TECH-BOOM

This brief tutorial explains how to add a background image to any folder in Windows XP.
First, make sure that you are able to view hidden files on your system. Then, open the folder for which you wish to add a background image. Right-click the folder and select Properties → Customize tab → Customize. There, choose any icon,you like then click Apply and OK.
That process should have created a "desktop.ini" file,which is Hidden. Open that file with a text editor(such as notepad) and add these lines of

[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
IconArea_Image=C:pathfolderimage.jpg

To customize this according to your needs, edit the path in the last line to reflect to the location of the image you wish to use as the background image for that folder. Refresh the folder and the new background should appear.

Finally, to remove the default icon chosen during the creation of the desktop.ini and restore the default folder icon, delete these lines of code from within the desktop.ini file:

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%system32shell32.dll
IconIndex= 4