Explorer Background Changer

If you are tired of your operating system's standard look, then maybe it's time you do something about it. Most people resume to changing the wallpaper or finding a new and exciting screensaver. But there's also another option available.

Explorer Background Changer is a lightweight app with a pretty self-explanatory name - it allows you to change the background of Windows Explorer. It can be easily handled, even by less experienced individuals.

This is a portable tool, so installing Explorer Background Changer is not necessary. It means that you can place the app on a removable device (like a USB flash drive), store it on any computer and directly run its executable file.

What's more important is the fact that the Windows registry is not changed in any way. Plus, no leftover items can be found after program removal.

The interface of the tool is dull and uncomplicated. Explorer Background Changer allows you to set an image file (JPEG, BMP, GIF) as your new Explorer background; this option can be applied for a specific folder on your computer.

There's a simple procedure that you need to follow in order to achieve desired results: after specifying the image file and selecting the target folder, you  can save the settings and apply the background. You can can remove the respective background and change the text color.

The simplistic tool requires a moderate amount of system resources, includes a help file and has a good response time. No errors have occurred during our tests and Explorer Background Changer did not freeze or crash.

On the downside, the tool has not received updates for a long time, so it is not supported by the latest operating systems. The interface needs some improvements and you cannot apply an image as background for all the folders on the computer.