to
2. Right-click in the white empty area
3. Click on “Customize this folder” (if this entry is not available click on Properties)
2. Right-click in the white empty area
3. Click on “Customize this folder” (if this entry is not available click on Properties)
4. Go to the tab “Folder Background”
5. Click on set image and select a wallpaper (preferably a white one, see below)
5. Click on set image and select a wallpaper (preferably a white one, see below)
6. If you are using a dark background, you can change the font color as well:
7. Click on apply to change the folder background wallpaper.
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