A better way
Windows system includes all the tools that require a custom desktop cleaning automatic reminder mechanism. By cleaning the desktop this way, you can easily find shortcut icons, files, and folders that have not been used recently. At the same time, you can also set the time interval for cleaning programs to work at will. This method has good performance in Windows Me/2000/XP, and can also be done in Windows 9x. Unfortunately, users who run this program in Windows 9x system cannot get clear prompt information.
In Windows 9x, double-click My Computer*Schedule Tasks*Add Schedule Tasks to activate the Schedule Task Wizard. In other versions of Windows, select Start *Settings *Control Panel, or Start *Control Panel. If you are using Windows XP's classification viewing method, click the "Performance and Maintenance" icon, click or "Double-click" (if required) the "Task Schedule" and "Add Task Schedule" icons, and enter the "Task Schedule Wizard" dialog box.
Continue to click the "Next" button, in the next dialog box, click the "Browse" button to open the "Select Program to Plan" dialog box. In the File Name input box, the path you entered is "c:" or "c:" in most systems. Press the Enter key to return to the Task Schedule Wizard dialog box. By default, the task is called "explorer", but you change it to another descriptive name. Then, select the interval to perform this task and continue clicking the "Next" button.
Unless you select the "Computer Start-up" or "Login" options when defining the task execution interval, you can set the specific time for the program to be executed in the next dialog box of the wizard. Then, click the "Next" button. In Windows 2000/XP system, you must enter your password twice (if you want this task to be performed by a special user, you need to enter the relevant account name and password). After clicking the "Next" button, select the "Open Advanced Properties for this task when you click "Finish".
At this time, a dialog box called "Explorer" pops up (or another user-defined name). In the Run input box of this dialog box, enter the desktop folder path immediately after the "" command you have entered. In Windows 9x/Me systems, the path is usually "C:WindowsDesktop" (if you are using a computer with no other user) or "C:WindowsProfilesProfile NameDesktop" (where "Profile Name" is your account name). In Windows 2000 or XP systems, the desktop folder path is usually "C:Documents and SettingsProfile NameDesktop". Please note that the adjustments are made according to the example above to ensure that they meet the system requirements you are using.
In Windows 2000 or XP systems, you need to enter your password twice and click the "Confirm" button once more.
Right-click the task schedule you just created and select the Run option in the shortcut menu. A Windows Explorer window will be opened and the contents in the current desktop will be displayed at the same time. To make use of it more efficiently, you also need to fine-tune this window. The method is: Select View * "Folder Options" or "Tools" * "Folder Options", depending on the version of Windows you are using. Click the View tab, in the Advanced Settings project, make sure the "Remember View Settings for each folder" option is selected, and then click the "Confirm" button.
So far, you have completed the preparation of the custom window. Next, select "View" * "Detailed Information" to view the specific content information on the desktop. In Windows 2000/Me/XP, select View *Select Column or View *Select Details. In the dialog box that pops up, select the "Access" or "Access Time" option, and clear the unwanted options, and then click the "OK" button.
In Explorer, click the top of the "Access" or "Access Time" column twice to ensure that the shortcuts in the desktop are arranged according to the last time they were used. This way it will appear in this arrangement the next time you start this scheduled task window. You can quickly browse which shortcuts have not been used for a long time, delete unwanted shortcuts or move them to other folders.
And users of Windows 9x systems don't seem to be so lucky that they will not be able to see the results of the desktop shortcut being recently visited. However, you can click on the top of the Modify Time column to have all items sorted in the order they were last modified. At the same time, the system will also give you a prompt window regularly, allowing you to choose which items to keep or clear.
Set folder window wallpaper
Adding wallpaper in the folder window will make your folder look more personal and your daily operations more fun. Excluding aesthetic factors, customizing different backgrounds in folders can make it easier for you to identify and distinguish folder windows? Especially when you backup on a mobile or network drive and need to distinguish from the original folder on your local hard drive. Although Microsoft has removed the folder wallpaper feature in Windows XP system, you can still change your folder background in the system.
If you need to add text to the customized folder background, select "Start" * "Programs" * "Attachments" * "Draw" (in Windows XP system, select "Start" * "All Programs" * "Attachments" * "Draw"). Create or open an image with a similar size to the regular window; remove the selected logo before "Image" * "Opacity", and then use the "Text" tool button for drawing to enter the relevant text on the image. After completing the above work, save this image in an appropriate folder, save it as a .bmp, .gif, or .jpg file, and then close the "Drawing" program.
In Windows 9x/2000/Me, open the folder where you need to add background images and select "View" * "Custom folder". In Windows 9x, select the "Select a Background Image" option. In Windows 2000/Me, in the Custom Folder Wizard dialog box, click the "Next" button, select the "Modify Background Image and File Name Appearance" option, and clear the options that were originally reserved. Then, in all Windows versions, click the "Next" button, click the "Browse" button in the next dialog box, and select the image file you just made (after that, the file you selected will be added to the list to the right of the folder).
In the "Button Title Color" or "File Name Appearance" project, click the color button behind the "Text" project to set the color of the folder icon, select a different color from the background image here, and then click "Confirm" * "Next" * "Done". If you want to remove the wallpaper you set before, select the "Delete Custom Settings" option in the "Custom Folder Wizard" dialog box.
If you add wallpaper to a folder in Windows XP, open the folder, select "Tools" * "Folder Options", and click the "View" tab. In the Advanced Settings project, select the "Show all files and folders" option; remove the "Hide protected operating system files" option (recommended), and click the "Confirm" button after the warning prompt appears; click the "Yes" button, and then double-click the file named "" to open the text editor. If you cannot find the file, create this file in Notepad or other text editor.
Enter [{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}] in the first line of the text editor (Note: This line does not include capital O letters, all the numbers "0" are used), and then click the "Enter" key. Enter "IconArea_Image=" and the path to the .bmp, .gif, or .jpg image file. For example, enter "IconArea_Image=C:My DocumentsMy PicturesBlue." and then tap the "Enter" key.
If you want to change the color of the icons in a folder, you need more tips. If you need the button identification text to be black, you don't have to do anything; if you want to set it to white, enter "IconArea_Text=0x00FFFFFF" (please confirm that x is a lowercase letter), and then click the "Enter" key; set it to red, replace the numeric letters after the command "=" sign above to "0x000000FFF"; set it to yellow, replace "0x00000FFFF"; set it to blue, replace "0x00FF00000"; set it to gray, replaced "0x00808080". These codes represent different values in the 24-bit color configuration table. After combining red, blue and green, it is derived: 0x00bbggrr (this value ranges from 0 or hexadecimal 00 to 255 or hexadecimal FF as the color depth range). If it is a new file, save the "" file in the background image folder. Pay attention to using quotes to prevent Notepad from adding the default .txt extension when saving the file.
Windows system includes all the tools that require a custom desktop cleaning automatic reminder mechanism. By cleaning the desktop this way, you can easily find shortcut icons, files, and folders that have not been used recently. At the same time, you can also set the time interval for cleaning programs to work at will. This method has good performance in Windows Me/2000/XP, and can also be done in Windows 9x. Unfortunately, users who run this program in Windows 9x system cannot get clear prompt information.
In Windows 9x, double-click My Computer*Schedule Tasks*Add Schedule Tasks to activate the Schedule Task Wizard. In other versions of Windows, select Start *Settings *Control Panel, or Start *Control Panel. If you are using Windows XP's classification viewing method, click the "Performance and Maintenance" icon, click or "Double-click" (if required) the "Task Schedule" and "Add Task Schedule" icons, and enter the "Task Schedule Wizard" dialog box.
Continue to click the "Next" button, in the next dialog box, click the "Browse" button to open the "Select Program to Plan" dialog box. In the File Name input box, the path you entered is "c:" or "c:" in most systems. Press the Enter key to return to the Task Schedule Wizard dialog box. By default, the task is called "explorer", but you change it to another descriptive name. Then, select the interval to perform this task and continue clicking the "Next" button.
Unless you select the "Computer Start-up" or "Login" options when defining the task execution interval, you can set the specific time for the program to be executed in the next dialog box of the wizard. Then, click the "Next" button. In Windows 2000/XP system, you must enter your password twice (if you want this task to be performed by a special user, you need to enter the relevant account name and password). After clicking the "Next" button, select the "Open Advanced Properties for this task when you click "Finish".
At this time, a dialog box called "Explorer" pops up (or another user-defined name). In the Run input box of this dialog box, enter the desktop folder path immediately after the "" command you have entered. In Windows 9x/Me systems, the path is usually "C:WindowsDesktop" (if you are using a computer with no other user) or "C:WindowsProfilesProfile NameDesktop" (where "Profile Name" is your account name). In Windows 2000 or XP systems, the desktop folder path is usually "C:Documents and SettingsProfile NameDesktop". Please note that the adjustments are made according to the example above to ensure that they meet the system requirements you are using.
In Windows 2000 or XP systems, you need to enter your password twice and click the "Confirm" button once more.
Right-click the task schedule you just created and select the Run option in the shortcut menu. A Windows Explorer window will be opened and the contents in the current desktop will be displayed at the same time. To make use of it more efficiently, you also need to fine-tune this window. The method is: Select View * "Folder Options" or "Tools" * "Folder Options", depending on the version of Windows you are using. Click the View tab, in the Advanced Settings project, make sure the "Remember View Settings for each folder" option is selected, and then click the "Confirm" button.
So far, you have completed the preparation of the custom window. Next, select "View" * "Detailed Information" to view the specific content information on the desktop. In Windows 2000/Me/XP, select View *Select Column or View *Select Details. In the dialog box that pops up, select the "Access" or "Access Time" option, and clear the unwanted options, and then click the "OK" button.
In Explorer, click the top of the "Access" or "Access Time" column twice to ensure that the shortcuts in the desktop are arranged according to the last time they were used. This way it will appear in this arrangement the next time you start this scheduled task window. You can quickly browse which shortcuts have not been used for a long time, delete unwanted shortcuts or move them to other folders.
And users of Windows 9x systems don't seem to be so lucky that they will not be able to see the results of the desktop shortcut being recently visited. However, you can click on the top of the Modify Time column to have all items sorted in the order they were last modified. At the same time, the system will also give you a prompt window regularly, allowing you to choose which items to keep or clear.
Set folder window wallpaper
Adding wallpaper in the folder window will make your folder look more personal and your daily operations more fun. Excluding aesthetic factors, customizing different backgrounds in folders can make it easier for you to identify and distinguish folder windows? Especially when you backup on a mobile or network drive and need to distinguish from the original folder on your local hard drive. Although Microsoft has removed the folder wallpaper feature in Windows XP system, you can still change your folder background in the system.
If you need to add text to the customized folder background, select "Start" * "Programs" * "Attachments" * "Draw" (in Windows XP system, select "Start" * "All Programs" * "Attachments" * "Draw"). Create or open an image with a similar size to the regular window; remove the selected logo before "Image" * "Opacity", and then use the "Text" tool button for drawing to enter the relevant text on the image. After completing the above work, save this image in an appropriate folder, save it as a .bmp, .gif, or .jpg file, and then close the "Drawing" program.
In Windows 9x/2000/Me, open the folder where you need to add background images and select "View" * "Custom folder". In Windows 9x, select the "Select a Background Image" option. In Windows 2000/Me, in the Custom Folder Wizard dialog box, click the "Next" button, select the "Modify Background Image and File Name Appearance" option, and clear the options that were originally reserved. Then, in all Windows versions, click the "Next" button, click the "Browse" button in the next dialog box, and select the image file you just made (after that, the file you selected will be added to the list to the right of the folder).
In the "Button Title Color" or "File Name Appearance" project, click the color button behind the "Text" project to set the color of the folder icon, select a different color from the background image here, and then click "Confirm" * "Next" * "Done". If you want to remove the wallpaper you set before, select the "Delete Custom Settings" option in the "Custom Folder Wizard" dialog box.
If you add wallpaper to a folder in Windows XP, open the folder, select "Tools" * "Folder Options", and click the "View" tab. In the Advanced Settings project, select the "Show all files and folders" option; remove the "Hide protected operating system files" option (recommended), and click the "Confirm" button after the warning prompt appears; click the "Yes" button, and then double-click the file named "" to open the text editor. If you cannot find the file, create this file in Notepad or other text editor.
Enter [{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}] in the first line of the text editor (Note: This line does not include capital O letters, all the numbers "0" are used), and then click the "Enter" key. Enter "IconArea_Image=" and the path to the .bmp, .gif, or .jpg image file. For example, enter "IconArea_Image=C:My DocumentsMy PicturesBlue." and then tap the "Enter" key.
If you want to change the color of the icons in a folder, you need more tips. If you need the button identification text to be black, you don't have to do anything; if you want to set it to white, enter "IconArea_Text=0x00FFFFFF" (please confirm that x is a lowercase letter), and then click the "Enter" key; set it to red, replace the numeric letters after the command "=" sign above to "0x000000FFF"; set it to yellow, replace "0x00000FFFF"; set it to blue, replace "0x00FF00000"; set it to gray, replaced "0x00808080". These codes represent different values in the 24-bit color configuration table. After combining red, blue and green, it is derived: 0x00bbggrr (this value ranges from 0 or hexadecimal 00 to 255 or hexadecimal FF as the color depth range). If it is a new file, save the "" file in the background image folder. Pay attention to using quotes to prevent Notepad from adding the default .txt extension when saving the file.