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Old 02-02-2007   #7 (permalink)
Keith Miller MVP


 
 

Re: Folder Icon in User Folder not appearing correctly

You need to open a command prompt window & set the read-only attribute for
the Desktop folder before Windows will 'pay attention' to the contents of
the desktop.ini file.

G:\Users\Keith>attrib +r desktop


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
news:uW57BMoRHHA.4188@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> "Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
> news:3E4BB5C3-F459-402E-B3E7-699138D011B6@microsoft.com...
>> This is the desktop.ini from inside the Desktop folder in my Users\Me
>> folder
>>
>>
>> [.ShellClassInfo]
>> LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
>> IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183
>>

>
> Thanks for that, but it didn't change anything. Maybe a reboot will fix
> it...
>
> ss.


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