How to change background color of Folders in Windows 7

Download


Press the download button and Save rqColor.bat to your Downloads folder

Code:

cd %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Downloads

reg query "HKCU\Control Panel\Colors" /s > Downloads\HKCUcolor.txt

reg query "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors" /s >> Downloads\HKCUcolor.txt

Open a Command Prompt (standard user is ok)

Enter the following commands

cd Downloads
rqColor
exit

Attach the resulting text file, HKCUcolor.txt, to a new post.
(use the paperclip icon on the posting menu to attach the file)

Thanks,

Bill
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Hmm, I checked the batch file on the post above and there should be a HKCUcolor.txt file in your downloads.

Instead of trying to find out what happened, just run these commands in a c-prompt

Grab a screen shot after the each command and post the screen shots

Code:

reg query "HKCU\Control Panel\Colors" /s

reg query "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors" /s

Ok, it looks as though the values in the default subkey for both keys are incorrect (note the commas)
All sub keys under Desktop\Colors also have commas, should be spaces, not commas

27 169 228

regedit and modify the
Default subkey - delete the value


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors
InfoWindow 27 169 228
Window 27 169 228



Look at Callender's screen shots in post# 15 - it should be

Default (value not set)

Code:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors
(Default)    REG_SZ    27,169,228
InfoWindow    REG_SZ    27 169 228
Window    REG_SZ    27 169 228



HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors
(Default)    REG_SZ    27,169,228
InfoWindow    REG_SZ    27,169,228
Window    REG_SZ    27,169,228

I missed the values with commas the first time on these subkeys

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors
WindowFrame 205,30,201
Scrollbar 27,169,228

regedit and modify the value on
WindowFrame 205 30 201
Scrollbar 27 169 228

spaces, not commas

Run the rqColor.bat file again and attach the new HKCUcolor.txt file

I built a table that shows what the last HKCUcolor.txt file had in it (fixes applied in the test). Some are very light or white - if you scroll over the description, (object column) you can read the lighter colors.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors
No code has to be inserted here.

Note that you have different values set in the two keys for some sub-keys (WindowFrame for example).

I took a quick look and all of the values look like they are the correct syntax (3 numbers - no commas)

Background is only in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors
??? missing the "Background" first one in the list ???
Background was there - I built the table from your HKCUcolor.txt file in post # 24

If you meant there isn't one in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors key, that's different than missing.
There is no background subkey for this key, only the other key.

Please try not to over think this, always refer back to Callender's post for the definitive list.

What do you see now as far as colors? Post a screen shot of the window