Re: Album Art on Folders

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The script sets all the view settings of a folder to be inherited by its subfolders. If you assign
a pic to folder while configuring the view in the script, the same pic will be assigned to the
subfolders.

If you use a desktop.ini file, it would need to contain the following lines (with the path changed for your picture, of course)

[.ShellClassInfo]
Logo=D:\Keith\Desktop\Consumers Washing Machines\Treadmills\Treadmill1.jpg

But a folder will not process a desktop.ini file unless the FOLDER's read-only or system attribute is set. You can use the 'attrib' command from a command prompt window, or use the customize option to set a folder's icon -- this will both set the read-only bit and create a desktop.ini file that you can customize to your liking.

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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


"Phil" <Phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:56F14868-0DD2-4E70-9AEF-B52C013E0DF1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks, makes a bit more sence now.

Does the script keep changes made to subfolders of the folder selected? And
can you assign pictures to folders using this script? If not how do you use
a desktop.ini file to do this?

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