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If you don't like the "see-through" folder icons in Windows XP, is it
possible to make the folder icons look the way they do in Windows 98?

I don't have Windows XP, I was just wondering.

Larry

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They're "see through" because they have the "Hidden" attribute and the
user has chosen to "Show Hidden Files and Folders" in Folder Options,
View tab. As far as I know, there is no way to change this behavior. I
think it's hard-coded into Explorer.exe. It's not just folders, either.
It's also Hidden files that do this. They have the same icon as
determined by FileType, but it's made semi-transparent in response to
the Hidden attribute.

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"Larry" <larry328NOSPAM@att.net> wrote in message
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> If you don't like the "see-through" folder icons in Windows XP, is it
> possible to make the folder icons look the way they do in Windows 98?
>
> I don't have Windows XP, I was just wondering.
>
> Larry
>
>
>

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See thru folders, wha, huh? Mine aren't see-thru.

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Brian A.

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"Larry" <larry328NOSPAM@att.net> wrote in message
news:uEQeti%23FFHA.1528@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> If you don't like the "see-through" folder icons in Windows XP, is it
> possible to make the folder icons look the way they do in Windows 98?
>
> I don't have Windows XP, I was just wondering.
>
> Larry
>
>
>

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In Explorer, with "Show Hidden Files and Folders" enabled, you don't see
semi-transparent folders? In Windows folder, for instance, all the
update uninstall folders named, e.g., "$NtUninstallKB810217$"?

Oh, and they *aren't* "see-through in the Folders column, only in the
right-hand pane.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message
news:%23zCKVk$FFHA.2144@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> See thru folders, wha, huh? Mine aren't see-thru.
>
> --
>
> Brian A.
>
> Conflicts start where information lacks.
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Larry" <larry328NOSPAM@att.net> wrote in message
> news:uEQeti%23FFHA.1528@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > If you don't like the "see-through" folder icons in Windows XP, is
it
> > possible to make the folder icons look the way they do in Windows
98?
> >
> > I don't have Windows XP, I was just wondering.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> >
>

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I thought about that after sending and already headed for slumber. Of course
they're there, I just don't notice em anymore.

--

Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23cMy5uAGFHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> In Explorer, with "Show Hidden Files and Folders" enabled, you don't see
> semi-transparent folders? In Windows folder, for instance, all the
> update uninstall folders named, e.g., "$NtUninstallKB810217$"?
>
> Oh, and they *aren't* "see-through in the Folders column, only in the
> right-hand pane.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message
> news:%23zCKVk$FFHA.2144@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> See thru folders, wha, huh? Mine aren't see-thru.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Brian A.
>>
>> Conflicts start where information lacks.
>> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>> "Larry" <larry328NOSPAM@att.net> wrote in message
>> news:uEQeti%23FFHA.1528@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> > If you don't like the "see-through" folder icons in Windows XP, is
> it
>> > possible to make the folder icons look the way they do in Windows
> 98?
>> >
>> > I don't have Windows XP, I was just wondering.
>> >
>> > Larry
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>

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