Replace Windows Folder Pictures Thumbnail

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I don't know if this is the right place for this. But this has been bugging me since I first started using Windows XP. If you have used "Thumbnail View" then you are aware of what I am talking about. The crappy low-res, flat folder icon that is used as the background for a folder's preview of its contents which is a choice of four pictures or whatever. I want to change that. Badly. To something that does my monitor, pictures, themes, etc... justice.


Here is a picture of what I am talking about:

Windows Explorer Folder Thumbnail
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The only alternative I know is to right click on the folder of choice and select properties then select the customize tab and browse to a specific picture you want to use, or are you talking about changing the folder image into a different image?
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
or are you talking about changing the folder image into a different image?


I think that's it. Changing the low res folder background pic to something else.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yah, that is exactly what I am talking about. The low res background pic.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If I take every thing in that folder (the one showing the low res with pics on it) and move them to a folder in that folder, then the low res becomes whichever Iconpackager folder I'm using.

If I right click on it and go to properties and choose a pic - i get the low res with one pic

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The only way to change it is to reshack the dll. There's a tutorial or a thread over at Aqua-soft.org on this.