A differentiation solution (run as non-Admin cont'd)

OK. I've solved Drew's question of how to differentiate an instance of Internet Explorer running as Admin and viewing the filesystem from other Windows Explorer instances (in order to avoid mistakenly running programs as Admin, etc.).

The Internet Explorer 5 Toolbar Wallpaper tool allows you to easily modify the background of the toolbar in IE, in such a way that the window is clearly different from your typical Windows Explorer window. All you need to do is:

  1. Download it (note that this tool is unsupported, and the page says it is for IE 5 only)
  2. Install it (using Run As... to install from an Admin account, natch)
  3. Close your admin-running IE window
  4. Re-open it
  5. Point (briefly) to a known-safe web address
  6. Select Tools | Toolbar Wallpaper
  7. Select your desired wallpaper and click OK.
  8. Again, close your admin-running IE window
  9. Re-open it, and you should now have the new toolbar wallpaper.

I love Google! I was actually searching for information on IE command-line parameters when I ran across the above.

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  • This didn't work for me at first. Something doesn't click if I launched "iexplore c:\" - the wallpaper doesn't show up.





    However, if I launch iexplore first and then go to C:\ it does work. So I'm back to setting Admin's homepage to C:\. But it works.





    I added a Red wallpaper to my list. It makes a really ugly toolbar, but is very apparent that I'm running as admin. Similar to the Red background I use when logged in as admin.





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