All regular folder icons have changed, please help!

After running a VERY old windows98 game in Vista, all regular folder
icons have changed to a very plain and ugly bright yellow. Special
folders like Documents and Music have not changed. This does not happen
on the folders on the desktop (yes, my desktop is a mess), Please
don't flame me if this has been answered before. I did search the
forums for two hours, and found no solution. I have attached a small
screenshot (my 'Drivers' folder) to give you an idea of how it looks
now.


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|Filename: Folder icons have changed.jpg |
|Download: http://vista64.net/forums/attachment...chmentid=1606|
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"breadfan" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> After running a VERY old windows98 game in Vista, all regular folder
> icons have changed to a very plain and ugly bright yellow. Special
> folders like Documents and Music have not changed. This does not happen
> on the folders on the desktop (yes, my desktop is a mess), Please
> don't flame me if this has been answered before. I did search the
> forums for two hours, and found no solution. I have attached a small
> screenshot (my 'Drivers' folder) to give you an idea of how it looks
> now.
>
>
> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
> |Filename: Folder icons have changed.jpg |
> |Download: http://vista64.net/forums/attachment...chmentid=1606|
> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>
> --
> breadfan

Thanks, but I'm afraid this does not answer my problem.

You see, the 'special purpose' folders like Documents, Music, Saved
Games etc have *not* changed. The problem is with all the other folders
(the normal folders that people create).

It's 4:30am and I've been trying for too many hours now to find a
solution...


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breadfan

Sorry, didn't see the attachment. Looks like your display Settings changed.
Right click your Desktop > click Personalize > click 'Display Settings' >
click in the Color quality list box and select 'Higher (32-bit)'.
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"breadfan" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Thanks, but I'm afraid this does not answer my problem.
>
> You see, the 'special purpose' folders like Documents, Music, Saved
> Games etc have *not* changed. The problem is with all the other folders
> (the normal folders that people create).
>
> It's 4:30am and I've been trying for too many hours now to find a
> solution...
>
>
> --
> breadfan

breadfan;508128 Wrote:
> Thanks, but I'm afraid this does not answer my problem.
>
> You see, the 'special purpose' folders like Documents, Music, Saved
> Games etc have *not* changed. The problem is with all the other folders
> (the normal folders that people create).
>
> It's 4:30am and I've been trying for too many hours now to find a
> solution...

Hi Breadfan,

Welcome to the Vistax64.com forum. arty:

If you only had a few folders like this, I would recommend to just
change the folder icon back. Since you have this many though, I would
recommend doing a Repair install. It will be faster for you. See this
tutorial for details and for how to do it.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...all-vista.html

Shawn


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Thank you for your answers.

Andre, my Display Settings color depth is already @ 32 bit.

Shawn, maybe a Repair Install will fix this. But I suspect something
less dramatic should do it, since the change happened all at once...

The problem appears on the Small Icons, List and Details views of
Windows Explorer. Medium, Large and Very Large icon are OK. Since the
problematic views share the same folder icon, I think I must find a way
to change this icon for all folders.

When selecting a random, regular folder, if I try to change the folder
icon,
I bring it back to the original by using one of the icons in
imageres.dll.
But this has two drawbacks.
a) When I open the folder, the folder icon no longer changes to the
open folder icon.
b) I have to do this to all the folders in my computer manually...

Well, thank you all for taking your time to answer me.... Looks like
I'm gonna be stuck with the ugly folder icons.

PS Since this looks like a user setting, and not a corrupted file, I
suspect that a Repair Install may do nothing.


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breadfan

breadfan;508374 Wrote:
> Thank you for your answers.
>
> Andre, my Display Settings color depth is already @ 32 bit.
>
> Shawn, maybe a Repair Install will fix this. But I suspect something
> less dramatic should do it, since the change happened all at once...
>
> The problem appears on the Small Icons, List and Details views of
> Windows Explorer. Medium, Large and Very Large icon are OK. Since the
> problematic views share the same folder icon, I think I must find a way
> to change this icon for all folders.
>
> When selecting a random, regular folder, if I try to change the folder
> icon,
> I bring it back to the original by using one of the icons in
> imageres.dll.
> But this has two drawbacks.
> a) When I open the folder, the folder icon no longer changes to the
> open folder icon.
> b) I have to do this to all the folders in my computer manually...
>
> Well, thank you all for taking your time to answer me.... Looks like
> I'm gonna be stuck with the ugly folder icons.
>
> PS Since this looks like a user setting, and not a corrupted file, I
> suspect that a Repair Install may do nothing.

Hi Breadfan,

I still think a Repair Install will do the trick, but you can try to
see if running a *sfc /scannow* command will help. You can see how in
this tutorial.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66...tem-files.html

Shawn


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OM\")
*Please post feedback to help others.*

After many, many days of trying to find a solution, after many unneeded
registry hacks, dll registrations etc, the solution to my messed-up
folder icons was SO simple:

Step 1. Change to 16-bit color depth, reboot
Step 2. Change back to 32-bit color depth, reboot

That's all. Unbelievable...

My sincere thanks to everyone who gave it a try.


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breadfan