Background Picture Is Not Displayed When You Customize a Folder

• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 98
• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Windows 98
• Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you click Customize This Folder on the View menu in Windows Explorer and then click "Choose a background picture," the picture may not be displayed when you view the folder's contents.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if the folder is being displayed using the "Classic style" option, which is a feature of the Windows Desktop Update component.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, enable the "Web style" option for folders in Windows Explorer:

1. On the View menu in Windows Explorer, click Folder Options.



2. Click Web style.



3. Click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

If the Windows Desktop Update component is not installed, the "Folder Options" on the View menu is not displayed.

For information about customizing folders, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q182000 How to Customize a Folder for Web View

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbui msiew95 msient win98 msiew98 win98se 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,4.01 Service Pack 1,4.01 Service Pack 2,5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: June 8, 1999