Hello buddies.

Does anybody know how to activate the web view in Windows XP? I was googlin' around a lot, but the info I've got about a registry change and some desktop.ini mods doesn't work.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about, the "Web View" kernel is a folder.htt file that you can customize with your own html, vbscript & java code. In earlier versions of Windows, "web view" was that "View as web page" option in explorer.

This way, I could make a new emulated finder for WinXP!

In a few words: I need to enable "web view" or "view as web page" in windows xp.

So... this is my 10-minutes "photoshoped" idea:

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1. Styler Toolbar with a tiger skin, explorer menu hidden
2. Tiger Visual Style by Dobee
3. YzToolbar with a modded theme, showing “search” and “folders” buttons
4. HTML code embedded in folder.htt files to make A WORKING places panel
5. Windows Object... In this object goes the standard explorer file browser
6. More HTML code, showing the selected item, or the current drive, i dunno.
7. In this corner, you will see the left space, and set of custom actions for EACH FILE.
The settings will be saved using PHP code. A little menu will get the “Common tasks”
that Windows shows just in case you want to use any of them.

The flexibility of these HTML-based templates could make a big difference between
using a finder clone and using the same windows shell, but modded with webview
HTML templates.

Enabling the webview template is the only-one-can’t-find-fix-for-it problem.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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If your looking for what I think you are right click desktop go to properties/then go to desktop/Customize Desktop/Web

To display a Web page on your desktop...........

Hope this is what you were looking for.

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That looks really good and its a great idea, the only thing is StylerToolbar is not free. I'll buy it if you make this (because it looks cool, and its better than a Finder Clone :Grin: ), but otherwise - you should do it. Any icons, ideas etc. you would need?

Sounds like a good idea Khalua, so keep us posted. By the way, when are you coming online so that we can talk? LOL! :Grinning-Wink:

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Nope that is not what I want... Do U remember the old Windows 98 and the "View as webpage" option? That template was fully customizable, but when XP arrived, M$osft killed that templates option, and gave us the "Common tasks", setted under "Folder options".

I dunno if is possible to bring back that HTT files, and then customize them with HTML and Java code to make a working layout of a finder window.

Any other idea?

@Gman: I'm on MSN in the nights, between 9pm and 11pm. I'll get you online these days, don't get mad plz! lol

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Hey, this is a very old thread of mine. But I'm still waiting for a reply. Anyone can help?

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Have you read this page?

I think i'd readed it before, but that resigtry tweaks doesn't affect windows xp with sp2 installed. Thanks for the help!

I guess this project will close soon. I can't find a way to paste html inside shell views.

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UPDATE!
Someone already find a way to implement WebView in WindowsXP, but this mess is in French, and I can't understand it.

http://ieub.free.fr/forum/index.php?showtopic=721

There is two screen captures shown there, none of them has Kabal's finderbar on it. It is just HTML code. This is what I was trying to do, but I suck! lol

If someone could provide me some help about this, I could make a really good finder clone using html and a standard shell window.

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Use http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Select French to English translation.
Hope this helps.

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