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| 09-30-2007 | #1 |
| | My documents/Folder Icons and color change I need help, in Windows Vista the color of the my documents folder is green and they have a general Icon on them that identifies what content is in the folder...I installed a program that changed the color from green to the standard yellow folders with no general icon and I was able to go into properties and restore my music folder back to the default green w/general icon but for some reason I can't do this with the Video folder. I would like to know if there is a way to change them back in case this happens again. I like the green color and the general Icon...Someone help please... |
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| 10-01-2007 | #2 |
| | Re: My documents/Folder Icons and color change I solved my own issue after a long search thru google.com. It had something to do with the shell folders being disassociated with the files that were inside of it. In laymens terms, a program that I installed on my system disassociated my shell folders and turned them yellow without the icon. So I had to use this website http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/130/1/ . This website will explain what happens and what to do to fix your folders even thou I did'nt go thru all of steps..I just copied the desktop.ini description (at the bottom) and pasted it in my desktop.ini file. First in order to see the desktop.ini file you have make all system files visible and make all invisible files "visible" then go to the shell folder that has been changed. Next right-click the desktop.ini file and choose properties to deselect the read-only option so that you can modify it's contents. Next, open the desktop.ini file and delete the all the text in there and paste the example (at the bottom pertaining to the folder in question) that is on the webpage above into the desktop.ini file. Save the file (making sure that it is saved with the extention ini (it should ask you do you want to replace the original) and then close everything and logg off and then back on and check it and everything should be back to normal... "DLH" <professionalcr@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23Zj4ft4AIHA.5160@xxxxxx Quote: >I need help, in Windows Vista the color of the my documents folder is green >and they have a general Icon on them that identifies what content is in the >folder...I installed a program that changed the color from green to the >standard yellow folders with no general icon and I was able to go into >properties and restore my music folder back to the default green w/general >icon but for some reason I can't do this with the Video folder. I would >like to know if there is a way to change them back in case this happens >again. I like the green color and the general Icon...Someone help >please... |
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