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Re: Deleted Downloads folder, D'oh!
2 Thumbs Up! Thanks! 
"Tom Porterfield" wrote:
> romanom wrote:
> > I accidently deleted my downloads folder, the shell one with the pretty icon,
> > while I simply created a new folder I can't get the original icon back.
> >
> > BEFORE, you post about the desktop.ini file, I already tried that and it
> > isn't working. I even tried chaning themes along with that as one site
> > suggested, no dice.
> >
> > I can live this of course since it works fine, but any idea on how to get
> > the 'special' icon back. Could I be missing something in the desktop.ini
> > trick?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> In addition to having the correct desktop.ini file in the folder, you
> need to give the folder the read-only attribute. This has to be done
> from the command prompt:
>
> attrib +r downloads
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> Tom Porterfield
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