Shell Folders

Hello,

Two of my 'shell' folder icons, ie Videos & Public, appear as ordinary
yellow icons in explorer. I'm not sure why. Can I change them back to their
defaults?

Thanks

K

KRK wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Two of my 'shell' folder icons, ie Videos & Public, appear as ordinary
> yellow icons in explorer. I'm not sure why. Can I change them back to
> their defaults?

Fixing Folder Type problems (MVP Ramesh)
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...windows-vista/

Malke
--
MS-MVP
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Malke <> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Two of my 'shell' folder icons, ie Videos & Public, appear as ordinary
>> yellow icons in explorer. I'm not sure why. Can I change them back to
>> their defaults?
>
> Fixing Folder Type problems (MVP Ramesh)
> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...s-in-windows-v
> ista/



He's talking about the actual folder icon, not the Details view columns.

The contained desktop.ini files must be missing, or the folders are not set
with the read-only attribute.

This page explains step-by-step:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/17...ault-icon.html

ss.

Hi KRK,

Fixing the Desktop.ini file and setting the correct attributes for the shell
folder corrects the problem. Pick one of the following methods:

Shell folders are displayed with the standard folder icon in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html

Fix Desktop.INI files in Special Folders using DesktopINIFix for Windows
Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...desktopinifix/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"KRK" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello,
>
> Two of my 'shell' folder icons, ie Videos & Public, appear as ordinary
> yellow icons in explorer. I'm not sure why. Can I change them back to
> their defaults?
>
> Thanks
>
> K

Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote:
>
> Hi KRK,
>
> Fixing the Desktop.ini file and setting the correct attributes for the
> shell folder corrects the problem. Pick one of the following methods:
>
> Shell folders are displayed with the standard folder icon in Windows
> Vista: http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ders-are-displ
> ayed-with-the-standard-folder-icon-in-Windows-Vista.html
>
> Fix Desktop.INI files in Special Folders using DesktopINIFix for Windows
> Vista:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...pecial-folders
> -using-desktopinifix/
>

Ramesh, do you have Google Alerts set up to tell you when your website is
mentioned on Usenet? ;-)

ss.

Hi SS,

Nope. But I do watch the posts here whenever I have time.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote:
>>
>> Hi KRK,
>>
>> Fixing the Desktop.ini file and setting the correct attributes for the
>> shell folder corrects the problem. Pick one of the following methods:
>>
>> Shell folders are displayed with the standard folder icon in Windows
>> Vista:
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ders-are-displ
>> ayed-with-the-standard-folder-icon-in-Windows-Vista.html
>>
>> Fix Desktop.INI files in Special Folders using DesktopINIFix for Windows
>> Vista:
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...pecial-folders
>> -using-desktopinifix/
>>
>
> Ramesh, do you have Google Alerts set up to tell you when your website is
> mentioned on Usenet? ;-)
>
> ss.
>

Hello & thanks, the desktopinifix download is excellent.

KK

"Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote in message
news:%...
> Hi KRK,
>
> Fixing the Desktop.ini file and setting the correct attributes for the
> shell folder corrects the problem. Pick one of the following methods:
>
> Shell folders are displayed with the standard folder icon in Windows
> Vista:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>
> Fix Desktop.INI files in Special Folders using DesktopINIFix for Windows
> Vista:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...desktopinifix/
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
>
>
> "KRK" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hello,
>>
>> Two of my 'shell' folder icons, ie Videos & Public, appear as ordinary
>> yellow icons in explorer. I'm not sure why. Can I change them back to
>> their defaults?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> K
>
>

You're welcome KRK.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"KRK" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello & thanks, the desktopinifix download is excellent.
>
> KK
>
> "Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Hi KRK,
>>
>> Fixing the Desktop.ini file and setting the correct attributes for the
>> shell folder corrects the problem. Pick one of the following methods:
>>
>> Shell folders are displayed with the standard folder icon in Windows
>> Vista:
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>>
>> Fix Desktop.INI files in Special Folders using DesktopINIFix for Windows
>> Vista:
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fi...desktopinifix/
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>> The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog