Vista - Folder Icon Change

ya i know that but the CDs icon "sticks" to drives
like i said, i placed in
a)Photoshop installation CD in my DVD drive (E)
b)printer driver installation CD in my CD drive (F)
and continued with the rest as described in earlier post...
then after that i change the CDs place...
but the icon for Photoshop is stuck at DVD drive even though prnter driver CD is inside it and vice versa
it only happens to the two stated CDs though

nvm, fixed after restart today
thx for your help and sry for bothering
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Personal User Shell Folders - Page 4 - Vista Forums

Your welcome Zhang. I'm happy to hear that it sorted itself out.

Shawn

Hey,

In the My downloads shell folder, the icons appears to be a plain green/blue folder when I specifically changed it to the downloads icon that has the blue down arrow on it. When i single click on the folder, in the lower details paine, it shows the blue arrow, but it doesnt on that actual folder. I rebooted once and it still didnt fix, should I just wait after a few more reboots or is there a core problem that needs fixing?

Please Help,
Joronamo.

Hello Joronamo,

For the User Folders, you will need to use this instead to fix the folder icon.

Personal User Shell Folders

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hi Brink,

Im afraid this did more harm than good. My downloads folder was never yellow. It was green and blue but didnt have the blue down arrow like the downloads icon has. However if I click on the folder the lower pane appears and shows the proper blue arrow icon. I followed step one of the link you sent me. It made the user folder turn yellow so when i changed it back, it fixed on the desktop but stayed yellow in the start menu.

Joronamo.

Joronamo,

Did you use the tutorial on the C:\Users\(user name)\Downloads folder and not the shortcut?

Hey I retried it and did it,
Still no success.

Any other things I can try?

Ok,

What icon size are you using in Views to view the Download folder with? In Details, List, and Small view, the folder will not have the arrow. Only the larger sizes will show the arrrow.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hey,

Yeah you are right, when I make the icons bigger the blue arrow appears. Is there a way to make it appear in the details view? Because I remember when I first installed vista, before I messed everything up. I could see the blue arrow in details view. Also, how do I sync my Windows Live contacts with the contacts folder in the personal folder.

Please help,
Joronamo.

I'm happy to hear that it works with the larger icon sizes for you.

Sorry, but by default the blue arrow will not show in those smaller icon view sizes. Unless you can find a custom icon that includes the smaller arrow in the smaller sizes packaged in it to change it with, there is no other way.

I do not know about the Windows Live contacts. You might post that question in the sub forum Windows Live in the Software forum to see what suggestion you may get.