Start Menu Icons

Greetings,

I just noticed that the Start Menu icons for Music and Favorites on my
computer are just generic folders, but on everyone else's computer, they
show customized icons. How do I restore the Music and Favorites icons that
appear at the very top of the Start menu?

I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1.

Thanks,
Shane.

On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:39:32 -0600, Shane wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I just noticed that the Start Menu icons for Music and Favorites on my
> computer are just generic folders, but on everyone else's computer, they
> show customized icons. How do I restore the Music and Favorites icons that
> appear at the very top of the Start menu?
>
> I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1.
>
> Thanks,
> Shane.

Read Brink's reply to your first post.

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> Read Brink's reply to your first post.

I'm having a lot of problems with Windows Live Mail. I posted in this
newsgroup, but my posting never showed up, which is why I tried posting
again.

I tried performing the steps in Brink's reply, and they worked for restoring
the Music icon on the Start Menu, but the Favorites icon on the Start Menu
is still a generic yellow folder. Is there anything else I could try?

Thanks in advance.
Shane.

On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:28:38 -0600, Shane wrote:

>> Read Brink's reply to your first post.
>
> I'm having a lot of problems with Windows Live Mail. I posted in this
> newsgroup, but my posting never showed up, which is why I tried posting
> again.
>
> I tried performing the steps in Brink's reply, and they worked for restoring
> the Music icon on the Start Menu, but the Favorites icon on the Start Menu
> is still a generic yellow folder. Is there anything else I could try?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Shane.

Sorry - my expertise here is limited to nagging :-)

Seriously: I don't know much. Brink seems to know or collect a LOT of
useful stuff.

And seeing your Live Mail problem, sorry I nagged...Bur there are other
free newsreaders that are actual newsreaders (with different problems, of
course). I now use Dialog, I used to use MesNews, and before that Xnews,
and on and on...

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Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

Hi Shane

I'm happy to hear that you got the Music folder restored. Now lets se
if we can get the Favorites folder restored for you

Backup anything you do not want to lose in the Favorites folder t
another location for safe keeping

Next, using OPTION THREE in the tutorial below, make sure that th
Favorites folder has it's default location %USERPROFILE%\Favorites se
for it in the registry
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/14...ing-folder.htm

Now delete the yellow folder Favorites folder

In the Start menu search line, type "shell:Favorites" (no quotes) an
press enter

Restart the computer to apply and have the Favoritesd folde
automatically rebuilt and restored. Sometimes you will need to restart
to 3 times though to fully apply

When the folder is restored, you can copy back anything that you hav
backed up from the one you deleted into this one

Hope this helps
Shaw

Shane;1004164 Wrote:
> > Read Brink's reply to your first post
>
> I'm having a lot of problems with Windows Live Mail. I posted in thi
> newsgroup, but my posting never showed up, which is why I tried postin
> again
>
> I tried performing the steps in Brink's reply, and they worked fo
> restorin
> the Music icon on the Start Menu, but the Favorites icon on the Star
> Men
> is still a generic yellow folder. Is there anything else I could try
>
> Thanks in advance
> Shane

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Brin

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