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pc-destroyer · 06-06-2001, 05:19 PM

Here is a neat little trick I learned the other day.You can add your
Wallpapers or any .bmp file behind your toolbars.I currently have mine set on Clouds.bmp from windows and it looks much better than the old grey one.Not a necessity but just something to change the look every now and then.This works in Win98 but not sure about Win Me.Here is how to do it if anyone is intrested.

Open regedit
Open the following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar.
If the right window pane doesn't have an entry called "BackBitmap,"
right-click on an empty space in the right window pane and select to
add a new string value and call it "BackBitmap."
Now double click on "BackBitmap" and type in the path of the bitmap
image file you would like to use as the background
(example: C:\windows\clouds.bmp).
Close the registry editor. You may have to relaunch Windows or
Internet Explorer to see the changes.

06-06-2001, 05:19 PM	#1
pc-destroyer Member (7 bit) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: TN Posts: 73	Tired of that Grey tool bar? Here is a neat little trick I learned the other day.You can add your Wallpapers or any .bmp file behind your toolbars.I currently have mine set on Clouds.bmp from windows and it looks much better than the old grey one.Not a necessity but just something to change the look every now and then.This works in Win98 but not sure about Win Me.Here is how to do it if anyone is intrested. Open regedit Open the following path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar. If the right window pane doesn't have an entry called "BackBitmap," right-click on an empty space in the right window pane and select to add a new string value and call it "BackBitmap." Now double click on "BackBitmap" and type in the path of the bitmap image file you would like to use as the background (example: C:\windows\clouds.bmp). Close the registry editor. You may have to relaunch Windows or Internet Explorer to see the changes.