Vista - Public folder has wrong name in some views

If I use explorer to look at Desktop, I see some special icons
'Unspecified', which are:

My user folder
Computer
Network
Control Panel (not actually visible on Desktop, as it is not ticked to
appear)
Recycle Bin
Modules


These also appear in the bread crumb navigation.

The weird thing is that Modules was the name of a folder I have in the
Desktop some time ago, and I was using it for some work. But this Modules
folder is actually the same as C:\Users\Public.

How can I rename this back to Public? The actual folder is still called
Public.

ss.

Have you checked in the desktop.ini file for something like:

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=Modules

the default value is:

[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21816


The other way to assign a display name different than the folder name is via
the registry.

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}"

If this key exists & has a default value of "Modules", that would make the
Public folder appear with that name on the Desktop.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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>
> If I use explorer to look at Desktop, I see some special icons
> 'Unspecified', which are:
>
> My user folder
> Computer
> Network
> Control Panel (not actually visible on Desktop, as it is not ticked to
> appear)
> Recycle Bin
> Modules
>
>
> These also appear in the bread crumb navigation.
>
> The weird thing is that Modules was the name of a folder I have in the
> Desktop some time ago, and I was using it for some work. But this Modules
> folder is actually the same as C:\Users\Public.
>
> How can I rename this back to Public? The actual folder is still called
> Public.
>
> ss.

your network choice and sharing has renamed the folder

"Synapse Syndrome" wrote:

>
> If I use explorer to look at Desktop, I see some special icons
> 'Unspecified', which are:
>
> My user folder
> Computer
> Network
> Control Panel (not actually visible on Desktop, as it is not ticked to
> appear)
> Recycle Bin
> Modules
>
>
> These also appear in the bread crumb navigation.
>
> The weird thing is that Modules was the name of a folder I have in the
> Desktop some time ago, and I was using it for some work. But this Modules
> folder is actually the same as C:\Users\Public.
>
> How can I rename this back to Public? The actual folder is still called
> Public.
>
> ss.
>
>

"Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
news:3CB00CAC-DE82-4FD8-80E3-58ABFF6E02C8@microsoft.com...
> Have you checked in the desktop.ini file for something like:
>
> [.ShellClassInfo]
> LocalizedResourceName=Modules
>
> the default value is:
>
> [.ShellClassInfo]
> LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21816
>
>
> The other way to assign a display name different than the folder name is
> via the registry.
>
> "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}"
>
> If this key exists & has a default value of "Modules", that would make
> the Public folder appear with that name on the Desktop.


Thanks

ss.