Page 1 of 1

desktop.ini "Logo" ??

Posted: 02 Mar 2015 22:38
by kunkel321
What is this strange magic? I've never heard of desktop.ini having a "Logo." Is this a Windows thing, or an XYthing?
Change Log wrote:v14.80.0237 - 2015-03-02 21:49
+ Tweak to control whether folder thumbnails mind the "Logo" setting in a
folder's hidden desktop.ini file (as Explorer does):
FolderThumbsDesktopIni=1
Factory default is ON (1).
If ON then folder thumbnails are harvested in the following order of precedence:
<curitem>\desktop.ini>[ViewState]>Logo
<curitem>\folder.jpg
<curitem>\folder.png
<curitem>\folder.gif
<curitem>\*.jpg/*.png (alphabetically first JPG, if none then first PNG)
Else the first line is skipped:
<curitem>\folder.jpg
<curitem>\folder.png
<curitem>\folder.gif
<curitem>\*.jpg/*.png (alphabetically first JPG, if none then first PNG)
[ . . . ]

Re: desktop.ini "Logo" ??

Posted: 03 Mar 2015 05:35
by Filehero
kunkel321 wrote: Is this a Windows thing, ...
This, for ages. Afaik, it has been introduced with/around Win 2000.


FH

Re: desktop.ini "Logo" ??

Posted: 03 Mar 2015 12:20
by Stef123
The logo-setting is what happens behind the scenes when you right-click a folder and assign an image-thumbnail to it. I wasn't aware of this connection until very recently when I realized that these custom logo-thumbs interfere with my custom XY thumbs.

The tweak "FolderThumbsDesktopIni=" is an XY thing, introduced to accommodate users like me who need control over which sort of folder thumb prevails if both are present.

Re: desktop.ini "Logo" ??

Posted: 03 Mar 2015 16:29
by kunkel321
Thanks for the explanation. I'm surprised I've never ran across the term before.