Windows Explorer Side Panel Color (W2K)

[dan685]

Is there a setting in the registry that would let me change the color of the explorer side panel (the one that shows drive/file info on the left side when web view is enabled in folder options) from the default white color?

[DanK]

Maybe this article will help

HOWTO: Change the TreeView Control Background Color</font color=red> (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q178491&><font)

[dan685]

The windows explorer treeview is already colored, but the sidebar isn't.

Here is what it looks like:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dan474/explorer.jpg

Thanks for the link anyway

[Mosaic1]

Find recycle.htt Make a copy of recycle.htt and name it original recycle.htt
Although you can always get it back to the way it was by registering webvw.dll again. But that would undo all other customizations you might have made to the web view in other folders.


In Win98 it is in Windows\web. Your path may be different.
Open it in Notepad. Find this text:
&lt;!-- start left info panel --&gt;
&lt;div id=Panel style="background: white URL(file://%TEMPLATEDIR%\wvleft.bmp) no-repeat"&gt;

Here's what you'll be left with after the change:
&lt;!-- start left info panel --&gt;
&lt;div id=Panel style="background: green URL(file://%TEMPLATEDIR%\wvleft.bmp) no-repeat"
&gt;

Change the word white to whatever color you want to use. However, you will be left with the background clouds bitmap and that has a lot of white in it. Remove this too if you like:
URL(file://%TEMPLATEDIR%\wvleft.bmp) no-repeat"

You'll be left with this:
&lt;!-- start left info panel --&gt;
&lt;div id=Panel style="background: green"&gt;




If you want to remove the recycle bin icon from this area, remove this line:

&lt;object classid="clsid:E5DF9D10-3B52-11D1-83E8-00A0C90DC849" width=32 height=32&gt;

[Mosaic1]

I need to add something. I told you to remove this to remove the recycle bin icon:
&lt;object classid="clsid:E5DF9D10-3B52-11D1-83E8-00A0C90DC849" width=32 height=32&gt;

Doing it that way will remove the icon, but leave the placeholder. I used a dark color and didn't allow for that. To remove it completely remove this entire section:

&lt;object classid="clsid:E5DF9D10-3B52-11D1-83E8-00A0C90DC849" width=32 height=32&gt;
&lt;param name="scale" value=100&gt;
&lt;/object&gt;

[dan685]

Is there any way I could make this apply to all my folders in explorer?

Thanks for your help :P

[dan685]

Also whenever I edit the file and replace it, it wont change the color of the side panel, it makes it disappear and refreshing wont get it back, it does not seem to work with any color but white.

[Mosaic1]

To apply to all Folders, change folder.htt

Then do a search for *.htt
There are other special htt's like control Panel for one.

About your panel problem. I use Win98SE and can only tell you what happens there. I can change the color.
Maybe someone else with Windows 2000 would be willing to try it and see if they have the same problem.

[dan685]

I'm getting the same results with folder.htt, controlp.htt, recycle.htt. I'll have to see if I can find a fix for this. Thanks for all your help anyway.

I'm running win2k sp3 btw, it also doesn't work on win2k sp2.

[Mosaic1]

Dan,
Sometimes there are diferences among the various Operating Systems. I don't see why it wouldn't work. But it doesn't. I'm sorry. Let me know if you find a way to do it.

Mo

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