When a background image is set, it enhances the look of your USB Flash Drive. While setting a background image for your USB hardware it needs to be plugged-in. PCs with Windows XP and Vista as operating systems are good for adding background images onto a USB Flash Drive. Initially, add a picture and save it in the root directory of the USB Drive. Next open a text file and copy a code that enables the image to appear as the background image of your USB Flash Drive, rename the text file as desktop.ini , and lastly, save and refresh.

Add a background picture to your USB flash drive

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You can add a background picture to your USB flash drive. This is very easy to do, it takes just a couple of minutes

Solution

• Open your flash drive
• Copy a picture to it and rename it as test.jpg
• Right click and create a new Text file, open it
• Paste this code:

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

• Save the file as desktop.ini

Refresh by pressing F5 key

See also

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• Forum
• Windows forum
• Viruses/security forum
• Opinions about FAQs

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