Vista - Personal User Shell Folders

Yea it's odd... When i copy the "attrib +r %USERPROFILE%\Music" and paste it into command prompt, it pastes as "0409 attrib +r %USERPROFILE%\Music". I delete the "0409" so it's only "attrib +r %USERPROFILE%\Music", press enter, but still get the error.

Go ahead and restart the computer to see if the Music folder returns back to it's correct color afterwards.

Yep just did, again. 3 times... After logging on, I also get two notepad files automatically opening up. The files are named "desktop" and they're in my start up and both contain "[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787" is that suppose to happen lol? What trouble for one icon... . And nope, unfortunately it's still the same old yellow icon.

Nub.

Nub,

It sounds like you got something more going on than said before. You should not have those in your startup programs list. Could you post a screenshot of this registry location below? Be sure to have all of the right pane included in it. I'll see if I can spot anything that may be wrong with it.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Hi there Brink. I'd be glad to .



Nub.

Nub,

That location looks fine to me. Backup anything you have in the yellow user folders, then delete the yellow user folders in the Start Menu and restart the computer to see if they return to normal. If not, then reapply the tutorial here for the folders again to see if that can do it.

Hi there Brink. Cheers, will try that.

I have Vista Home Premium.

I moved my Personal folders from C: to D:. I also had to change some yellow folder icons back to green.

Everything is now fine, except for one thing. In my personal folder (at the top of Windows Explorer), I now have two desktop icons. The yellow folder is empty, and has the Folder Path C:\Users\Me

The green folder has the correct contents, and has the Folder Path D:\Users\Me

If I try to delete the yellow (empty) desktop folder, it's the full folder that appears in the recycle bin. The yellow folder remains in C:\Users\Me

How can I delete the empty yellow folder?
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One solution occurred to me while I was waiting for a response.

I simply moved the Desktop folder from D:\Users\Me to C:\Users\Me

Immediately, the yellow "Desktop" folder disappeared.

I then moved the folder back to D:\Users\Me

Now, I have a green Desktop folder in C:\Users\Me and a green Desktop folder in D:\Users\Me, which is correct.

However, this is fine (and quick) for a small folder such as Desktop. What is the quick way to do the same thing for a massive folder such as Documents (10 minutes from D to C, plus another 10 minutes back from C to D)?

Hello OldGrantonian,

You might also check to see if you have any programs that are saving file to the C:\Users\(user name)\Documents folder location as well. If you do have a program doing this, then this will have the yellow "C:\Users\(user name)\Documents" folder stay this way each time the program saves something there. You can stop the program from doing this if it has the option to change it's save location path to the D: location instead.

You might also check the registry location to see if you have any duplicate entries for the yellow user folders, then correct as needed. You can check using the manual OPTION THREE in the tutorial below.

Personal User Folder - Restore Missing Folder

If the method you are using works though, you might just do it since it may be easier and safer to do.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hi Shawn,

I tried your suggestion. As an experiment, I used ERUNT, then edited the "Desktop" entry in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

This works great

So, my (non-geek) conclusion is:

For small folders, simply edit the "Location" tab in "Properties". This method does not need a reboot.

For large folders, edit:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Even with a reboot, this will still be quicker.

Thanks for the tip