Usually, Win XP and earlier versions have a standard explorer skin with bright colors, by doing a little experiment, we can change the skin in Windows Explorer, only picture with the type of Bmp will accept the change. Images will not display as a skin for another file type.
How to Put an image in Windows Explorer?
Follow these steps to add a picture in Windows Explorer;
- Run regedit.exe
- Find a key : [HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Toolbar]
- Right click, New, String Value
- Rename with "BackBitmapShell"
- Double click on the key, write the name of the file location and name of the file, like this example;
- After that, click Ok
- Log off, then LogIn to reload the registry.
