How to change folder background in Windows 7

Many of the times if you want to add images as a background in windows explorer then you do this with the help of the small tool named Windows 7 background changer. You can change the background as you want with different images.

How to change folder background

Following simple steps will help you in changing the background.

*. Download Windows 7 background changer from here.

*. For changing the background run the file W7FBC.exe

*. Now click on Browse to select the folder for which you want to change the background.

*. After selecting folder you need to add image for that just click on Change Background Image and select the image.

*. You can also change the text color of the folder name from Text Color.

 For removing the background follow the same procedure, just select the folder location and click on the Remove Background Image.

That’s it, it’s very easy isn’t it! Just change background of folders and enjoy with the posts.

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Convert folders into Virtual Drives

You may have different drives on your computer. But do you know you can access any folders as a drive ? Yes it is possible. You can create virtual drives and able to access them from My Computer without any partition process.

How to access folder as a drive

For creating your own drives of folders. You need to follow some simple steps as follows

*. Open Command Prompt from start menu or directly by pressing Win+R and typing cmd.

*. Type subst F: D:\Files\folder and hit Enter.

*. You can replace F: with your desired drive letter.

*. You can replace D:\Files\folder with the path of the folder for which you want to create drive.

Now you can see on My Computer that another drive with drive letter H: is created. But it is temporary because when you restart your system then this drive will be disappeared.

If you want to create a permanent drive without partition for particular folder then you can do this by following process.

*. Open Notepad and type the code

         @echo off
                subst F: D:\Files\folder
         exit

*. Save this file with .bat extension and paste it to the Startup folder of your system which is located at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

It is actually hidden by default you may change your system settings to Show the hidden files and folders from folder and search option in the view tab.

Now, just Restart your computer and you are done. Enjoy with this tutorial.

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Hide files behind images

 



Most of the time you need to save your files from others. To do this you may use this simple trick to hide files behind any image. You can use any type of image to do this. Only you need is a compression tool named WinRAR which is most commonly used tool for compressing files  and folders.

How to hide files using WinRAR

To hide files behind images you just need to follow simple steps as given below. Note that you must compress your files using WinRAR for using this trick.

*. Press Win+R and type cmd to open command prompt or open it from from menu.

*. Type cd\ in command prompt to change the directory.

*. Now type cd users\xyz\desktop to access the location of your image. Your image may be anywhere in your computer. So you need to change the path according to the image location.
                                              

*. After this type copy /b img.jpg+files.rar pic.jpg

                                               

*. Now another image named pic.jpg will be created in the same directory where your image and files are located.

*. To access the files from the image just Right click on the image and open the file using WinRAR and extract it.

                                 

That’s it! Your job is done. Now you can see the files that you have hidden behind image.

Thanks for reading. Keep visiting for more such simple and useful tricks.

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How to Shut Down Windows Automatically

Have you ever needs to Shut Down your computer automatically after some specified time. Are you slept by keeping your computer ON and forgot to Shut it down. Then this post will certainly help you. You can now sleep or go to another place without worrying about your PC and it will shut down automatically after some specified time.

How to shut down Windows 7,8 or 8.1

In the case of Windows operating system there is no predefined key to Shut Down your computer after specified amount of time. For this this simple tutorial will certainly help you. Follow the steps given below....

*. Firstly Right click on Desktop go to New and select Shortcut.

*. In the text box saying Type the location of the item type  shutdown.exe -s -t 1800 and click Next.(Here 1800 denotes the time in seconds after which your system will be Shut Down)

  
*. Now in the Next field type the name of the Shortcut and you are done.

*. You can also change the icon of the Shortcut. For this go to properties of the Shortcut and click on Change Icon and select the icon that you want to set.

                                          

*. Double click on the created icon to start the process of Shut Down. It will be shut down after the time that you set.

It is also possible to restart your system follow the same procedure and change the value to shutdown.exe -r -t 00

Same procedure can be applied to Hibernate or Sleep. For that the value is rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0

To Lock your system the value is rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

Isn't it very simple.....That's it enjoy this tutorial and share with friends.

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