Hi Pablo,
You may use the attrib command frm a Command Prompt to set the hidden / readonly attribute for the file.
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Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
"Pablo O. Ruffo" <PabloORuffo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BA79E0E3-7959-471C-BA43-7F400E74A594@microsoft.com...
Hi Ramesh,
Actually I have and it appears checked but does not give me the option of
unchecking it, it appears dimmed. Is this how it should look?
Thanks again.
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Pablo O. Ruffo
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> Have you checked the hidden attribute for the desktop.ini files, Pablo?
>
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> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Pablo O. Ruffo" <PabloORuffo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:69817BDF-2960-40C3-A6AF-78B6EED04BC4@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the tip, I have read the article suggested in this thread and have
> made sure all my desktop.ini files match the article's but I am still missing
> the icons on 'downloads' and 'music' folders.
>
> Any other recomendations I should try?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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> Pablo O. Ruffo
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > Make sure that the "hidden" attribute is set for the desktop.ini file in the Downloads folder.
> >
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> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> >
> >
> > "Ricardo" <Ricardo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news
E808AED-F564-42CE-AB59-FD3003E11FA8@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, thanks, i was having the same problem with the Downloads and Music
> > folders, i followed that link and it solved it for the music folder but not
> > for the downloads folder.
> > What should i do?
> >
> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >
> > > Shell folders are displayed with the standard folder icon in Windows Vista:
> > > http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/130/1/
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "btrigg" <btrigg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3E068C95-B46D-4490-BA0E-52525511F3D4@microsoft.com...
> > > Small little thing that's bugging me. When I open the user folder that has
> > > documents,music,pictures,videos,downloads,etc, the downloads folder seems to
> > > have changed to the normal tan folder not matching the green of the others.
> > > I've tried setting the folder pictures to default in its properties, but that
> > > doesn't work. Any "fix" for this, to help my mild ocd...?
> > >
> >
>