This is the question I have been asked by a lot of people time and again. So I have decided to tell everyone about it in the easiest possible way.

Windows 98

1. Double-click the “My Computer” icon from the Desktop.
2. Navigate to the folder which you would like to apply the background to.
3. Click the View menu and select “Customize This Folder…” from the menu that appears.
4. Check the “Choose a Background Picture” option.
5. Click Next.
6. Select a picture from the list, or if you have another image that you want to use, click the “Browse…” button and locate the image.
7. You can also change the icon caption colors if the default color doesn’t show up well on the background image.
8. Click Next.
9. Click Finish.
10. 10.  Your background image will now be applied to the folder.

Windows XP

1. Open the folder you want a background on.
2. Make sure you can see all files. To do so: Go Start > Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab > Under “Hidden files and folders” click the one that says “Show hidden files and folders”. Also uncheck the option “Hide protected operating system files (recommended)”.
3. Check to see if that folder has a file called “desktop.ini”
   If the folder does NOT have that file desktop.ini, you need Windows to create it for you… Right click in an empty area of the folder > Properties > Customize tab > Click “Customize” button > select the normal folder icon, Apply, OK. You do this creates only to create that file. You delete this choosing of the folder icon later. All you want is the file, not the folder icon.
4. Open desktop.ini and delete the existing code(use for icon). You will find the following written in the file: -
   [.ShellClassInfo]
   IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll
   IconIndex=(some number)
5. Now add the following lines of code: -
   [{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
   IconArea_Image=myimage.jpg
   iconarea_text=0x00ffffff
6. The second last line of code written in red (IconArea_Image=C:\My Folder Background.jpg) indicates the path of your picture. Change it to the path of your picture. The last line if the code written in blue indicates the colour of the text of folders/files/icons present in that folder. That can be changed by changing the 6 digit HTML colour code after 0x.
7. Save the file and close it. Refresh your folder and it should have the new background.

Windows Vista

1. Follow Step 1 – Step 7 of Windows XP

Folder with a Picture in Background

Note: Do not forget to set back the folder options back to original so that your system files are not harmed by the user.

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