I am not sure if many people are aware of this or not. But it is possible to customize the way how a folder appears and behaves using desktop.ini . This file has to be configured and placed in the folder which needs to be customized.
A good documentation explaining Desktop.ini file is available at below links
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hwiegman/desktopini.html
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc144102(VS.85).aspx
Happy learning…
Sitaram Pamarthi